Klarinet Archive - Posting 000190.txt from 2003/10

From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner)
Subj: Re: [kl] [clarinet] reeds for beginners?
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:51:45 -0400

>
> There is something else to consider --- namely, beginners commonly blame
> their equipment for their problems. "It's the ligature's fault", blah
> blah blah. I've made such claims myself, and my teacher's response
> was: "OK, the shop has 6 different ligatures on the shelf out there.
> You should try them and buy the one that you like best, and next week
> we'll listen to you play this same music."

This reminds me of the day I received my Wurlitzer 100c clarinet. My teacher
told me: "From now on you cannot blame the instrument anymore" ;-))

Best Georg

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