Klarinet Archive - Posting 000221.txt from 2005/06

From: "Gerald R. Wolfe" <wolfent@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] A little teaching experience
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 12:00:27 -0400

I very rarely laugh out loud when reading email, but Tony that story was
great!
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Pay" <tony.p@-----.org>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 11:21 AM
Subject: [kl] A little teaching experience

> The business about bounced babies, and musical pulse, reminded me of a
> time
> when I was just starting to freelance in London, and taking all the work
> of
> whatever sort I could get.
>
> A pal of mine, Mike Angress, had some private teaching -- he'd go around
> people's houses and teach their kids a couple of days a week, to
> supplement
> his income from playing -- and he suddenly had some orchestral work in
> that
> meant he couldn't do his teaching the next day. So he phoned me up, and
> asked whether I'd do it for him, rather than his cancelling. I was free,
> and
> so I said yes.
>
> There were three students, two clarinet players and one beginning recorder
> player, and the first two went off without problem.
>
> However, the third, the recorder player, was more problematic. He played
> me
> a simple tune in 4/4, and the rhythm was all over the place.
>
> "Did Mr Angress ask you to learn this particular one for this week?" I
> asked,
> thinking that perhaps he hadn't practised it.
>
> "Oh yes, we've had two lessons already on it," the little boy said.
>
> "Really??" I said. "What did Mr Angress say about how you play it?"
>
> "Well, he said it wasn't very good. But,..."
>
> And then he stopped.
>
> "But what?" I said. "Come on, you can tell me. What were you going to
> say?"
>
> "Well,...it's easier to play it for Mr Angress," he said.
>
> "...you see, he hits me on the top of my head on every beat."
>
> Tony
> --
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