Klarinet Archive - Posting 000054.txt from 2011/07

From: Bob and Deborah Shaw <theshaws10@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lessons
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:41:03 -0400

On 7/11/2011 2:13 PM, Kevin Fay wrote:
>
> First I'll ask a question - do you still have something to offer this
> particular student? I suspect that the answer is yes, and that lessons
> aren't spent listening to her practice, with you having nothing to say.
> They seem to be working, no?

I believe that I still have a lot to offer this student. I never just
listen to students practice, but, try to get them to think about how to
solve problems, how to phrase, are there different ways to phrase this
passage, etc. The worse thing to me would be to sit and drill scales
and exercises and not work on music. The practice room at home is for
scales. I do listen to them, but, just to check fingerings and monitor
progress. I devote lessons to music, not notes.
> As far as the high school band director goes, some of them are very good. I
> suspect that this is not one of them; a "formula" for "moving on" based on a
> number of years is about as smart as insisting that *all* of the students
> use a Vandoren B45, since that's what he heard was the best from back in his
> college days.
>
> In the words of one of my favorite 20th century philosophers, "what a
> maroon." :-P Thanks!
>
> kjf
>
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