Author: sfalexi
Date: 2004-06-02 15:10
Well, I haven't taught clarinet, but I have tutored various age groups in math.
I'd say that I would prefer to tutor mature adults (mature as a frame of mind, not age). They seem to be more open to ideas and always seem to be more positive, even when not getting something. Whenever I've tutored a child or an immature adult (often a teenager or young adult in their twenties), they seem to be willing to work less, as well as are very prone to the "I can't" phrase. I'll be in the middle of trying to show them a method or explain something and I'll hear them puff or see them pout or just show in other ways that they don't believe they'll EVER learn it and that they've ALREADY given up. That just makes the job THAT much harder. Not impossible to get the job done, but makes it harder.
A more mature person usually will be willing to listen to the ENTIRE explanation, mull it over, try it, and then hopefully fire back a few questions of their own on certain parts of the explanation (or the whole thing, if necessary). This makes it easier as they are working WITH me, and not AGAINST me.
Once again, this is math, not music, but one on one teaching is probably similar enough that this would apply to a music student as well.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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