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Author: claclaws
Date: 2005-05-19 00:01
Does anyone take lessons from two teachers?
Is that something you'd recommend or disapprove?
I surely see both good and bad sides of it. What's your take on that?
Lucy Lee Jang
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Author: ron b
Date: 2005-05-19 00:44
Hi, Lucy
My 'student' (friend of the family with whom I share tips and play duets, etc.) is planning to play, in church, a pre-worship service piece with piano accompaniment. It will be some time 'down the road' so there's no pressure in the preparation. My student and his pianist friend are 11 - 12 (Jr. Hi in the U.S.). The pianist's teacher is also a clarinetist so I feel quite confident that she is the ideal person to 'coach' these guys for this musical activity. If she teaches them in the process, great While this is not quite the situation you pose, which I interpret as an ongoing teacher/student relationship, it is something I fully approve of. I think it's good for my 'pupil' to interact with all the musicians he can, whatever the ocassion. There's nothing negative, in my opinion, of gathering all the assistance you can (paid for or not), especially when you're learning -- and that's a lifelong process.
For the most part, I'm a pretty 'positive' kinda fella
- ron b -
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2005-05-19 00:53
In my experience with taking lessons of any kind, each teacher has his/her own way of teaching. Each one will emphasize a different aspect of what they're teaching as well as having a different method of teaching. Because of this it can very beneficial to have more than one teacher in your learning career. I even feel that students should be encouraged to move to other teachers once in awhile to fill in some gaps. But having two at once? That could be confusing.
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Author: Aussiegirl
Date: 2005-05-19 06:26
My brother learns off two trumpet teachers, one who is my age and in his last year of high school who started him off as part of the juniors band program, and another one who is a qualified teacher. He likes both of them, and they both focus on different aspects of his playing, so his trumpeting is extrememly well rounded. They are also both helping him prepare for his exam in august, so he will have two persepctives (plus that of his loving sister) on his pieces. Downside? Having to practice for two lessons a week i think hed see as a downside!
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Author: RAMman
Date: 2005-05-19 11:09
I have two teachers, as do both the other clarinet players in my year at college (each of us have a different pair...) and it works very well. Both my teachers are very different with very different styles.
I have never had a problem with conflicting advice, they occasionally say something and then say 'ah, but X may have told you so and so, so do what you want...'
We get each teacher every other week, so no problems with having to work more!
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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2005-05-19 18:57
Well, I have my regular lesson teacher with whom I've been taking lessons from for 2 years. In the last 2 months I have had 2 lessons with a possible college clarinet professor. I liked getting a different view and interpretation on the music and sometimes other people can catch things that your normal teacher wouldn't because maybe the normal teacher has become immune to a mistake or bad habit, etc. The only bad thing was that both of them offered slightly different interpretations on a few measures of my solo and so it was hard for me to decide what I wanted to with that. Also, the college professor was very respectful and wanted to make sure that he was impeading on my regular teacher's teaching. I thought that was cool of him. It cool to get different views and if you are looking at possible new teachers, definitely try a few lessons with them first! Hope this helped and sorry if this wasn't what you were exactly looking for!
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