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Re: Technical Agility

Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2015-04-02 20:35

I too am fine with working outside the convention box of pedagogy when its theoretical constructs have little pragmatic foundation in getting that musician to "learn the lick in time to get the job."

What I seek is objective science that shows such techniques to work better on the whole, or at least no worse, in clarinet advancement, than the status quo.

Altenatives to metronomic repetition and slow tempo advancement have been around since the metronome itself, and yet none seems to have unseated conventional wisdom, even if we've lacked understanding of the mind's approach to play until recently.

In the daydream that is my teaching of students who have more ability than determination, a non-serious part of me would love to try negative reinforcement electroshock therapy for play errors resulting from inadequate practice!

Of course, in reality I'll still stick with conventional teaching methods and positive reinforcement only.

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