Author: Agomongo
Date: 2016-01-30 06:56
So I got to have a lesson with Daniel Gilbert and Chad Burrow and I have to say they have changed my whole perception of the clarinet. Just like Hawkins and Ronald Aufmann. All of whom say basically the same thing.
I've learned, or at least perceive, that there are two ways of clarinet teaching. One is using your ear to activate your support and the second on focusing more on the feeling of how air is pushed through the clarinet. I've always been taught the feeling and to blow A LOT of air through the clarinet, but when I took a lesson with Gilbert, Burrow, Hawkins, and Aufmann ALL of them basically say, "Use your ear." Yes the feeling is important, but hearing is EVEN more important.
Yes every teacher says use your ear, but what made them 4 unique is by saying, "Use your ear to hear the sound, air, rhythm, tone, and line." while the other train of thought focuses more on, "Use your ear to see if it's clean, even, and with lots of air with no mistakes." I found that I use the second train of though and, because I was ALWAYS so worried of making a mistake, clean, and even I would become anxiety filled which caused me to: rush and become unclean.
There are some more differences, but at the end of the day the whole approach of how to use your ear is what made them different. Has anyone else noticed the difference in teaching? I believe I've found the style of teaching that works for me.
Post Edited (2016-01-30 06:57)
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