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Re: Clarinet Withdrawl Syndrome

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2018-08-15 23:54

There's nothing wrong with taking a break. Usually, some reason forces it - surgery, some pressing matter in our personal life, travel plans, etc.... Your break from playing has apparently been forced on you by your instrument's extended visit to the repair shop.

It once was true, from the tales I've often heard, that even world-famous musicians took summers off when serious summer concert venues, where they existed at all, tended to be more exposed to the elements and less acoustically favorable. Maybe they still do. Heifetz's summer vacations and his arduous routine, including a blister by blister description of the pain, to prepare for the coming fall season was the subject of a TV documentary. I remember stories being told by Philadelphia Orchestra members when I was much younger of their summer breaks (the principal players didn't play the summer season at Robin Hood Dell and even the Dell season was only 6 weeks long) and the 2 or 3 days of pain and suffering that resulted as they came back to the first rehearsals for the opening of the new concert season.

So, for the two weeks, look for other productive ways to fill the time.

Of course, if you still play both soprano and bass clarinet, you could just practice on the one that isn't in the shop. But the idea of a short vacation from practice routines is still a good idea.

Karl
Karl

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