Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2023-04-13 22:17
Hi Peter,
Thanks, sorry, I had forgotten that.
I don't mean to belabour the point, and I realise it's too late for that, but again it's an example of how brilliant it can be to meet people through this forum who we could only reach through digital means. I wouldn't be able to get to where you are in person, and I've learned such a huge amount from listening to you talk here.
I just think it's so wonderful how the people on this forum can give such brilliant advice on such nuanced details of clarinet technique and equipment.
Conversely when I've been to see local teachers, they've asked me to just push through pain while using bad technique, sometimes week after week for months. This is people who have a degree in clarinet playing. At the same time, no advice was offered on equipment or technique or the ergonomics of the instrument. My local shop is amazing, but when I've asked their advice they wouldn't have talked to me about Brad Behn or Clark Fobes or anyone like that, because those mps are not sold in shops here.
It really raises the question in my mind of how we can bring these two necessary things (good technical knowledge and in-person teaching) together. I mean I totally get what you say about the importance of teaching in person, but at that same time, sometimes the good teacher is really really far away. I wonder if we can use really careful use of video cameras to get round that?
As a teenager in rural Scotland I would have give my eye teeth for that kind of help and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
In the end I am now having such a lot of wonderful help from Paul Aviles over email and I'm totally eternally grateful for that. I've come on in leaps and bounds with his help. I do sometimes get in quite complicated knots trying to get the webcam into the right position to show what I need to show, but it's so worth it.
Sorry, I'll stop talking. I guess you'll have got my point by now.
Jen
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