Author: vboboe
Date: 2006-03-13 23:08
... i do agree that a lot of detail is much too complicated for new players. Someone once said it takes real genius to keep things simple. Still, maybe not-so-new players who also hang out on this board might find something useful in the details, even if it's only a seed idea which they can nurture in their own way and tell us about it later?
For very new players, learning to breath-stop and learning to tongue-stop are presented as two separate techniques in order to learn each technique as well as possible. Don't stop there (alas, people do). The next goal is to integrate both of these techniques into the combination breath-stop / tongue-stop technique, for which hair-splitting millisecond timing is the whole point of the exercise.
There's really no need to be polarised in competing camps on this issue. Acquire the combination technique and you'll discover its benefits, and still be able to use either of the other methods separately at will. This makes for a more versatile technically skilled player, yes?
Quoting famous names for their preferred technique doesn't equal 'the best technique', just helps us all better understand how they deliver their uniquely personal style.
Just because famous names are clearly in one polarised camp doesn't mean our own personal style has to stay there too. After learning from one famous teacher how to do exquisite breath-stops, move on to another famous teacher who'll show you how to do tongue stops with superb finesse. Then learn the combination technique, and after that learn when, what and how to do different endings.
For Dutchy, awareness has dawned on the differences happening in the ways tried to stop notes. Dutchy wants a better finishing sound, so it's timely to learn how to do both breath and tongue stops separately, and then there's the combination technique to move on to next.
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