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Re: problem with young clarinetists

Author: Dano
Date: 2007-07-15 05:18

I have noticed that artistic ability and creativity sometimes take a back seat to perfect and robotic playing of scales and passages. I think that when music, or any other art, is viewed as "a job", it seems that it all becomes a series of lines with dots and veering from that thought makes some afraid that they won't do their "job" correctly. In other words, playing something "musically" instead of "as in an audition" is in their eyes, taking too much creative licence. As a young clarinetist many years ago, I had the opposite problem. I used the instrument to release creativity more than anything else and had to be reeled in and set on track by higher-ups. That must be why I can deal with jazz and improvisation alot easier than I can with orchestral settings. There really is a fine line that one has to be aware of when it comes to getting past first rounds and creative artistry.

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