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Re: Moving around while playing>>>>

Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2008-08-05 12:47

Nessie1, I agree about encouraging kids to focus first and most on how they really sound. It's true that extreme thrashing around can be an unconscious tic. (A violinist in my high school orchestra contorted her face horribly when she played, so much so that people in the audience sometimes pointed at her and laughed. The teacher who tried to help her stop grimmacing only embarrassed her. The contortions were a genuine tic and the student truly couldn't control it.) But, more often, it looks to me as if musicians who flap all over the place, jiggling, prancing, thrusting their hips and "stirring the pot" with the clarinet, are showing off. They're not only distracting the audience--they're distracting themselves and I'll bet they'd play better if they didn't worry about trying to look sexy. Your comment reminds me of something my first-rate elementary school band teacher said to the class one day: "Instead of wasting energy on flailing around, aim your strength down the horn!"

Lelia
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