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 Re: Is this an acceptable teaching method?
Author: Noverbuf 
Date:   2008-12-17 12:43

Thanks for your answers so far.

The thing is that I can't play some notes reliably as yet no matter how slow I play them. For example second register B comes out with a 1/2 second delay after open G or doesn't come out at all.

"Play it SLOW and get it right the first time. At most, it should only take 2-3 tries before it is correct. If one can't do it after 3 tries, then the tempo is too fast."
The above is a good example of the problem - I can't do it right the first time or maybe I can and then cannot get it right or almost right next three times. Inconsistent...

Is it then too early for me to paly with the throat tones and register switches? I feel very clumsy when doing this stuff. I wonder if someone can learn anything in 2-3 times. If this the norm then I must be way too far from the norm. It took me three weeks to more or less reliably play in the low register. First two weeks I was picking up the clarinet as a new instrument each time I practiced.

This is the same teacher I've been studying with over 1 year and he taught me alto sax althouth he didn't push me on alto.

I don't know what happens to him now, looks like he becomes very impatient when I cannot do what he expects from me.

When I ask him - Why doesn't this or that work now he mainly replies - Don't try to analyse this - try to play it more and it will work out.

By the way, I want to add that I consider myself a very slow learner. I tried to explain this to my teacher but he doesn't take it, he tries to make me learn faster but I really can't.

One more thing I recalled while writing this reply. The piece that I'm talking about is only three lines, something like 18 measures but it's at the end of the sheet music booklet and the booklet is designed for the 1st through 3-rd year of the clarinet study.



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