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Re: Russianoff clarinet method

Author: Dharma
Date: 2011-11-17 22:19

Ed:

I suspect that is true of all good teachers in all fields. But if these teachers didn't write books, those of us not fortunate enough to have known them personally would be missing out. Obviously we don't get the best of them, perhaps not even a true reflection of them in life. But a good book will stand on its own, separate from the direct personal experience, and perhaps very different from it.

In science this is exemplified by Richard Feynman who was an amazing teacher to have (by all accounts) for ones physics degree. His written lectures don't necessarily catch the spirit of the man, and certainly don't catch his ability to get the best out of each individual student. And yet his 'Ten Lectures' is lauded as one of the greatest books on physics ever penned.

Buster:

I think it's up to the reader to place books in context.

If someone takes a book, any book, as dogma, then the fault is at least as much that of the reader as it is the author.

When someone is an acknowledged expert in a field, I don't think it necessarily implies closed mindedness to write down ones thoughts and ideas.

Offerings made in this way are just that: offerings. The reader is free to take or leave what they read. If no expert in any field ever wrote anything down for fear of being taken dogmatically, we'd be in a world with no textbooks on any subject.

As for people who take individual teachings as 'gospel', I agree with you that it is up to them to ask themselves why they choose to do so, should they choose to ask themselves!

As for me, I was seeking the books because it was the first (and so far only) method for clarinet I had heard of, so I fancied having a look. But not to the point of paying £65 for a tatty second hand copy!

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