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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2008-09-11 00:31
I am looking forward with bated breath (how does one bate one's breath, anyway?) for the sequel to Tony's initial post. But I do feel somewhat like a fish who has been hooked and is being played by the fisherman.
That said, my personal method for achieving efficiency in musical improvement has been to obtain the best possible equipment by refacing mouthpieces until they work WITH me rather than AGAINST me, and to modify the instruments themselves until the keywork fits my hands without strain, and they play in tune without my having to favor/bend/lip any of the pitches (mostly). In this way I've gotten to be a reasonably decent player with far less actual practice time than most of my peers. Of course it helps that I can do the mechanical improvements to my equipment, which themselves take some time. But for me, an hour spent refacing a mouthpiece results in many hours less time I have to practice in order to achieve satisfactory tone and response. Similarly, a clarinet that doesn't give my hands cramps and on which the keys are right under their respective fingers without the need for awkward stretching, can make one hour of practice time as effective as four on a less comfortable instrument (and far less painful).
Maybe that's laziness, but in this busy world we live in, we must make the most of our available time. With three kids, and a full-time non-musical day job, I don't have the luxury of practicing 8, 4, or even one hour a day on a regular basis, so I try to compensate somewhat by creating equipment that allows me to improve more quickly, with less effort. I know that many (if not most) of the people on this BB are similarly time-limited.
I have no idea if that's one of the points Tony is making or if he's headed in that direction at all -- but hopefully we'll find out. I'm giving our eminent friend the benefit of the doubt that he IS making some point and is not just pulling our collective legs.
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David Spiegelthal |
2008-09-11 00:31 |
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