$400 lesson

Northern · Post by **Northern** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:57 am

The old, bald guy = A "victim of soicumstances."

brianf · Post by **brianf** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:40 am

[/quote]The old, bald guy = A "victim of soicumstances."

Hey Gene - How is it checking Tubenet first thing in the morning and finding out that you're old?

Do you resemble that remark?

Steve Marcus · Post by **Steve Marcus** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:04 am

Brian Guppy wrote:
Doc wrote:Truthfully, Carol probably has a great perspective, from which we could all learn something...She certainly has what it takes as a player. If she proves to have similar skills as a teacher, she'll be a real force with which to be reckoned.
Carol has experience as a teacher/counselor at Interlochen.

Plus, she is old enough to drink beer - just not old enough to buy it.

Carol turned 21 shortly after winning the position in Philadelphia. That satisfies even Pennsylvania's antiquated Blue Laws.

DBCooper · Post by **DBCooper** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:10 am

Steve Marcus wrote:Carol turned 21 shortly after winning the position in Philadelphia. That satisfies even Pennsylvania's antiquated Blue Laws.

Yes, but she'll still have to buy it from a "State Store"...

DBCooper · Post by **DBCooper** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:02 pm

snufflelufigus wrote:Maybe this explains the homogenized orchestral sound in America.

As a well adjusted, straight adult tuba player I would hope that we would celebrate diversity in whatever form it takes.

Steve Marcus · Post by **Steve Marcus** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:24 pm

It would be refreshing to get a woman's viewpoint.

A woman doesn't necessarily bring anything different to the interpretation of instrumental music than a man does simply on the basis of gender.

But in playing the tuba, a woman has some of the same respiratory challenges as a short, middle aged male tuba player.

With all due respect to the teachings of A.J. and the authors of The Breathing Gym, I would enjoy learning from Carol how she developed such efficiency in her breathing technique. It ain't all because she plays Ultimate Frisbee!

From an article by Joseph Dalton in the 8/10/06 issue of the Albany Times Union:

SPAC's addition of large video screens on the sides of the stage has dramatically, if silently, changed the concert experience...Because the camera operators are keenly aware of what's happening in the score, we're treated to close ups of individual players in action. For example, it was marvelous to see new principal tuba Carol Jantsch -- on her debut night as an orchestra member -- take in and expel huge breaths during the Shostakovich [Sym. #15].

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:24 pm

tuben wrote: As a well adjusted, gay adult tuba player...

DBCooper wrote:As a well adjusted, straight adult tuba player...

Well adjusted??? tuba player??????

Who are any of you trying to kid!

DBCooper · Post by **DBCooper** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:19 am

MartyNeilan wrote:
tuben wrote: As a well adjusted, gay adult tuba player...

DBCooper wrote:As a well adjusted, straight adult tuba player...
Well adjusted??? tuba player??????
Who are any of you trying to kid!

My tuba is fully adjustable, thank you!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:37 am

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MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:25 pm

Back to Phil Myers. I went to a master class of his at a horn workshop a few years ago. One of the kids (college students) who got up to play couldn't keep a steady tempo in a passage. Phil demonstrated playing just straight eighth notes on a single pitch, metronomically, and told the kid to do that. The kid couldn't do it, couldn't even come close. Like, here the kid was playing some fancy concerto for Phil Myers and couldn't even play straight eighth notes on a single pitch and hold the rhythm. I think it was an eye-opener for both the kid AND the kid's teacher.

Phil demonstrated other things that I've only seen high level pros able to do on the horn, with ease. Lower level pros either can't do these things or have difficulty doing them, or don't even attempt them. I imagine many kids get all the way through school and don't even know these techniques exist, much less are able to do them. So....if you were a truly talented, truly ambitious horn player, I think it would be worth that $400 just to find out what you couldn't do. That would be the point of the lesson. Then you could go home and practice for however long it took you to learn all that stuff, and then you could go back for another dose of what you couldn't do. What you hear on CD's is someone playing music that is *easy* for them....and what they can do that is *so* far beyond the techniques on the page, is amazing.

As far as musical interpretation....I think you actually can get basic ideas off of CD's if you have the ears to listen. Maybe I think that because I'm just way backwards in musicality and most of it passes me by, or maybe not. I do know that when I go to a new teacher and they ignore the technical problems I have and start telling me how to turn a phrase, that I feel cheated; because if I don't have the technique to turn a phrase a certain way, their talking about it isn't going to make any difference in the end result. Golf swings don't fix on their own by just thinking about where you want the ball to go. (Or if they do, you don't need no stinking lessons.)

MA

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:49 pm

We have had this discussion before: viewtopic.php?t=7657&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=43

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:21 pm

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:23 pm

Gotta watch out for those Marines. Oo-rah!