Thank you for pointing this out. I'm certainly not a professional player, I'm only a part-time amateur. I've accomplished a bit, I'm not a terrible player, but I haven't done/experienced the things that most professionals have. On the other side of the coin, in my career, I'm certain that there are a lot of things professionals haven't experienced, and that goes for a lot of people who work other jobs but play part-time on the side.
That's why I like to clarify things further, and make sure that simply saying 'play it perfectly' isn't enough to some people who need to know why or how. And certainly, there are a lot of amateurs who are great players who don't fiddle with fingerings, but they may not have faced the same challenges as you have. There's a gap between the haves and have nots, and many teachers do not know how to teach the 'have'. Some students catch onto it, some don't. I say this because I haven't seen ultra-high consistency out of any teacher when all of their students are taken into account. So I argue there could always be a better way to learn and a better way to teach. Plus, I'm sure ALL professionals had to start somewhere and weren't perfect players in the beginning. We all were students at some point - and some of us still are. I'd like to think I'm still learning things about life all the time, anyway. -William -----Original Message----- From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Aug 26, 2011 8:43 am Subject: Re: [Hornlist] concentration, technical difficult passages Hello Jonathan & others, thanks for your reply. But we both forgot one thing, a very important fact. We come from our professional standard, but the vast majority of players is struggling with the fingerings generally, while we do it with a , say so, certain automatism as a result of our (musical) education. The method which I described with the "Long Call exercise" and which you mentioned positively, gives everyone self confidence, but not to those who struggle with the fingerings & have to hammer all into their brain & lips, a method which must fail anyway. Self confidence means, that you know that your risk factor is quite down near to zero risk. And, if you commit a small mistake, - sometimes -, you have to think it be just an (unwelcome but possible) accident. Nothing else. Nothing to make one nervous. We are humans not machines, fortunately (not meant as an excuse). But all this does not apply to those players, who grip to the stars but not having even made it up to a flat or moderate mountain in their neighborhood. Less challenging tasks, but performed (near) perfectly, will bring more satisfaction. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
