tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post8431155235091502225..comments2024-02-17T14:50:54.001-05:00Comments on Notes of an Anesthesioboist: Brief Oboe UpdateT.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-35799442424861475822007-07-29T09:35:00.000-04:002007-07-29T09:35:00.000-04:00Hi, Caro - Thanks for your comment! You are so ri...Hi, Caro - Thanks for your comment! You are so right - during my teacher's 1-month absence I feel I've been floundering quite a bit, whereas when I had more regular lessons the path had a surer rhythm to it, so to speak. Should be better by summer's end! Glad you visited.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-86389599148669148592007-07-28T19:18:00.000-04:002007-07-28T19:18:00.000-04:00Hi I am an adult student and I find that regular l...Hi I am an adult student and I find that regular lessons despite how I feel about my progress is essential. I tend to be too critical of my playing so lessons are very grounding (for better or worse) but lessons give the short term goal that is necessary to motivate the "good" practice sessions rather than just playing when ever there is time.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761665140487931898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-20599749801457350202007-07-12T16:15:00.000-04:002007-07-12T16:15:00.000-04:00Don't give up your lessons. Though the progress m...Don't give up your lessons. Though the progress might feel slow, you do become better and better. In my case, I have to stop focusing so much on what I want the end result to be and remember to enjoy each moment that I am playing.Hildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06983832246471151350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-5058538694347194262007-07-06T09:53:00.000-04:002007-07-06T09:53:00.000-04:00Thanks, Patty! What you wrote reminded me of a co...Thanks, Patty! What you wrote reminded me of a comment from Caroline Plamondon on the Oboe BBoard (I wrote about her a few posts ago). She tells her students to support from the floor, not the diaphragm; I've also heard of aiming air beyond the key I'm playing, and in ballet, lifting my leg not with my thigh but "with" my toes...so I think I understand what you mean, about playing from BEYOND or to BEYOND the expected places. I'll keep working on it!T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-79440403446500312432007-07-05T23:38:00.000-04:002007-07-05T23:38:00.000-04:00I really doubt you will stink for the rest of your...I really doubt you will stink for the rest of your life! I've found that adult students get so easily frustrated because you LISTEN to yourselves better than the young'uns. (They "hear" differently; they hear what they THINK they sound like. Many -- though not all -- adults hear the reality or, and I suspect this might be you (?) hear more harshly than reality.) <BR/><BR/>In any case, I do hope you hang in there! <BR/><BR/>One thing that -- well, who knows if it'll help -- but you are a part of your instrument. From your toes up. Think about the "all of you" when you play. <BR/><BR/>Hmm. That isn't easy to explain. I wish you were here to "show" you what I mean.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I'm certain that 1) you will improve 2) you aren't as bad as you think. <BR/><BR/>Really. :-)Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16172401944836258683noreply@blogger.com