[TPIN] RE: To Teach or Not to Teach?

[Rod Brawn]

Hi All,
    I teach two young lads and they love to play along with a CD book I have 
called Band Jam, it is a Hal Leonard thing from the nineties.  It helps the 
kids get motivated.
TTFN

Rod
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Reynolds" <trumpet1 at nycap.rr.com>
To: <DVTheob at aol.com>
Cc: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>; <SolumKR26 at uww.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TPIN] RE: To Teach or Not to Teach?


>
>
>  Maybe you could introduce your possible
>> student  to TPIN -------that should be enough encouragement to make a pro 
>> in short  order!!
>>
>
>
> Stu,
>
> That would be an excellent idea.  I teach HS and spend way too much time 
> correcting problems which should have been easily diagnosed in elementary 
> school.  (huge, long sigh)
>
> I have seen kids who tongue with an exaggerated attack on every note.  I 
> don't have to ask, but I do: "Where is your tongue touching inside your 
> mouth?"
>
> My lip.
>
> I guess some TPIN'ers can make this work, but I've never had a student who 
> could.
>
> I've had plenty of students who set their embouchure for something like a 
> low C and then pin it open with impressive arm pressure.
>
> Of course, most of them don't count while they play (they can count to 
> beat the band if the horn is in their lap) and most of them ignore all 
> dynamics and half the articulation: but that's why I get the big bucks.
>
> Never ignore the basics.
>
> Keith Reynolds
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