[TPIN] What IS competent?

[Ellis Workman]

It easier to identify incompetence than competence
with regard to trumpet instruction.

My most memorable example of incompetence was
getting a private student who had been playing
for 2 years a school, she had a real fuzzy
airy sound. That's what happens when you try
to use a cornet mouthpiece in a trumpet.
I was the first to notice the problem.

As far as competence; can the teacher play?, if  not
could he/she play? Does he/she have any successful students?
Ultimately we have to become our own teachers, but
that is a lot tougher when you are hobbled by
incorrect information.


-Ellis



On Wed, January 2, 2008 12:48 pm, trumpeterdave at comcast.net said:
> Mike Vax said:
>
> "Any change or addition of another mouthpiece, especially for a
> young person, should be done with the help of a competent teacher and not
> just
> because somebody on a list like this says so."
>
> Ah, there's the rub: "competent"
>
> Who/How defines "competent" ?
>
> I have been struggling for about 9 months with
> selecting a mp for lead playing.  My teacher  is a fabulous player, and,
> more
> importantly, a tremendous teacher--a
> serious student of trumpet playing. (He is a Gary Radke disciple) BUT-I
> just
> flat out didn't like the mp he set me with. (A GR)
> I  could not get air through air through it.
> I gave it a 2 month committed tryout. Played ONLY the GR. Didn't even
> THINK
> about
> going back.  Until it occurred to me--"Just for kicks, I will try my old
> 1C just
> once..."
> Voila, I was back in business blowing freely again.  (Still looking for a
> little
> help with the high range, though!)
>
> So the moral of the story is, well, I don't know what the moral of the
> story is.
> Whatever works? Listen to yourself? Don't worry about it? Try everyting in
> sight?
>
>
>
>
>
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Ellis Workman, ARS KØELW
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Rochester, MN US