Thanks for your comment Sheila, we're having a ver...

2007-04-07T11:23:00.000-07:00

Thanks for your comment Sheila, we're having a very interesting discussion on Flutenet Yahoo group at the moment about levels of teaching when teaching teens who come from lesser teachers, or NO previous instruction.

Although we don't want to push people to become James Galway, if they're not interested, we *do* like to help flutists find the easiest way to speed ahead so that they can learn to teach themselves, and continue to develop and grow on their own.

Producing a student who can teach themselves is our goal.
You may be interested in following the thread on Flutenet. (I'll send it to you if you're not a member, if you like.)

Best,
Jen :>)

Yes!!! Thank goodness I didn't wait longer than I...

2007-04-07T11:00:00.000-07:00

Yes!!! Thank goodness I didn't wait longer than I did to correct some of my messy fingerings. That was about 3 years ago. (Is that all??? So much has been accomplished!) It's amazing, how even the 'fingering charts' in some band books display the wrong, rough, weezy-sounding fingerings for the band students to use.

Another incredible bit of information is that I went through two 'flute teachers' before and while in a school band, and neither mentioned my fingerings! The closest thing I got to it was "Don't always use Bb thumb, it's the cheater fingering." :O

Thank you for pointing this out, and following it with 'Top ten reasons to take flute lessons'. I may send this to one or two people. ;) How closely these two things tie together! Thanks!!!
Sheila

Comments on Jennifer Cluff: The misuse of a single middle finger and what it m...

Thanks for your comment Sheila, we're having a ver...

Yes!!! Thank goodness I didn't wait longer than I...