Alan & Brenda Leonard

2/8/03 23:20:


I wrote:
> << I make a million decisions every minute as I play.
>>>
and Sandra wrote:
> I make a dozen decisions, not a million. <g>

Oops, that's an editing problem. Sorry! It started out about a million
decision in a piece, and then went to decisions every minute, and then got
sent without adjustment.

The editor is NOT in. <g>

I beg you to patiently remember that it is 6-9 hours later here, depending
where in America you may be. I'm usually reading email at Midnight. I make
less sense at midnight.

But you can come to South Carolina in August and see if I make more sense
when I'm more awake!

brenda

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In a message dated 2/8/03 3:56:44 PM, abtleo@... writes:

<< I wrote:
> << I make a million decisions every minute as I play.
>>>
and Sandra wrote:
> I make a dozen decisions, not a million. <g>

Oops, that's an editing problem. >>

I figured it was a violin situation! There ARE tons of optional treatments
and positions and bowing directions and stuff!

Two of the recorder players I play with are tonguing everything. I'm trying
to talk them out of it.

That's one of the things beginners learn because it's hard to get a tone
without tonguing when you're new at it, and hard to have any non-doodly quiet
between notes unless you stop the air. "Tonguing" on a recorder isn't
tongue-to-wood, it's "duh" with the tongue against the ridge behind the top
teeth. Not like tonguing on a clarinet or oboe.

But anyway, they learned to tongue and now I can't convince them to let it go
on runs. To "sing" the parts as though they were singing the lyrics, and not
to tongue right in the middle of a held vowel.

They look at me. They understand what I'm saying in English and they would
LIKE to play it so that it sounds more musical, but they're stuck with an
over-learned habit.

Sandra