the closest teacher in my case is more than 7000km and a whole ocean away...
I did get some instruction by some really good teachers and world-renowned musicians when I collected the instrument from the maker, but it was only a couple of afternoons. But that's it. On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Simon Wascher <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > Hello, > > Am 09.09.2010 um 13:25 schrieb michael: > > You obviously have not seen our Hurdy-gurdy Method, which has been rated >> highly by many players, one high school teacher saying it is the best >> instrumental method he has ever seen. >> > > sorry if I gave the impression that I do not like your Hurdy-gurdy Method. > This is not the case. > I just wanted to point out how VERY important a good teacher is, as you too > point out in your text: "a book is no substitute for a teacher". > > > the unavailability of teachers is evidenced by the number of enquiries >> that are posted to this forum. >> > > the question of availability of teachers is more a matter of personal > impression and the willingness to accept whats needed. Many requests come > from people who just do not know about hurdy-gurdy players in their area at > all, but this list often helps out wit local contacts. Other hurdy-gurdy > owners think it would be too much effort to drive twohundred miles for > meeting a tutor. All I want to say is: yes its really worth the effort! > My first, and very important lessons I got from Claude Flagel in Brussels, > about 1200 km away from my home. It was one afternoon, and it was worth all > the effort. I benefited from it for years. > In the following years I went to workshop-weekends in Germany as there was > no possibility to get lessons in Austria at that time. > > Especially learning a good playing technique needs regular supervision. > Every mistake practiced for one month will take another month of pracicing > to be corrected (the more basic musical skills can be aquired from any local > music teacher). > > I teach hurdy gurdy for many years now, and I have seen many beginners that > are constricted by their erroneous playing technique. Many of them never saw > someone playing really well and some of them just missinterpreted the method > they bought and never got corrected. > > So if one wants to learn the hurd-gurdy playing well: go for a tutor and > for workshop- weekends as often as possible, ...and the tutors will know > about good methods anyway. > > kind regards, Simon > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hurdygurdy%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from > new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
