I am a hundred percent with you David (and Valéry), carried away or not ! Jean-Marie ================================= == En réponse au message du 11-01-2010, 10:33:41 ==
> >There seem to be several subject headers around dealing with what >this, I'll stick to this one. > >I've had my fair share of lessons and I teach. Lessons or commentary >from fellow students at a conservatory are not for people with a >fragile ego, but all comments are fair. People know what they talk >about, can clearly hear and see what's wrong with your playing and >will say so. And it's good they do, for that's the only way to become >better. The point is the comments are fair and made by people with >knowledge. Not everybody posting comments on YouTube is fair or knows >what he/she is writing about. Or, if I play a concert, people come to >me and say they liked. it. Of course I'm flattered, but what did they >like? Probably something completely different from what I tried to put >into the music. That's no problem, but the same is true with >criticism: what it is they didn't like, is not always a valid point >for me. I might lose some of my audience, but I cannot please >everybody. It is important to know who is saying something, to be able >to judge it well. I had a little girl of six in my audience last >Wednesday who thought it was utterly boring what I was doing, but her >sister of eight just loved it. Not because of the music, but because I >am her guitar teacher, I waved to her during the concert and was >playing _such_ a funny guitar! She had a great time despite the boring >music. > >Now for us commenting on each other's YouTube videos. Valery made the >point he knows what's there to improve in his playing and he doesn't >need to be reminded (sorry if I oversimplify his statement or have it >wrong. It is a point I want to make that actually does not need >Valery's playing, it is not about his playing at all, but the example >was conveniently at hand). Sorry, Valery, perhaps you don't, because I >think if you really did know what is there to improve and how to >improve it, you'd change it within weeks or months. One of my first >videos had too many funny faces, grimaces. I withdrew it. My debut >Baroque lute videos of last weekend received kind comments, I thank >you all, but I know my tone has to improve, not all is quite steady >and some ornaments were downright sloppy. Many of the lute players on >YouTube play not legato enough. Or should we blame their microphones? >Many don't hold notes to give them their 'proper' length, or is that >debatable? Anyway, do I tell them directly? No, because I don't know >them. I teach real people. People facing me, personalities I know. I >know their ambitions and their sensitivities. Both are needed to find >the right touch in making comments on their playing. What use is there >if someone hears from me his playing is not legato enough and he >should hold the bass, when all he wants is a pat on the back and >praise for his brave efforts? > >Sorry, got carried away. Real theorbo pupil coming in half an hour. > >David > > >-- >******************************* >David van Ooijen >davidvanooi...@gmail.com >www.davidvanooijen.nl >******************************* > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. >Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > ========================================
