[Trombone-l] Embouchure

[George Carr]

> George- You would have not gone very far because you never practiced., and
> thank you for not teaching, by the way. ;-)  I will agree that Joe Duchi
> only made necessary changes, he knew he couldn't make George practice, so he
> always taught him how to sight read (and George is a great sight
> reader)...

I think I'm insulted, but I'm not sure.  I can't tell whether you're
saying that I could be even better if I practiced more (undisputable,
for anyone on this list), whether you're agreeing that I would not
have gone far with a different teacher (maybe, maybe not), or you're
trying to say I haven't gotten very far at trombone playing even with
the teachers I had (which I dispute, and which is kind of slimy to
make me defend).  I'm happy to confess that I could have spent more
time practicing trombone in college, but that's not really the point
of the embouchure thread (or of this listserv), I don't think.

> Anyways, what I remember from the Kitzman clinic, is that he
> refused to teach with keeping the rubber stopper on the end of the slide.
> What that has to do with embouchure, I don't know. It is just a shame, I
> guess, that we could sit through a clinic with such a great player and only
> remember very minor things.

I remember trying out his embouchure theories without much success. 
What else I remember about the clinic is probably best left for
another thread.

George