YPSSSSS here (:
Adding to patricia
What i really want to say is. We as SL, we know what we are doing, and not like we really want to torture you guys with boring stuff & everything. & you need to trust us that what we are doing can improve your playing.
Do you know why we do such boring stuff? cos the boring stuff is your basic foundation. is just like when you are young, you need to know how to stand before you walk then run. you might know how to stand already, just like you can blow notes in your instrument. but that doesnt mean you can run fast which a lot of you guys are doing. you guys are too focused on pieces. do you know whats stopping you guys from improving, is that you are practising the same way over & over again. without knowing that what is stopping you is your basic foundation.
The reason why we are drilling so so much about long tones, major scales, sbt, etc. is that we can infer that you guys didnt work on your foundation. most of you. even if you have, & you think that coming for SP & working on foundation is useless, for myself i dont think so. Everyone can improve & there is no best playing in the world. Compare ourselves to outside world. Do you think we are on par with them? you might think that it is ridiculous to compare ourselves with them as they have played the clarinet for so many years. the pt is, why they are so good is cos their foundation is strong. & from there we can know that our foundation is not as strong as theirs & i can say that we have a lot a lot more to improve on foundation, even myself.
I know that im strict with you guys. But what if i dont be strict? can you even say you are strict with your own playing? do you ever listen to your playing & wonder, whats wrong with my playing & why i cant play as well as the recording etc? If you didnt, we did for you guys. All of you & everything really goes down to foundation. Pieces are just little things that show your foundation. SO YOUR FOUNDATION MUST BE STRONG
I just hope you guys understand what are we trying to do here, forcing you guys to playing long notes & scales after every breaks. You have to know that we are still not up to standard. but trust me, after all the practices. WE WILL REACH THAT STANDARD. but that only comes true when you guys put in your best effort & understand what are we doing
From you guys reactions, i can feel that you all dont understand us & you dont understand how such little things about long notes & SBTs can help. the truth is that we year 3 clarinets did long notes & everything & here we are. I can say that between year 2 & 3 there is a slight gap in terms of playing & tonality. I really hope to make the gap smaller.
clarinets, what if you were the SLs of the section & you face this situation. What would you do? I can just simply ask you guys what to practise & tell you everything and ask you guys to go home & practise. But there is really little improvements in you guys since starting of the year till now. I really want to make sure that everyone practise & everyone improve tgt. I dont want anyone to slack, especially when SYF is nearing.
Hmmm, the thing about running. it can just show your perserverence. Running isnt tough you know as long as you perservere to the end. But from what i see tdy, a lot of people stopped & me & patricia have to stop to wait for you guys & push you guys along. It just show how weak you are. you can run slow & not stop. but you cant stop. When you stop, it is hard to start running again. You cant just say cos you have stitches or anything or you feel tired & thats why you stop. You cant give yourself excuses. Cos have you think about it? if you have stitches, wont others have? if i didnt stop when i feel tired & having stiches which is the truth, why cant you continue? if you guys cant even perservere to run just 2 rounds around the school, do you think you yourself can tahan the hard journey through SYF?
You guys need to grow up & really understand the situation we are in. You know, we cant give ourselves excuses to slack off just because we think we cant do this or that. Cos thats is limiting yourself. What we are doing now is making you step out of your comfort zone. & you need to step out of your comfort zone. Cos this is life & you need to learn how to survive with it.
So yeah, i expect better attitude towards running 2 rounds & playing foundation stuff. I know it's hard to see the change in your playing with all those boring stuff. but you will see it & hear it yourself after 2 months. provided you listen to us.
You need to trust us clarinets, you just need to trust us & do what we say. Cos we wont make you waste your precious time of life.
& please dont compare what we are doing with other sections or anything. Just ask yourself, you want to improve or you just want us to do what the other sections are doing? As musicians, we must always aim for the better. if we have the time to improve ourselves & the right method to. why not use that method though it is tiring. As long as our end result is good & we turn into great clarinetists & bring the band proud.
Cos, what we are doing is for your own good, clarinets. It might tire you guys out, but it is tiring us out too. But we really really hope that clarinet section can be a very very good section. Dont you want to make good music/sound out of your clarinet? Dont you want to play really well as a section?
Think about it, clarinets.
