Hahahaha! Good one Brian...
Anyway, now I have wheels (in the form of a motorcycle)... anyone know of a
good teacher in the Monterey Bay/Watsonville are willing to take on a
53-year old rank beginner? How about San Francisco? I'd like to learn just 2
pieces in this lifetime: Sakura from the folk repertoire and KYOREI. This is
my first real instrument and I have no illusions of grandeur (I glad to be
just breathing actually) but I have plenty of time to practice and once the
rains stop would be able to take a few day trips a month to learn a bit... I
now know nothing, so anything would be an improvement. thanks... "have
flute, will travel" ;*)
Brett "Bud" Breitwieser (bud@rajah.com)
check out my zen site at http://rajah.com
or my tech support site at http://rajah.net
walking, greens, and my recumbent trike at http://rajah.ws
the dragon is at http://rajah.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. Ritchie [mailto:nemo2000@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:57 PM
> To: Stav Tapuch
> Cc: shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu
> Subject: Re: Teachers
>
>
> Top 10 reasons why a teacher is preferable to an instructional
> guide and CD.
>
> 1. An instructional guide can't take you out for a beer.
>
> 2. The instructional guide won't organize student recitals and other
> performances for you.
>
> 3. If perchance you get a performance through other means the instruction
> manual won't be able to help you put on your kimono.
>
> 4. An instructional CD can't introduce you to it's other students.
>
> 5. An instruction book will seldom bring over bratwurst for the
> Packer game.
>
> 6. An instructional guide can't introduce you to other
> instructional guides.
>
> 7. When a great player comes to visit from Japan he can't crash out at the
> instructional guide's house.
>
> 8. You can go on a bike ride with your instructional guide, but the
> conversation will be poor.
>
> 9. The instructional guide does not have a cute little daughter
> to play with.
>
> 10. Unless you have flawless intonation, familiarity with the microtonal
> scales and pitches of Japanese music, total objectivity about
> your own sound,
> the ability to see yourself from outside your own body and interpret that
> information, knowledge of arcane Japanese shakuhachi terminology,
> voluminous
> historical knowledge of the pieces, players and schools of shakuhachi, the
> ability to locate and choose a good instrument despite being a beginner,
> understanding of the nuances of the pieces not depicted in the notation,
> comprehension of the appropriate vibrato to use for each piece,
> note or phrase
> (and when not to), knowledge of which of the many fingerings for
> each pitch is
> appropriate in any given instance, etc. etc. etc, you probably
> could benefit
> from having a teacher.
>
>
>
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