Zugzwang
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In December I was able to persuade a lesson out of someone who isn't taking students - just to look at things I can't explore myself e.g. embouchure faults, things I'm unaware of.
I had a pretty scary lesson - he didn't have any corrections to give about my embouchure or tone (he had me play facing front and side on), but then got me doing scales to a metronome through the full range of the horn, (including giving me new fingering for top E, F, F#) in crochets, quavers, triplets (never got to the semiquavers)! I knew my timing is rubbish, but that proved I can't chew gum and walk in a straight line. Then moved onto (¿diatonic chords?) chord building on every degree of the scale.
He sent me away with 4 sheets of tone/ interval/ timing exercises to do "daily, in all keys", and said if I wanted another lesson I'd have to have it in January, because after that he didn't want to teach.
Sorry for the long preamble, my question is:
Should I try for another lesson, because it may be my last chance? On the other hand, What's the point? It'll take me months to correct the faults he's shown me already. (I think I'm getting worse !)
PS follow up question: why does anyone do a weekly lesson?
Thanks for reading this far.
I had a pretty scary lesson - he didn't have any corrections to give about my embouchure or tone (he had me play facing front and side on), but then got me doing scales to a metronome through the full range of the horn, (including giving me new fingering for top E, F, F#) in crochets, quavers, triplets (never got to the semiquavers)! I knew my timing is rubbish, but that proved I can't chew gum and walk in a straight line. Then moved onto (¿diatonic chords?) chord building on every degree of the scale.
He sent me away with 4 sheets of tone/ interval/ timing exercises to do "daily, in all keys", and said if I wanted another lesson I'd have to have it in January, because after that he didn't want to teach.
Sorry for the long preamble, my question is:
Should I try for another lesson, because it may be my last chance? On the other hand, What's the point? It'll take me months to correct the faults he's shown me already. (I think I'm getting worse !)
PS follow up question: why does anyone do a weekly lesson?
Thanks for reading this far.