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johntpt 'Chicago School' Forum Moderator
Joined: 07 Feb 2002 Posts: 2284 Location: Toluca, Mexico
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Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2002 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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Luther Didrickson was co-trumpet professor with Vince Cichowicz at Northwestern University for many years. Each year new trumpet students were given a handout entitled "The Trumpet Student at Northwestern - A Supplement to the Departmental Orientation Meeting". A friend of mine who studied there in 1992-93 gave me a copy of this handout from 1992. Here is some excellent advice from Mr. Didrickson reagrding practice habits and self-judgement.
"It is normal to compare yourself to others, many of whom will appear at first to possess daunting skills and talent. Later, you will find they, like yourself, have areas of weakness alongside their obvious strengths. With the right attitude you will be able to learn much from your colleagues, as they surely will from you...
Eventually we all learn to expect and accept differences (especially as regards varying abilities and weaknesses) in players. What is important for you to do is to focus more on your personal progress and program to develop and improve. In other words, you compare your current playing with your own past history and judge yourself more in this way. What others may have accomplished is sometimes useful for reference but by no means to be used in self-evaluation, especially the negative kind. You, in truth, have the rest of your life to become the performer you wish to be...
One last thing: BE PATIENT. Complex mental and physical skills used in playing music on the trumpet take time in developing and refining. They cannot be forced in any known way that will deliver reliable results. All worthwhile things of this sort in life take time, and therefore so should you. Relax, enjoy your wonderful tone as you play the notes on the printed page with security and confidence, at a tempo that doesn't cause you to lose concentration or to lock up in some way. You'll do just fine."
Words we all can learn from.
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_Don Herman 'Chicago School' Forum Moderator
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Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 12:36 am Post subject: |
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Great quote -- just had to bring it back to the top upon my return to Internet life (?) - Don _________________ Don Herman/Monument, CO
"After silence, that which best expresses the inexpressible, is music." - Aldous Huxley |
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laser170323 Veteran Member
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This quote is gold. Thought it should be brought back to the top. |
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Derek Reaban Heavyweight Member
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stanton Heavyweight Member
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Luther was one of the kindest people I have ever met. It was a pleasure studying with him. I will never forget him. Thanks for sharing. _________________ Schilke B1, Bach 37, 1969 Getzen Severinsen Eterna
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richardwy Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:20 am Post subject: |
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johntpt wrote: | They cannot be forced in any known way that will deliver reliable results. All worthwhile things of this sort in life take time, and therefore so should you. Relax, enjoy your wonderful tone as you play the notes on the printed page with security and confidence, at a tempo that doesn't cause you to lose concentration or to lock up in some way. You'll do just fine."
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Indeed, John! ty for posting. _________________ 1972 Selmer Radial |
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johnski25 Veteran Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:25 am Post subject: |
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Great quote...
"You, in truth, have the rest of your life to become the performer you wish to be..."
I like this sentence the most. I wish I'd read that when I was 22...
John |
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tptfrbrains Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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johnski25 wrote: | Great quote...
"You, in truth, have the rest of your life to become the performer you wish to be..."
I like this sentence the most. I wish I'd read that when I was 22...
John |
I'm 53, and I can still see and hear Luther telling me things like this in his soft, rather high, and gentle voice. I was 16, and although I loved Luther, I didn't believe a word he said that first year at Northwestern. It took a while for me to grow up a bit and realize how right he was.
Where did the time go?
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Miketpt Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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A true gentleman and excellent, "right-on" advice. I sure wish I had that to read when everyone else was getting into Tanglewood, NRO, and NOI and I wasn't!
Mike |
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