Posted by Anonymous Ohioan on November 09, 2003 at 12:49:58:
Has anyone ever found themselves in a position like the one I'm in now?
1. Have a great teacher, but lives too far away to see said teacher frequently, since there are no good tuba teachers in the area in which I live
2.Don't have the technical ability to learn much from said teacher since I don't see him enough to fix any issues that come up in my playing between lessons, and I think he sees my playing as better than it is
3. Everyone that hears me play says I sound good, but from behind the horn it's awful, since said lack of technical ability hurts me every time I try to play anything shorter than eighth notes.
4.Have a great horn but really can't do much with it
So, what would you say I do here? It's not a lot of fun to try playing this way. And the old adage "Practice makes permanent" is starting to take hold with a lot of my music.
Anonymous"really frustrated"Ohioan