Jon Kratzer

Eh...most germans use Schlinge for noose. Strick is really used more for Cord or threads(knitting anyone?), even more simple a rope. Carries a lot of meanings. Are we sure this isn't just a typo of 'strict'? I don't see any significant links to my mother tongue...

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dkoorn

I studied with John Clyman from about 1959 to 1964. Was he strict? To say the least! But he was by far the best teacher of anything I've ever had. I'm currently a teacher myself, and I still use that tough-love approach with my students. I still recall the time in a lesson when I didn't have enough air in my lungs to complete a passage and I took a breath. He told me that the listeners couldn't care less about my own personal problems, that the passage had to be completed as written. "But how," I asked, "if there's no air in my lungs?" "Then use blood, but keep playing!" That NO EXCUSES approach has dominated everything I've done in my life since then. Yes, he was tough and strict. But the best teacher ever!

rowuk

Jon,
it was actually a play on words. If that guy was so tough, you had your neck in the noose when you showed up for the lesson..........................

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sdoucette

I studied with John Clyman from 1970-1976. I have all of his exercises and was a devoted student. Grant Hungarford and myself were his two students at this time he held high hopes for. Grant went on to play professionally and I went on to other things. I have many stories to tell about my experience with him.
Steve Doucette

Smirnus

My father studied with him when he was in high school. Pop didn't take it farther than that, but hearing him play was one of my favorite sounds as a child.