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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 2006/10

From: "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br>
Subj: [DR-L] 10,000 hours
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:36:06 -0400

10,000 hours in four yesterday ?accompanied by how many psychiatrists??

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Van Cott" <gary@-----.com>

>I didn't see the message that generated this but I understood this was
> the average number of hours practiced by typical violinists in major
> symphonies before they were hired (not world class players). I have
> assumed that this was generally over a 10 year period.
>
> I believe that clarinetist Richard Stoltzman did his 10,000 hours in a
> period of about 4 years.
>
> Gary
>

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