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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000076.txt from 2006/10

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] 10,000 hours
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:57:27 -0400

And Charlie Parker? He is reputed to have practiced 13 hours a day in
Kansas before he moved to NYC.
Herb

On 10/10/06 1:10 PM, "Gary Van Cott" <gary@-----.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
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