Klarinet Archive - Posting 000448.txt from 1997/06

From: Robert and Deborah Shaw <theshaws@-----.net>
Subj: Re: How to make Stacatto?
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:44:11 -0400

Neil Leupold wrote:
>
> On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, Robert and Deborah Shaw wrote:
>
> > That old adage "PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT" seems full of wisdom to me.
>
> It's only full of wisdom if it is amended by copying the last word and
> putting it in front. A person can practice for 100 years and never
> achieve what they're after. *How* we practice is more important than
> the number of hours we put in. If one practices with proper mental
> focus and with proper technique, then progress will come in far less
> time than if that same person flounders about for hours each day,
> waiting and hoping that the right sound and physical sensation will
> reveal itself spontaneously. Thus, by the law of averages, practice
> indeed will *eventually* make perfect, because a person, given enough
> time, will eventually stumble upon the right technique and then know
> what to practice from that point on. But the truly wise adage is
> "perfect practice makes perfect".
>
> Neil

Well said!!!!

Deborah