Klarinet Archive - Posting 000535.txt from 1998/01

From: Edinger/Gilman <wde1@-----.com>
Subj: Hays principle
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 00:11:36 -0500

Erica Dyson wrote:

"after 3 months I am about grade 4...I feel I am not doing very
well...where would the average person with some musical ability be now?"

After 3 months? Oh, about grade 2 or 3, I would guess. The "Hays
Principle" seems to apply here: beginners have little patience with
their own progress, even when significant. Man, you teachers not only
have to be musicians and educators, you have to be psychologists as
well. My hat's off to you.

Bill E.