Klarinet Archive - Posting 000555.txt from 1998/01

From: Gary_VanCott@-----.com
Subj: Re: Hays principle
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:53:22 -0500

Apples and Oranges I think.

I am afraid most of us in the USA (I am included) have no clue what the
grades the UK players occasionally mention actually represent.

Gary Van Cott
Las Vegas, NV

wde1@-----.com on 01/10/98 05:37:38 PM

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cc: (bcc: Gary VanCott/NHIN)
Subject: Hays principle

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.

   
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