Klarinet Archive - Posting 000981.txt from 2000/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Performance
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:25:06 -0500

At 12:01 PM 12/18/2000 -0800, Neil Leupold wrote:
>...In other words, mastering a
>new or especially difficult skill requires that we not insist on being
>good at it from the start. And yes, to my mind, "mastering" a skill
>means not only that the desired effect is 100% replicable, but that
>producing it is effortless (or nearly so)...

This reminds me of a motto I saw posted in a middle school bandroom the
other day:

Don't practice till you get it RIGHT.
Practice till you don't get it WRONG anymore!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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