Klarinet Archive - Posting 000983.txt from 2000/12

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Performance
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 01:02:44 -0500

--- Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com> wrote:

> 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!

That seems like a valuable enough lesson to learn. The first part
means you can play it correctly at least once. The second part means
you can play it correctly every single time you attempt it. And the
way to achieve the second part? More grade school platitudes:

Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes permanent.
Perfect practice makes perfect.

("Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers...")

-- Neil

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