Klarinet Archive - Posting 000989.txt from 2000/12

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Performance
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 05:18:41 -0500

This motto is more or less the same as:
Amateurs [good ones?!] practise till they get it right once;
Professionals practise till they get it right *every* time.

Roger S.

In message <3.0.1.32.20001218222506.01c9a298@-----.org writes:
> 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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