Klarinet Archive - Posting 000267.txt from 2001/09

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Scaling the mountain
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 17:12:45 -0400

--- HatNYC62@-----.com wrote:

> And to follow another of Sean's comments; if you find scale practice
> insufferably boring and simply cannot do it, it's a sign that maybe you
> should find another profession. The ones that make it are the ones who
> have the fortitude to do the boring stuff over and over and over again.
> Very true, sadly.

Unless you're a weirdo like me and actually enjoy it! Scales, when
performed in a physically relaxed and mentally focused state, can be
quite meditative. I feel absolutely terrific after a cover-to-cover
run of the Baermann.

Neil

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