Klarinet Archive - Posting 000363.txt from 2004/04

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Music exams in U.S.
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:13:16 -0400

Tony Wakefield wrote:

> U.S. produces many fine instrumentalists, is
> this a case, a strong case suggesting that
> theory is really not too important to an
> instrumentalist, and we in UK are a bit too
> paranoid, and could dispense with some of it?
> Music ISN`T Manufacturing.

You need to factor in the student's instinctual musical 'talent' also.
Cream rises even if you turn the bottle upside down. Poor education
can probably ruin a marginal musician, but can it ruin someone who is
born a true musician?

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weird.... because if you're normal, that's just plain weird."

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