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Author: Johnny Galaga
Date: 2004-05-20 17:03
How many hours of practice does it take to get to be a professional clarinet player ?
1000 ?
5000 ?
10,000 ?
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2004-05-20 18:11
Pick a number, then add one hour to fill out your W-4 forms.
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
- Pope John Paul II
Post Edited (2004-05-20 18:18)
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Author: ron b
Date: 2004-05-20 18:17
More than that, Johnny G. -- all you can physically manage and stay in good health... plus extraordinary determination, outstanding social skills, good business sense and lots of influential contacts... for starters.
- ron b -
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-05-20 19:00
More than the person sitting ahead of you ....GBK
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Author: msloss
Date: 2004-05-20 19:13
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
Let me tell you a tale of two students on a no-names basis -- a fellow clarinetist at Northwestern a year younger than me who practiced tirelessly and with absolute determination, and ended up winning several orchestral positions (subsequently quit the business, but that is a whole other story). I also went to school with an oboist who was recruited by Ray Still who, to Mr. Still's great frustration, focused on everything but the instrument. The guy is such a natural talent that he could play football, follow a pre-med track and practice oh so rarely, and was a very accomplished player. Also now a working musician.
You practice as much as is necessary to fully exploit your god-given talent.
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Author: Bob A
Date: 2004-05-21 04:07
"You practice as much as is necessary to fully exploit your god-given talent."
Remembering that it is God-given but needs to be honed and tuned and exploited. When it ceases to be fun, of if you are no longer able to perform, you praise God and press on.
]Bob A
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Author: allencole
Date: 2004-05-21 06:43
The entire question sounds like a good ploy for a federal research grant--or one of few subjects still unused to get that Ph.D.
Allen Cole
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Author: Pappy
Date: 2004-05-21 16:02
My Uncle just retired from the Trumpet section of The Berliner. He use to say "If I miss one day of practice, I notice. If I miss two days, my standmate notices. If I miss three days the audience notices."
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2004-05-21 16:34
Pappy wrote:
> He use to say
(mis)quoting Jan Paderewski
> "If I miss one day of practice, I notice. If I
> miss two days, my standmate notices. If I miss three days the
> audience notices."
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Author: Pappy
Date: 2004-05-21 16:44
Mark Charette wrote:
> Pappy wrote:
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> > He use to say
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> (mis)quoting Jan Paderewski
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> > "If I miss one day of practice, I notice. If I
> > miss two days, my standmate notices. If I miss three days
> the
> > audience notices."
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Didn't know that....I'll still give him (uncle) credit though.....he's a fine musician...
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Author: claclaws
Date: 2004-05-22 15:14
Who is Paderewski? I heard similar saying about ballet dancing practice...
Lucy Lee Jang
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Author: BG ★2017
Date: 2004-05-23 03:53
I don't want to put any additional pressure on you, and let your conscience be your guide. But remember, while you are sleeping, someone else is practicing! Think about that when you go to bed!
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Author: Igloo Bob
Date: 2004-05-23 03:59
> "I don't want to put any additional pressure on you, and let your conscience be your guide. But remember, while you are sleeping, someone else is practicing! Think about that when you go to bed!" <
Hehe, ouch. That wasn't very nice.
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Author: diz
Date: 2004-05-23 22:26
Interestingly, Martha Agerich reportedly survivies on minimal practise ... and she's a TOP CLASS performer ... just goes to show, this is not a measureable ... you do what you have to do.
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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