Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses. - William Westney - Quotesmemo.com

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William Westney

Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses.

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. . the most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is. . . what happens in the practice room.

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The reason so many of us lose our bearings about practising early in life is that we practice in living rooms with other family members in earshot - and healthy practice would simply sound too obnoxious, intrusive, repetitious and unmusical for others to hear without annoyance.

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If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse.

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Robotic correctness is the last thing judges want to see or hear

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Mistakes are. . . immensely useful. . . they show us. . . where we are right now and what we need to do next

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