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.
If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse. - William Westney
If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse.
- William Westney
Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to do next - William Westney
Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to do next
Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses. - William Westney
Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses.
Don't attribute mishaps to a lapse in concentration - if you missed the note you don't know it. - William Westney
Don't attribute mishaps to a lapse in concentration - if you missed the note you don't know it.
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 - … - William Westney
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 - …
Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever may be holding us bac… - William Westney
Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever may be holding us bac…
If you have played "six times wrong, one time right" the problem is not quite corrected. - William Westney
If you have played "six times wrong, one time right" the problem is not quite corrected.
[perfectionism leads to] a tendency to apologize preemptively for one's efforts, knowing from experience that there's sure to be something wrong with… - William Westney
[perfectionism leads to] a tendency to apologize preemptively for one's efforts, knowing from experience that there's sure to be something wrong with…
Music study presents a natural, here-and-now route to selfknowledge and self-integration. - William Westney
Music study presents a natural, here-and-now route to selfknowledge and self-integration.
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