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Length of Practice

To: "Brass Bands U.K." <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Length of Practice
From: "ivanhuke" <ivanhuke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:29:02 -0000

At a concert in Hyde Park, London, around 1950, I - an overawed little boy -
ventured to ask the principal cornet (of Fodens, I think it was) how much
practice he did. He replied very decisively: 'Two hours a day'.

I was impressed that a man who had reached the position of being probably
one of the best players of his instrument in the world still did so much
practice.

It would be interesting to know how much practice fellow list-members
consider necessary. I suspect there are some players who do not practise at
all, other than at band rehearsals.

Yours (confessing to about 15 minutes a day),

Ivan


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