William Westney
Autor de The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self
Sobre El Autor
William Westney holds two endowed faculty positions at Texas Tech University.
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The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your… por William Westney
Straightforward, pragmatic and inspirational. I will return to this book regularly, I am sure. What a relief to read suggestions with no BS attached - just viable, solid advice. Not at all stuffy and in recognition that "hey folks, music is sposed to be fun, remember?"
This book reinforces the idea that it is OK to make mistakes - a good thing, since I make a lot of them. Surprising how many musicians subscribe to the cult that mistakes in practice are bad. The best example in the book is that of a child learning to feed itself - they make a mess, and yet they learn how to be an expert in no time. To practice so carefully that no mistakes are made doesn’t work for me as a practice technique. Better to play with energy and enthusiasm and plenty of wrong notes - then correct them.… (más)
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