fetrow@entropy.UUCP (David Fetrow) (11/09/84)
times gives me a chance to hear it the way I like it ( Listening to a recording tells one how someone else likes it). After that just plow on through a few times. Then go back and get the difficult parts right. Personally it seems important to play it (or at least read it) not just practice the hard parts else I get too discouraged. This technique has made me a very fast sight-reader (on violin and saxophone) but has lead some of my teachers to distraction as, after a month, I play whatever-it-is well but don't get any better. It is a good technique for an amateur (at least this one) but every- bodies different.