William Westney Quotes

• . ...el ingrediente más crucial, con diferencia, para el éxito en la música es... lo que ocurre en la sala de ensayo.

  William Westney

  Practice, Rooms, Ingredients

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• Los errores son. . . inmensamente útiles. . . nos muestran . . . dónde estamos en este momento y lo que tenemos que hacer a continuación

  William Westney

  Mistake, Needs, Next

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

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  Chance, Music Practice, Chances Are

  William Westney (2006). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”, p.94, Amadeus Press

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

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  Judging, Want, Lasts

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• When the good student chooses the honest path, free of perfectionism and faking, music study becomes something refreshingly new: a calm oasis of self-acceptance for those who are so used to driving themselves and trying to please others.

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  Acceptance, Oasis, Self

  William Westney (2006). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”, p.135, Amadeus Press

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• Music study presents a natural, here-and-now route to selfknowledge and self-integration.

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  Self, Study, Natural

  William Westney (2006). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”, p.214, Amadeus Press

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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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  Practice, Healthy, Sound

  William Westney (2003). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”

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• La música, el arte más abstracto y extraño, es un río eterno de sonido que se mueve a través del tiempo. Podemos liberarnos de lo que nos retiene y unirnos a ese río que fluye.

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  Art, Moving, Rivers

  William Westney (2006). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”, p.222, Amadeus Press

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• Learning itself is a fulfilling adventure at all points in the process. In fact, psychologists have listed learning as one of the basic, universal joys of human experience.

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  Adventure, Joy, Facts

  William Westney (2006). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”, p.169, Amadeus Press

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• Don't attribute mishaps to a lapse in concentration - if you missed the note you don't know it.

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  Lapses, Notes, Mishaps

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• Si ha jugado "seis veces mal, una bien", el problema no se ha corregido del todo.

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  Six, Problem, Music Practice

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• [perfectionism leads to] a tendency to apologize preemptively for one's efforts, knowing from experience that there's sure to be something wrong with them.

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  Knowing, Effort, Apologizing

  William Westney (2003). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”

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

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  Teaching, Students, Impulse

  William Westney (2006). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”, p.43, Amadeus Press

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