By this principle all other principles are understood. We all enjoy eating a delicious meal with our friends that has been affectionately prepared and attractively served in a beautiful environment. Hearing music should be as wonderful an experience. Discipline is one of the most important cornerstones in the development of great musicianship. Professionals, who are always flexibly prepared for any contingency, work with the metronome every day.
Amateurs leave their success up to luck, chance, talent or astrology.
High Expectations . You will only obtain 50 to 70 percent of what you expect to obtain. Amateurs practice lifting 20 to 50 pounds and then hope, by some miracle, to lift the 100 pounds during a performance. Any amateur, by accident, can play a passage correctly. As a professional instrumentalist, you must prepare yourself to play a passage 10 times in a row correctly in the rehearsal hall if you expect to play it correctly the first and only time on stage.