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A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a U(*k:Fw  
work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great KVQ|l,E, /  
responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and !0p_s;uu,W  
as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical student needs to become a doctor. Most xd }g1c   
training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an fg}&=r  
athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be 6'E3Q=}d  
inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left yCC.j%@  
hand up and down, while drawing the bow to and fro with the right arm—two entirely different :56f  
movements. -SO`wL NV  
Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this ! 3&_#VO  
particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting for them, and it is the piano tuner’s 1T96W :   
responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that Y367Jr@^N  
hit the string have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound eksYIQZ]  
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This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors: they have to learn to [3&Y* W  
know every note of the music and how it should sound, and they have to aim at controlling these JrZ"AId2  
sound with fanatical but selfless authority. c^Y&4=>T  
Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists '(N -jk  
are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing AC'$~4  
works written in any century. O:K={#Xj