Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

Quote by John Galsworthy

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Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the...

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the...

Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.

Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.

One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.

One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.

Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.

Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.

Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but...

Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but...

The French cook; we open tins.

The French cook; we open tins.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept...

I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept...

Beginnings are always messy.

Beginnings are always messy.

The mind of the performer is a very strange thing.

The mind of the performer is a very strange thing.

I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies...

I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies...

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what...

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what...

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.

You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.

You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what...

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what...

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.

I do not see scales as abstract.

I do not see scales as abstract.

He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight,...

He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight,...

When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power...

When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power...

I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that...

I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that...