The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #104399   Message #2138055
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
31-Aug-07 - 08:14 PM
Thread Name: The speed of the Fiddle
Subject: RE: The speed of the Fiddle
There are three important words that are really the clue to the answer to this question.


Practice, practice, practice...

Tests on brain scans that show the amount of myelin sheath laid down on the nerves in the brain have shown that about 3,000 hours practice gets one to about the standard of being accepted for entry to 'an advanced school of music' - 10,000 hours gets you to about the standard of a classical music soloist.... :-)