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      <title>What piano teachers and karate teachers have in common</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;It's funny. As I was listening to my piano teacher, Elliot, talking to me today I kept hearing Sensei. When he said "I'd rather you played it slowly and got it right, then speed it up" I could almost have been in the dojo.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was just saying to Bethlet that I'm having to get comfortable with that &lt;em&gt;noob&lt;/em&gt; feeling all over again. Like when I started karate and felt like I had two left feet. It's the same uncomfortable sensation. I think maybe that's a good thing. To keep going through that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elliot says there is hope for me... with a lot of hard practice ;-)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have to say that the feeling when I played a bar and knew I'd got the timing right and it sounded right was very good. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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