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Developing A Critical Ear

Patricia George | August 11, 2026

courtesy of Camp Encore/Coda A professional clarinetist shared that on his first day playing in a professional orchestra, the principal clarinetist, his teacher, gave him five dimes. He was told to put the dimes on the left side of

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