The Language of Music - 2

    Singers and instrumentalists have to get every note perfectly in tunes . the pianists are spared this particular anxiety , for the notes are already there , waiting for them . And it is the piano tuner's responsibily to tune the instruments for them . But they have their own difficulties : the hammers that hit the strings have to be coaxed not to sound like the percussion , and each overlapping tone has to sound clear .
    This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student constructors . They have to learn to know every note of the music and how it should sound , and they have to aim at controlling these sounds with fanatical but selfless authority .
    Technique is of no use unless it is combined with the music knowledge and understanding . The artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing works written in any century .