Yes, indeed. “Break it down into parts that you can manage at a pace that you can manage” is a lesson that’s useful not only for learning to play music but also for life.
As you say, it’s an occult form of magic that makes the impossible easy.
However, the converse is true also. If you “learn” too much too fast, you’ll only inculcate the habit of making mistakes. In music (as in other things) those mistakes can be very, very hard to rectify.
I’ll ignore your intolerable slur on the sound of the clarinet … 😉
Simon Ubsdell
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