# How do classical musicians do it?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [November 10, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-classical-musicians-do-it/1010052 "2024-11-10T23:58:57Z")\
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An article on Itzak Perlman in Readers Digest described his attending a party where a bluegrass band was playing, and when they invited him to sit in, he played “Turkey in the Straw” at “something approaching the speed of light “.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-classical-musicians-do-it/1010052/102 "2024-12-09T03:49:01Z")

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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> “If I don’t practice for a day I know it.  
> If I don’t practice for two days the critics know it.  
> And if I don’t practice for three days the public knows it.”
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> –Jascha Heifetz

[New Quote Investigator article on this.](https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/12/08/practice-day/)

TL,DR: not originated by Jascha Heifetz.

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