ALSO AY taney GREEN ‘Tee Inner Gane of Music with W. Timothy Galley ‘The Inner Game of Music Workbook for Band with Eugene Corporon The Inner Gane of Music Wortook for Orchestra wit Margery Deutch, The Inner Game of Music Worktook for Strings with Geralel Doan The mer Game of Music Workbook for Solo Lnstremenis ‘The Inver Gare of Music Werklook for Wie The liner Game of Music Worktok or Piano with Phyllis Lehrer The Inner Game of Music Worktok for Men's and Women’s Barkersap Quarts, Chorus and Classrooms with Greg Lyne and Larry Ajer ‘The Iner Gane of Music Video Donna Loewy THE MASTERY OF MUSIC Ten Pathways to True Artistry BARRY GREEN With a foreword by ‘Mark Stryker Broadway Books New Yerkice te paperback elton published 2005 as ig by Ci Wb ‘he Library of Congas as cxsogel the hardcover eon a: ree, Bary. wpe era ay / Bay Geen I 002027815 1N 978-0-7679-1157-3 910 CONTENTS PRELUDE by mark Stryker Rhythm a Popular Combos, ‘three DISCIPLINE The Way Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, four FUN The loy in Music 92 Trombone, Tuba, and Double Bass five PASSION The Power of Love 117 cello Aix TOLERANCE The View from the Middle 142 Violas and Management/Musicianswi CONTENTS seven CONCENTRATION The Classical Guitar, and Harp eight CONFIDENCE From Bravura Trumpet nine EGO and HUMILITY From Fame to Artistry 216 Opera, Jazz, and Theater Singers ten CREATIVITY The Journey into the Soul 258 Composers and Improviaing Musicians FINALE: Inspirations for Saying on the Path 264 Teachers, Cholrs, Adversity CODA: Acknowledgments and Thanks 225 Further Reading 291 PRELUDE by Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Presa music evitic 'saac Seer: was on the phone, speaking in advance of an appearance the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in which he was t0 play the Bruch Violin Concerto, This was the fall of 1997. The great violinist was now seventy-seven years old, and it was no secret that his once impec- cable technical command of the violin, pacity of tone, and intonation hnad all deterocated significantly from his prime. And yer Steris penfor- amances sill often managed to startle audiences with a depth of emotion and intellect that put to shame many of the whiz kids thae populate the concert scene, whippersnappers who can breeze through the entie stan- dard literature without making any mistakes—and without making any music, either, How, I asked Stetn, did he do it? How did he manage to retain his artiscry when the calendar had robbed him of his hardewon dexterity, stamina, and pethaps even some of his power-oF concentration? Stern, who could be as charming as'a kitten or as gruff as a grouchy hound, sometimes in the same breath, paused for a moment. F course ther’ a difference from how I once played,” he growled, “Thar’s not the point ‘The question is how I use what I can do.” ‘Then his voice softened, as if