Forgive me for skirting the point of your post and nit-picking a side point here, but I don't want to let this go. The 'old' way of testing was *not* always easier, just not standardized. When I took it, believe me, it was not easier! And it was just as "hands-on" as the standardized one is. At 12:57 AM 5/20/98 -0400, you wrote: > . . . there was a vote taken as to whether the RPTs >that had taken the earlier (easier) exams should be required to take the new >hands on exams in order to keep their RPT status. >Dave Bunch > Vince Mrykalo RPT MPT vince@byu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Why do schools of music content themselves with teaching students how to smite keyboards and think it unnecesary to tell them about equal temperament and how that system affects musical intonation?" - Wm. Braid White quoted in the PT July 1954
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