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At a certain speed, I could reach up and feel the pane, and that glass pane would vibrate. I said, Doggone, there's got to be a reason for this. So I go to the kindergarten teacher, and she takes me to the science teacher, and the science teacher takes me to the library and reads it off to me -- "This is called resonance." That was the beginning.
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I don't know much about the history of music, but I do recognise two very fine teachers, and a clever and curious young mind, right here.
How much easier would it have been for that kindergarten teacher to say "It just does. You'll learn about it later. Concentrate on what you're supposed to be doing", and slammed the door shut on his curiosity. Instead they opened the door; Les got an understanding of what sound is and how it is made very early in his life, and the rest, as they say ...