Just the way it has always been

I find a special pleasure knowing that when I practice I am doing pretty much the same thing in the pretty much the same way that I would have done ten years ago, or twenty years ago, or fifty years ago, or one hundred years ago, or one hundred fifty years ago, or even two hundred years ago. In this modern world where much of the technology we use on a daily basis changes so quickly it is nice to know that the most important musical technology, careful practicing, has remained pretty much the same.