1. She practiced piano every day for more than an hour ; : however, she had not improved by the end of the summer.

2. Frustrated, she sought out a local maestro for lessons ; : she was not used to failure.

3. Instead of recommending further practice, the maestro urged her to listen to recordings by famous pianists ; : Rachmaninoff, Rubinstein, Horowitz.

4. She listened every day ; : every day she put a new recording in her CD player, hoping to hear something useful.

5. For ten days she heard piano recordings ; : then, after many hours of listening, she heard something different.

6. She heard, in a way she hadn't heard previously, feelings within the music ; : sadness, exuberance, loneliness.

7. Returning to the maestro, she explained that she heard in Chopin, longing ; : in Mozart, celebration; and in Bach, glory.

8. The maestro proclaimed ; : "You have found your inner ear."

9. She returned to the piano and found that her fingers were rusty and her mistakes many ; : nevertheless, she persevered.

10. After two weeks of daily practice, she smiled ; : she knew that today she had made music.