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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-03-27 04:20
How often do you listen to yourself? I mean, record what you play then play it back for yourself to hear? It's amazing what problems you can discover and it makes it a whold lot easier to solve them. I recently discovered that my arsonal did not include 16th notes. I had whole, half, quarter, eighth, and thirty-seconds, but no sixteenths. The tape let me fix that.
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Author: Amy
Date: 1999-03-27 05:06
Recording yourself works so well. I completely agree. When I was working on my all-state music I was so frustrated with myself, I just couldn't seem to get any where on a few places and was about to give up. Someone then gave me the idea to record myself, and within a week I had addressed my problems in my playing and was quickly on my way to fixing them. Recording yourself really makes a difference. I like to record myself then play it back several times, and write down everything I could improve. Then the next time I practice, I look at my notes and just begin working on those spots that need improvement. I only wish I had thought of recording myself earlier.
Amy
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Author: Katherine Pincock
Date: 1999-03-27 14:57
My teacher at university recommends recording yourself at least once a year, and keeping a copy, so that when you're discouraged you have a reference to how your improving. Otherwise, I think recording is a useful tool, but one that you should try to use sparingly--try to develop your ear for things like this as your playing too. That way, when you get to an ensemble situation and your part doesn't sound right, or when you're in the middle of a solo performance and you can't stop to check a tape, you'll be able to hear the problem and fix it on the fly. This takes a lot of time--I've been working on developing it for two years, and I'm by no means excellent at it--but once you've got it, it's a really useful skill. Use recording as an aid to help you develop your ear, and you've got it made.
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Author: Ginny
Date: 1999-03-27 20:30
I used to record my classical guitar very frequently, as I could hear nuances that I was too busy to think about as I played. It really helped. I have only recorded my clarinet playing once. It was better than I thought, it sounded much like ... music. I don't think my clarinet playing is to the level where recording it will help me, I can hear plenty of room for improvement still and my good recording equipment is pack away and now elderly. (Ah mini-disk, cd recorder ah...good mics...ah money...)
I must relate my odd experience. One day I tuned to a local radio station (KPFA) and heard a piece I had played in the past. What an average player I thought, neither good nor bad. Then I relized the player was me (recorded at a festival I'd performed at.) So if you're better than me I guess you're good, worse than me is bad and I am the average...
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