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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2014-08-17 18:10
Wondering who here is teaching with Skype?
I've used it for about 2 years, and it is working really well. For situations even locally where a bad storm (snow, etc), it works really well to still have the scheduled lesson.
Anybody else using that technology?
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2014-08-17 19:03
I'm too much of a hands on teacher so I don't do Skype. It's probably good for coaching music interpretation but I need to be there to see and try equipment when I need to determine what's going on. Seeing and feeling the reed up close, fixing the reed, trying the reed, playing the instrument if there's a problem with intonation, checking the mouthpiece if there's a problem etc.
I did do a phone "lesson" once though. I've written about this before because it was sort of funny. When Ricordo Morales was about to audition for Philly we were talking of the phone about it. I asked him if he wanted to play some excerpts for me and he said he's love to so he bagan playing. Because I was not getting good reception I switched phones but got disconnected so after a few minutes he called back and asked what i thought. We had a good laugh when I told him I didn't hear it so he played them again. This time I heard them and told him he was going to get the job. My only "suggestion" was to play them that way at his audition. :-) The rest is history!
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2014-08-18 00:18
I'm very much of a hands on teacher as well, but can get a ton done remotely - phrasing, techniques, everything except the reed adjusting, which can easily be done by the student with the right tools.
Hearing also what is going on instead of trying it myself, or telling the student how to diagnose themselves (say a reed is too soft, too hard, or inbalanced). So if someone doesn't have a good teacher locally, or needs a high level specialist, that is a way to do that.
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2014-08-18 00:46
I know one of the professors in the clarinet studio at U of Michigan uses Skype for lessons. My daughter studies with the other professor, who does his in person.
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2014-08-18 00:48
David - I experimented with some of my local students two years ago and we came to the conclusion that the technology needed to advance more for it to be as useful as it could be. I am convinced that online lessons will be a great addition for education, especially for those who want to work with a high quality teacher, but live too far away. It is a world wide technology after all. What are your thoughts about sound and picture quality? Are we there yet? As it stands for me now, it is good enough to talk to my grandchildren and watch them make funny faces as they so love to do.
John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2014-08-18 07:50
I'm not but I do teach at MacPhail Center for Music, which does use both individual and group online lesson structures. They've been working on their technology for a few years and have it set up pretty well.
They even have early childhood music classes in outstate Minnesota _and_ partner with schools who don't have enough music educators!
http://www.macphail.org/OFFERINGS/ONLINE-LESSONS
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Author: Johan H Nilsson
Date: 2014-08-18 11:29
Generally, technologies have different "bandwidths" when it comes to two people trying to exchange ideas. This should apply to music teaching as well.
One of the best known "connections" is two people standing at a whiteboard, face to face, and drawing while talking. They can see eachother's faces and directly spot the reaction to a message.
The other end is a printed book with text only. The author has no idea if the reader picks up the intended message.
In between are video conferencing (better) and telephone calls (worse).
Post Edited (2014-08-18 11:31)
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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-08-18 16:34
Katrina, do you know if they're actually using Skype, or are they using some other online conferencing system?
My daughter teaches for a cyber school. They do all their interacting over the web, but not with Skype. I've heard her say what technology they use, but I don't remember what it is.
Karl
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2014-08-18 18:01
Good question Karl...I don't know if they use Skype for the individual lessons. I do know that for the classes and larger groups they're using a video conferencing system which they've developed to be as high-quality as possible from MacPhail's end.
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Author: Claire Annette
Date: 2014-08-18 18:22
Interesting topic, as I have lately wondered about making up missed lessons with Skype. The students I teach live in the town where I work but not where I live. It would be nice not to have to wait a week or to double up two lessons in one.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2014-08-18 19:22
If you can tell which notes the student is playing, that is a big advantage, if not, it would be hard to say "you missed a note somewhere in there".
Having pitch recognition no matter what speed, etc is a good thing.
Internet speed is critical though, or the sound can be all over the place.
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: clarinetwoman
Date: 2014-08-19 20:23
Question since both of you are knowledgeable........is there a typo on the Mendelssohn Scherzo 2nd clarinet part? in the 8th bar of L? is the 2nd a an a#?
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