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Re: Was my lack of improvement of my tone quality my fault or my teacher’s fault?

Author: brycon
Date: 2020-09-19 23:56

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I agree with everything you say in your post except your parenthetical reference here to Zoom. My own experience with listening to instrument students via Zoom is that the two things that come over least well are tone quality and dynamic range. The youth music organization I conduct for tried to run auditions last April over Zoom. It took one day to send us to recorded auditions instead.

You can hear technique, articulation and rhythm (which might help Deranged more than he realizes) well enough in a virtual setting. But if I tried to teach over Zoom, I wouldn't know where to begin in evaluating the student's tone quality, much less in diagnosing what he needed to change to improve it. Is your Zoom experience different?

You're absolutely correct. I meant easier than ever insofar as 1.) many players and teachers aren't back to their full work loads and are looking for students by way of Zoom and 2.) you can connect with great teachers and players who might not be within driving distance from your home.

I taught an online clarinet course this summer, however, and found that with good microphones and speakers (on both the participants' parts), you can tell a lot about a student's tone. Voicing, for example, can be easy to address because it usually comes across to listeners through the intonation. But unfortunately, good online setups aren't possible for many people.

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