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Student tuning problems-Fixed?

Author: sockmonkey70
Date: 2007-02-04 18:55

There is a topic right now pertaining to the lack of tuning students have.
But my post doesn't exactly pertain to that, so I have made a new topic.

Our band director was a stickler for tuning, which is probably why we most always were in tune (or as close as an entire band gets) during performance.

He had a profesional set up in our band room to record our pieces when we rehearsed. And sometimes (especially preparing for festival and concerts) we would spend an entire day just listening to the recordings, with him pointing out probems with intonation. It helped train our ears to pick out what was good and what flat out stank. We also did tuning excercises before class almost everyday to train our ears, and during section rehearsals we would spend a good deal of time with the tuner.

I was just wondering if any of you band directors out there have a similar set up? I think listening to our recordings really helped us play more in tune. Sometimes when playing a piece, one gets distracted by technicalities and forgets to listen to EVERYONE..not just your section..but the whole band..

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