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Mike wrote:
> i'm still astonished at how many singers and teachers don't use tape >recorders.
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> in light of this thread, using a tape recorder, a student can judge for >themselves how they are doing. they can compare their singing to >professionals' recordings and to their struggling peers. more >importantly, they can compare their current singing to tapes they made >two years ago. when one is making gradual progress, it is difficult to get >a feel for how one has progressed. part of progress is a refinement in >one's judgement. something that sounded great two years ago might >now, with the refinement of one's judgement, sound like crap.
> "finding a teacher whose ears you can trust" is ridiculous! how about >trusting the ears on the sides of your own head? then, you can find a >teacher who can tell you how to do what you want to do, whether they like >it or not.
Let the people say "Amen!"
For the past couple of years. I have finally done what I have long wanted to do, and that is enable each student to keep a running video tape of his/her performances for however many semesters the student studies with me. I video each performance, and the student brings in his cued tape, so that I can dub the latest performance onto it. The student uses the tape for study, and what they see and hear there makes a far greater impression than anything I ever say in the studio or that their peers say in our studio class. Mike is right about their needing to trust their own eyes and ears, and I say from day one, "You are here to learn how to be your own voice teacher." It is also wonderful for the student to have a record of his 4 years of progress all in one place. Being able to look back helps them see that they really have made a lot of progress after all, even tho the going often seems very slow.
Dr. Diane M. Clark, Chair Music Dept., Rhodes College Memphis, TN 38112 901-843-3782 http://www.rhodes.edu
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