>===== Original Message From Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> >===== Original Message From Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
>Frankly, the only real value the tape recordings have to me is to give me >a chance to see if what I'm doing in terms of PERFORMANCE - musical >choices, dramatic choices - is working. As a tool for learning vocal >technique, I find tapes almost worthless.
I certainly understand where you are coming from, but remember, I teach primarily undergraduate college students. My students range from those who can't match pitches at all to those who give fine music major senior recitals, but all are "babes" in the vocal "big picture." They have not yet, as you have, developed that reliable sense of what they are doing. Thus they need more help from tapes and mirrors. I don't advocate that students tape every lesson. I just want them to learn to use their tapes strategically.
As a singer of long experience myself, I still regularly use a tape recorder when I practice. There are always surprises when I play back and hear what I REALLY did, as opposed to what I THOUGHT I did. To each her own.
Dr. Diane M. Clark, Chair Music Dept., Rhodes College Memphis, TN 38112 901-843-3782 http://www.rhodes.edu
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