On Fri, September 28, 2012 1:16 pm, [email protected] wrote: > I forbade my students when I > was a university professor from listening to recordings while they were > learning pieces lest they just come in and parrot these versions back to me, > and I remember similar sentiments expressed to me by my own teachers, > including the late Marilyn Neeley. I told her once I had been listening to > a > certain recording of the Grieg Concerto, and she quickly snapped at me that > she didn't need a "Philippe Entremont clone" coming into the lesson. If > only more people thought this way and listened to multiple recordings AFTER > learning a piece and not during the formative process...oh well, that's > wishful thinking in a YouTube world, isn't it?
It strikes me that the 'teacher' is the plethora of recordings -- a kind of crowdsourcing of learning. A teacher can do a personal critique, but what is wrong with a vast array of possibilities for any student? I certainly encourage performers of my music to listen to previous performances as well as demo versions. Learning every piece from scratch doesn't seem at all practical today. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
