I don’t know about you, but I have some students who are participating in a spring performance coming up soon! Last week, I recorded my student Jean playing her recital piece during her lesson (click to read more about recording students as preparation for performances). Then we spent some time listening and discussing the recording. Although it took a little bit of time to set up the devices need for recording ahead of time, I found that it was well-worth the time setting everything up and spending on doing a recording activity.
The set-up:
Using my digital recorder as an external microphone, I was able to capture video with high sound quality using iMovie software on my MacBook Pro. Later on, I edited the videos using iMovie again and uploaded them to YouTube. (If anyone would like more details about how exactly this is done, just ask! I can explain further.)
The result:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N56ZHpnWfnw
The piece Jean is playing is an arrangement of Borodin’s Polovetsian Dance, from Dennis Alexander’s book, Especially For Adults. Continue reading “A Follow-up on Recording Students Before Performances”