\ >> One technique used by many instructors working with students on solo >> pieces >> is to have them listen to a recording of the work. Since having >> access to a >> large volume of recorded work for horn is a relatively new >> development, what >> did folks do before they could pick up a CD of the piece they were >> working >> on? Has the access to recordings had a positive or negative impact >> on the >> learning process? >> >> I don't know what the impact is. I used recordings sparingly as I wanted the students to work the piece to find their own strengths and weaknesses and to apply themselves to their own interpretations, with guidance from me. I had some students who could do this well and I had some who were clueless about getting themselves into the music. The best they could do was imitate what they heard from others and never brought any insight or genuine expression to whatever they played. To them, it was always just a bunch of notes. Fortunately, most such washed out and did not inflict their perfidy on others by becoming teachers. I've seen and heard far too many who could get by on parroting and then go to work in the public schools and call themselves teachers. Generally, it is a poetic justice that they failed and took up other pursuits. I don't play much or very well now, but you should hear me sing those horn notes! Well, maybe you shouldn't.
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