b. Try to make it through the entire piece while and it in a “hearing” “seeing” clear and specific manner. Remember to spend extra time with any modulations, transitions, or bridge materials. Having all of the printed transitions internalized is vital. c. Repeat the until comfortable. Additional Comments Regarding This Study Process 1. This process, while certainly very effective, is time consuming. Don’t wait to start studying. You can never be too prepared for a rehearsal. 2. Create a Log. In it, keep track of where you are in the process of studying each piece you are preparing on a daily basis. 3. As tempting as it may be, do not listen to a recording of the piece until you have completed ALL of the steps above. Studying a piece in silence is the only way to improve your inner and young conductors can not help but be directly or “ear”, indirectly influenced by listening to a recording before completing the entire process above. 4. However, once you have completed the steps above, find as many different recordings of the piece as you can, and listen to them intently while looking at the score. If a particular conductor does something that you find interesting and effective on a recording, use it. 5. In the beginning, it is very difficult to everything in the score. Don’t give up! “hear” No one everything at first. “hears” 6. Your first rehearsal of the piece with your group is your first performance of the piece. Be prepared. 7. If you have properly prepared in the manner above, creating daily lesson plans, musical goals, and technical goals for your group will be much easier. This happens because you now have an performance of the piece burned into your mind “ideal” and body, and all that is needed is to compare the actual, real life sound of your group to the “ideal”. 8. Will the players in your group ever be able to recreate the sound you have “ideal” imagined and internalized? No, not likely. But your group will never even be able to
b. Try to make it through the entire piece while “hearing” and “seeing” it in a clear and specific manner. Remember to spend extra time with any modulations, transitions, or bridge materials. Having all of the printed transitions internalized is vital. c. Repeat the until comfortable. Additional Comments Regarding This Study Process 1. This process, while certainly very effective, is time consuming. Don’t wait to start studying. You can never be too prepared for a rehearsal. 2. Create a Log. In it, keep track of where you are in the process of studying each piece you are preparing on a daily basis. 3. As tempting as it may be, do not listen to a recording of the piece until you have completed ALL of the steps above. Studying a piece in silence is the only way to improve your inner “ear”, and young conductors can not help but be directly or indirectly influenced by listening to a recording before completing the entire process above. 4. However, once you have completed the steps above, find as many different recordings of the piece as you can, and listen to them intently while looking at the score. If a particular conductor does something that you find interesting and effective on a recording, use it. 5. In the beginning, it is very difficult to “hear” everything in the score. Don’t give up! No one “hears” everything at first. 6. Your first rehearsal of the piece with your group is your first performance of the piece. Be prepared. 7. If you have properly prepared in the manner above, creating daily lesson plans, musical goals, and technical goals for your group will be much easier. This happens because you now have an “ideal” performance of the piece burned into your mind and body, and all that is needed is to compare the actual, real life sound of your group to the “ideal”. 8. Will the players in your group ever be able to recreate the “ideal” sound you have imagined and internalized? No, not likely. But your group will never even be able to
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