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Post by Dulciana on Dec 14, 2006 23:33:55 GMT
Is it kosher for an accompanist to advise the soloist - i.e.if it's a twelve-year-old child, not a professional! I had a young flautist here tonight to practise something. At one particular place - at a rit - he didn't just start slowing down; he suddenly halved the speed, which meant he was totally out of air before the end of the last note when I was still finishing the phrase, when we should have finished together. (I haven't explained that very well.) So I suggested he not do this, but start slowing down gradually, but he (and mother, who was there) was highly unimpressed that I should interfere with how he was playing. Did I do wrong?
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Post by caz on Dec 15, 2006 9:36:10 GMT
I would say that is absolutely fine - I point out their mistakes to everyone I accompany without thinking twice about it I'm afraid! After all - who is the superior musician in this situation? Nearly always the accompanist! However if the mum takes offence, I guess you just have to leave them to it and they can lose marks/ c*ck it up all by themselves!
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Post by Dulciana on Dec 15, 2006 10:22:16 GMT
I suppose what I don't know is how long his teacher had had to work with him to get him to slow down at all, and maybe she reckoned that this was better than ignoring the rit altogther. O well.
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Dec 15, 2006 12:47:06 GMT
I do what Caz does in these situations, assuming I have time and can be bothered. After that, it is up to the kid whether h\she takes any notice. Concerns about whether the teacher has put in place a lesser mistake to cover a greater one are unnecessary - a mistake is a mistake and the candidate will be better off for correcting it. There is also the-stranger-has-more-natural-authority-than-the-regular-teacher phenomenon. Remember those occasions when examiners' or adjudicators' comments are pored over with an enthusiasm that was noticeably missing when you tried to make exactly the same points for several weeks? Correct away - it is part of our job.
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