Recording, Reflection, and Evaluation

9/29/2015

As musicians, we are constantly evaluating our performance in real-time and making the necessary adjustments. Not a moment should go by that we aren't listening, both to ourselves and to those around us.

This week, the 7th and 8th graders are recording the first pieces that they got this year, and listening back. We are evaluating our performances and identifying areas of excellence and those that could use some improvement. We are always striving to develop the way in which we speak about music and refine our listening skills.

31 Comments

ryan podesta

9/30/2015 01:26:18 pm

pros: cons: 1 masher 70 need to work on assents
1 masher 50 ter good tone
2 masher 70 every one intomation

Ayla Danabasoglu

9/30/2015 04:02:00 pm

Pros:
1. The saxophones did really well on their melody in measures 13 and 14
2. The clarinet, flute, and trumpet melody in measures 56-59 sounded good
Cons:
1. The beginning seemed rather weak
2. I couldn't hear the saxophone, trumpet, and second clarinet melody at measures 7-11

Max White

10/1/2015 07:10:31 pm

Trumpets don't have the melody at m. 7-11

Mrs. Moriearty

10/2/2015 03:30:01 pm

That might be why she couldn't hear it :) It's actually the only time they don't have that part!

Grace Armstrong

9/30/2015 06:01:50 pm

Pros:
-The bells sounded really good with their melody at m. 11
-The clarinet and flute tone at m. 83 was pretty good
Cons:
-The whole band seemed out of tune in m. 1 and m. 49
-It sounded like the band was rushing at m. 41

Rebecca Moorman

10/2/2015 08:24:58 pm

Thanks Grace!

grace armstrong

10/3/2015 10:08:09 pm

Yass Rebecca :)

Avery Evans

9/30/2015 07:58:06 pm

Pros:
1. At measure 26 I could hear the eighth notes well.
2. At measure 49 the baritone and french horn was something I could hear well.
Cons:
1. At measure 87 the eighth notes coming in were not confident and I couldn't hear it.
2. At measure 7 I couldn't hear the french horn and saxophone part.

Megan McGrath

9/30/2015 08:07:01 pm

Pros:
1. At measure 41 every one was together.
2. At the end the cut off was good.
Cons:
1. At measure 28 the brass could be softer.
2. At the begging everyone could be a little louder.

Ingrid Bell

10/1/2015 04:21:45 pm

Pros:
-The baritones sounded really good in measure 4-6, especially their articulation.
-The whole band was really well balanced at measure 49.
Cons:
-The clarinets were way too quiet in measure 63.
-The band sounded out of sync and messy at measure 99.

Owen Hallgren

10/1/2015 04:25:48 pm

Pros
1. At 49 good transition.
2. Very good cut off at the end
Cons
1. At the beginning people started choppy
2. Through out the piece trumpets would blare

Jake Hofgard

10/1/2015 04:54:28 pm

Pros:
1. The trumpets had good articulation, especially staccatos at measures 11 and 12.
2. The whole low brass had god articulation and flows at m. 49-51 at the start of the slow section.

Cons:
1. The trumpets missed a lot of notes in m. 67
2. Most of the band failed to play the right rhythm at m. 99-101

Jake Hofgard

10/1/2015 04:55:12 pm

*good

Barberian

10/8/2015 09:23:24 pm

Nobody noticed me at all

Max White

10/1/2015 07:11:50 pm

Pros:
-Trumpets had great articulation in m. 96-98
-Trumpets played with confidence throughout the song.
Cons:
-The rhythm at m. 99-101 was iffy.
-The trumpets kept up the right tempo throughout the whole slow sections.

Anna Cassady

10/1/2015 07:15:05 pm

Pros:
1. (m 56-60) The melody by trumpets, flutes, and clarinets sounded good. There was good articulation.
2. (m 83-98) There was good tone and articulation from most sections.

Cons:
1. (m 99-102) Rhythm was very messy and out of sync.
2. (m 7-11) The clarinet, horn, saxophone melody was barely audible.

Alison Cross

10/1/2015 07:26:04 pm

Pros:
1. Clarinets had great volume and tone at m. 56-59
2. The whole band had great dynamics at m. 25 and m. 27
Cons:
1. The melody by the saxophones and horns in m. 7-11 was not audible nor did it sound confident
2. The trumpets had a weak tone in m. 65-67

Maddie Stilson

10/1/2015 08:58:45 pm

Pros:
- there was good rhythm from the melody at measures 7-11
- there was good tone from the band at m. 56
Cons:
- the melody was messy at m. 23
- the whole band had a lot of missed notes at m.67

Jackson Scolnick

10/2/2015 07:05:16 am

Pros:
1. the saxophones and trumpets(I think) sounded good at measures 21-25
2.The saxophones and whoever else who has that part sounded good a measures 70-73
Cons:
1.The last three measures were very messy
2.At 7-11 a lot of people were playing softly and a beat or two off

Jocie Wille

10/2/2015 10:33:12 am

Pros:
1.The flutes and clarinets sounded really good at measure 56
2. The trumpets had good tone at measure 67
Cons:
1.The low brass wan't very loud at measure 7
2. I couldn't hear the baritones at measure 113

Andrew Dolliver

10/2/2015 04:16:32 pm

At 48 the timpani had good rhythm
The suspended symbol had good sound everywhere it was
At 33 the base drum and snare drums were a little bit to loud
At 83 one of the snare drums came in early

Maya Thomson

10/2/2015 05:13:01 pm

pros:
1. the baritones did a really good job at measure 89 with articulations and keeping the tempo.
2. the trumpets did a good job at measure 70 with the energy and articulation
cons:
1. 2nd trumpets in measure 61, we don't plat that note with enough confidence, i can barely hear it when we come in, so we need to make that note (and its crescendo) a lot more confident and loud.
2. also trumpets, we really need to work on measures 98 - 101, it sounds like we are holding one long whole note through every measure (we aren't, we have lots of accents) we really need to work on that rhythm and articulation to become confident with it and be able to play it in the fortissimo that its written in.

Rebecca Moorman

10/2/2015 08:23:36 pm

1. At 37, the trumpets had really good tone.
2. At 99, the snares nailed their rhythms, and had great volume
3. At 63, the flutes and clarinets were not loud enough
4. At 72, I messed up the rhythm, and didn't count the beats correctly.

Kristen White

10/3/2015 10:02:15 am

Pros:
1. Trumpets sound very together and in tune in 41-44
2. Good accent fromm the whole band in m. 46

Cons:
1.Bad tone/partials in 13-14 for horns and saxes
2. Trumpets didn't hit high notes well in 66-70

Libby

10/4/2015 07:00:26 pm

pros:
1. trumpets 7-12 good tone + articulation
2. 70-72 every one good tone
3. 89-94 baritones good tone + articulation

Cons:
1. Baritones out of time 3-8
2. 64-65 baritones bad tone
3. around 56 in rests, sounds like percussion is dropping things

Dana Szustak link

10/4/2015 07:20:57 pm

Pros:
1. At measure 14 the flutes had really good tone and rhythm
2. At 25 through 27 the low brass had good volume and intonation.
Cons:
3. At 49 the low brass had bad tone and messed up the slurs.
4. At 70 through 79 the percussion lost the rhythm.

Ethan Sundberg

10/4/2015 08:04:26 pm

Pros:
1.The baritone's melody at measure 4 had a good attack.
2.The triplets at the end sounded clean.
Cons:
3.At measure 25-27 the trumpets messed up the articulation.
4.The beginning could have sounded a little stronger.

Hailey Schroeder

10/4/2015 11:24:57 pm

Pros:
1. The trumpets had good tone at 49
2. The baritones also had good tone at 49 on the counter melody
Cons:
1.The pick up notes and first 2 notes of measures 6-7 sounded really bad
2. The tinea sax was to loud in 7-9, and were that repeats throughout the whole song

Evaline Bearce

10/5/2015 07:45:30 pm

Pros-
1) All the instruments blended well together at m. 65
2) The clarinet tone was really good at m. 50

Cons-
1) The low brass tone did not sound very good at m. 4
2) The notes were not all right at m. 19 for the flutes.

Ethan Barber

10/8/2015 09:19:38 pm

Pros:
Danny had good clarity and projection in his solo near the end
Dillon+Cole blended nicely throughout the whole piece
Cons:
Owen needs to put the triangle down quieter
rhythm was weird in m.99-102 ish

Aki Grill

10/9/2015 08:06:56 pm

Pros:
Good hit in 91 by the whole band
Clean triplets at the end
Cons:
99-102 rhythm needed work
7-10 was messy (not everyone started at the same time, not confident) for saxes

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