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Summary Of Hayley's Performance Observation

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when you are beginning. While Hayley was playing, Ms. Temple gently nudged her elbow so she would move it up more. Before Hayley was able to start the second section, Ms. Temple asked if this was truly the tempo she wanted to take. Hayley was playing at a slower tempo, and Ms. Temple stated how she wanted Hayley’s adrenaline to start cooking so the tempo did not represent her current state of wanting to take a nap. The way Ms. Temple added humor into her lessons was so natural and impressive to observe. She did such a wonderful job balancing everything. At 4:11pm, Hayley started at measure twenty-five and focused on steady eighth notes. When Hayley’s confidence was uncertain, Ms. Temple whispered into Hayley’s ear, “You’ve got this”. At 4:13pm, …show more content…

Temple then explained how the accompanists job is to follow the soloist, and how you are in charge. At 4:17pm, Ms. Temple had Hayley play through the piece and focused on how the chords were slowing Hayley down. Ms. Temple also reminded Hayley to bring her bow away from the fingerboard and to play better than anyone else. Ms. Temple insisted on how this is a presentation and Hayley should present this piece like she is the authority of Bach. At 4:20pm, Hayley took out some music from her honors orchestra. Ms. Temple asked Hayley if the pieces were cool and what she wanted to work on. At 4:21pm, they worked on Hofeldt’s, She will hang the night with stars. Ms. Tempe had Hayley play through the piece since she had never heard of it. Ms. Temple asked if Hayley counted in three and what the biggest difference is between a piece in three versus four time. Ms. Temple explained how we as musicians must reset and think of the time signature with a real downbeat. Ms. Temple turned on the metronome for them to listen to for a few clicks before turning it off. Once Hayley arrived at a section with slurs, Ms. Temple asked what happened. Hayley would play the quarter notes as if they were eighth …show more content…

Temple asking him how school was going. Andrew was a very talkative and energetic boy with a heavy sense of sarcasm. While Andrew was telling Ms. Temple about school, Ms. Temple was putting a shoulder rest on his instrument and tuning it. At 4:51pm, Andrew showed Ms. Temple his fourth finger exercises. Ms. Temple asked for it to move to the C string. Once Andrew did this, Ms. Temple asked if he could make a thumping sound when his finger hit his fingerboard. Ms. Temple stated how it should be put down with authority. Andrew seemed to struggle with this and felt like it was his viola that was the issue. Ms. Temple quickly tried it on his viola to show him how it was possible and involved pinky strength. At 4:53pm, Andrew played through exercise thirteen and twenty-four in the Suzuki book. Throughout this exercise, Andrew was able to play the exercises well and make funny comments throughout. At 4:56pm, Andrew took out Suzuki Book 1 and opened it to, Bohemian Folk Song. He was able to play through this piece well! Andrew stated afterwards, “At least I tried to do the ritardando”. His knowledge and articulation of musical terminology was very impressive due to his young age. Ms. Temple really focused on Andrew’s posture by making sure he did not over exaggerate it. She also focused on note names and having Andrew verbalize it. At 5:00pm, Ms. Temple was moving to show the increase of bow and

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