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MissE
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Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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 Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 12:50 am Post subject: Performance tip: When should my students bow? |
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Hi everyone,
I'm new so I'll introduce myself - I am a young piano teacher, studying through distance education for a Bacholor of Social Science and a Certificate of Teaching Music (CTMUS) - thru different unis. For the CTMus I am making a resource folio, and have got to the chapter on 'Performance'. My question is: Should I teach my students bow before and after their piece at a concert or recital, or just afterwards?
Any thought on this would be great |
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Gill the Piano
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Joined: 25 Oct 2003
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Location: Thames Valley
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| All the music festivals I've been to have seemed to involve the child announcing the piece beforehand ("My name is Vladimir Ashkenazy and I would like to play Black Sabbath's Greatest Hits") and then bowing afterwards. Any help?! |
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Danielle
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004
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Location: Hailsham
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject: Bowing and Announcing! |
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A student should announce their piece of music by saying "I am going to play..." not "I would like to play..." They do not need to ask permission for what they are going to play, they should be confident.
The bowing should come afterwards and I get my pupils to look directly at their feet as they bow, taking it slow saying "pianoforte" (or whatever instrument they are performing) as they bow, slowly. They are saying 'thank you' to their audience for listening and should take time to reap in the compliments of the audiences applause! |
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