* If there's a piece really appeals to you, you can say "I would love to play that piece! How many years of playing do you think it would take before I could attempt it? Is it as hard as it sounds?" ![]() I'm sure all performers are happy to answer questions about how they prepared a piece. * The easiest thing for beginners to do is ask questions. * You don't have to give feedback to everyone! Just pick a few that are most interesting to you. It is actually something like the kind of severe stage fright where the mind just freezes up and refuses to function normally.įor what it's worth, here are some easy ways to give feedback: My mind often literally goes blank, or else loses focus on the task and goes off in other directions. I wonder if an AI chatbot could write comments for me - hmmm. Maybe if I went to a shrink about it, I could change, but it's rather late in the day for that, since I'm in my seventies. It is actually something like the kind of severe stage fright where the mind just freezes up and refuses to function normally. I should add - this has happened to me in some other situations where I could or should give feedback. People who experience a mental paralysis when they try to do it. I hope you are happy with your progress."ĥ. I think this affects us non-classical players the most! I feel like these are reasonable reasons to not give feedback, though I appreciate comments that acknowledge this limitation: "I don't know much about jazz, nor do I particularly like it, but the amount of work you put into this shows. People who don't know what to say about a particular genre, either due to lack of knowledge or a lack of enjoyment from the genre. I wish these people would give sincere compliments to at least a few people.Ĥ. My own solution is to see it as an opportunity to practice careful listening and consideration of what each individual has accomplished, but not everyone will feel like that. It takes work to give kind feedback to 40 performances without sounding insincere. People who don't want to give empty compliments. But we all have things that suddenly pop up in our lives, so I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. You have time to practice, but no time to give feedback? Feedback is what makes recitals fun, I think most people would agree, and to get but not receive seems selfish. So whatever beginners decide to do here is fine by me!Ģ. I feel like the beginners should be the hosts, and non-beginners should be the guests. Also, this is the Beginner's forum, and the recitals have been taken over by non-beginners. ![]() Beginners may not be able to give much useful feedback, and may not even be able to articulate why they like a performance other than "it sounds great." So they simply stay silent, which is fine. Beginners who are afraid to sound dumb with their feedback. It's a little redundant given the replies you've already received, but I have been thinking about this for a while and I think these are the main reasons some participants don't give feedback:ġ. It's no fun to listen carefully to everyone else's performance, and find no one has extended the same courtesy to yours. Sorry you didn't get that much feedback this round. I must admit, I was hoping for more discussion, especially from folks who contributed pieces to which the rest of us listened and responded.
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