discussion booklet for HaveFunwithYourMusic

13.0 Record Yourself
W
hen you record yourself you can be your own teacher. You can listen to yourself
better and hear little nuances in your playing such as uneven notes, that you might
not notice when you are concentrating on playing the notes. You can listen to what
needs correcting. If you use a computer video, you can see your posture or presentation.
One teacher told me that when she turns on a video recorder in the lesson, a student that
usually groans about having to play a piece over for her wants to play it over and over and over.
When I video myself, it works that way too. I keep wanting another chance to get it better. So I
play it again and again.
One more benefit of recording yourself is that it is like a dress rehearsal for preparing to play in front of
people. Sometimes, I actually feel nervous if I get dressed up, then play in front of a recorder.