Lesson 89: Performance Preparation, Part 4 — Recording Techniques
- Make a clear recording with the equipment you have.
- Choose a position that captures both tone and note starts.
Record a sound you can learn from.
Start with a phone or recorder you already have. Test its position before recording a whole piece.
Make a short test
- Choose a quiet room where quick notes and long tones stay clear.
- Place the device in front and slightly to one side, around head height and 1.5–2 metres away as a starting point.
- Record thirty seconds with quiet and loud notes; check that loud notes do not distort.
- Move closer if the sound is distant, or farther away if breath noise dominates; compare another test.
Record complete takes
Record one programme piece without stopping for small mistakes; rest, check that it recorded, then make another take if useful.
Leave a little silence before and after the piece, and note the device position so you can repeat it.
Listen with a purpose
Listen once for the whole shape, then with the score for rhythm, tuning and note starts; choose one thing to improve.
Now play these
Record your chosen piece again after working on that one thing; compare the same phrase in both takes.