Mr. Mbagwu’s ClassroomThe same piece twice. Not one note was changed on the page between them. Something was PLAYED differently. What was it, and what did it do?La misma pieza dos veces. Ni una nota cambió en la página. Algo se TOCÓ distinto. ¿Qué fue y qué logró?
Nothing was rewritten. A piece can stop, or it can end, and that is a decision you make with your breath.
I canYo puedo
I can perform my piece twice for an audience and apply one thing they tell me between the two runs.Puedo tocar mi pieza dos veces para un público y aplicar una cosa que me digan entre las dos pasadas.
I know I have got it whenSé que lo logré cuando
- I said what changed between the two runs in the Do Now.Dije qué cambió entre las dos pasadas en el Do Now.
- I performed my piece for people who are not my partner.Toqué mi pieza para gente que no es mi pareja.
- I applied one audience note and played it again.Apliqué una nota del público y la toqué otra vez.
- Breathe in for 4, out for 8.Inhala en 4, exhala en 8.
- The row with the recording, up and down.La fila con la grabación, subiendo y bajando.
- The last bar of your own piece, as written.El último compás de tu pieza, como está escrito.
- Again, and hold the final note.Otra vez, y sostén la nota final.
- Stop when my hand closes. Watch me, not your page.Para cuando cierre la mano. Mírame a mí, no a tu página.
Playing to a cut-off is the first conducting you have followed. It takes three goes, and then the whole room stops on the same instant.
The frame todayLa frase de hoy
In bar ___ I could not ___.En el compás ___ no pude ___.
Could not hear it. Could not follow it. Could not tell where it ended.No pude oírlo. No pude seguirlo. No supe dónde terminaba.
A fermata is the only mark you may add to your score today. Everything else you change is how you play it, not what is written.
- One pair performs the whole piece.Una pareja toca la pieza entera.
- The room gives ONE note, in the frame, naming a bar.El salón da UNA nota, con la frase, nombrando un compás.
- Not three. Not a list. One.No tres. No una lista. Una.
- They play it again straight away.La tocan otra vez enseguida.
- Then one question: did it land?Luego una pregunta: ¿funcionó?
Did it land?¿Funcionó?
Not "was it better". Did the thing they changed do what it was meant to do?No "¿estuvo mejor?". ¿Lo que cambiaron hizo lo que debía hacer?
- Sixes. Three pairs.En grupos de seis. Tres parejas.
- Pair one performs the whole piece.La pareja uno toca la pieza entera.
- The other four give ONE note, in the frame.Los otros cuatro dan UNA nota, con la frase.
- Pair one performs again, with the change.La pareja uno toca otra vez, con el cambio.
- Then pair two. Then pair three.Luego la pareja dos. Luego la tres.
Both runs, every pairLas dos pasadas, cada pareja
Nobody gets a second turn until everybody has had both runs. The second run is the lesson.Nadie repite hasta que todos hayan hecho sus dos pasadas. La segunda pasada es la lección.
- 1Nothing was rewritten between the two runs. So what made the second one end properly? 1 ptNo se reescribió nada entre las dos pasadas. ¿Entonces qué hizo que la segunda terminara bien?
- 2What did your audience tell you, and did the change land? 2 pts¿Qué te dijo tu público, y funcionó el cambio?
Pack upA guardar
- Performance Card to the front, Clean Score clipped behind it.La tarjeta de función al frente, la partitura limpia detrás.
- Wipe the mouthpiece.Limpia la boquilla.
- Recorder in its bag, bag in the bin.La flauta en su bolsa, la bolsa al cubo.
- Slip to me at the door.Entrégame la hoja en la puerta.
Tomorrow you record it. The microphone does not applaud and it does not forgive.Mañana la grabas. El micrófono no aplaude y no perdona.
You get more than one take, and you choose which one we keep. You will need a musical reason for choosing it.Tendrás más de una toma, y tú eliges cuál guardamos. Necesitarás una razón musical para elegirla.