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 Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:20 pm
My band had recently went to Festival, and we had been playing some pretty hard pieces, they were March to the scaffold, the Beethoven machine, and the Three ayres. Our performe there wasn't our best we knew it, and we came out getting a 2 at the end, partially cause of our playing, and the judges were strict.
We were dissapointed, and knew we could have done better. So we kind of just shrugged it off.
How do you deal with a low score, at a competition?
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:36 pm
redheadsrule13 My band had recently went to Festival, and we had been playing some pretty hard pieces, they were March to the scaffold, the Beethoven machine, and the Three ayres. Our performe there wasn't our best we knew it, and we came out getting a 2 at the end, partially cause of our playing, and the judges were strict. We were dissapointed, and knew we could have done better. So we kind of just shrugged it off. How do you deal with a low score, at a competition? We just sight read March to the Scaffold today, its absolutely beautiful, needs a little bit work, but I think the hard part isn't the rhythms or notes (they are easy), but the musicality of it. And personally when we get a low score at competition, we look at the judges remarks and concentrate on them. I, personally, make a list of what I did poorly and what I can do to improve. For example, on Friday we had our first jazz competition of the year. We got a Silver Rating and the trumpet section, my section, got favorited by two out of the three judges. While I am very proud of that, being the lead player, we all sat down and made a list of things to improve on, and we all talked about what we thought went wrong. For me, I circle a few licks on my music to shed (which I did this weekend for about 20 hours total), and I also found that I needed to freshen up my chops so I can play all the screaming high stuff in our music. Yes getting a bad score in a competition sucks, and it can be degrading but I see it as a good thing, because it allows for the musicianship of myself and the ensemble to mature-using the poor score as the driving mechanism behind the overall improvements. Just my .02 cents..... -bandgeekus shorticus
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:56 pm
Well in my band we just get fed the same old cliche advice each time:
No matter what the score, you should be proud of your very best.
We just get to a level in which the BD asks, "How do you feel about that?" And the song should make us feel like, "whoa" at the end. For example, we're taking Esprit de Corps and Chimes of Liberty to festival this year, and we're already getting the spiel.
Everyone has their own right to be mad, but we don't let it eat at us.
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:51 pm
bandgeekus shorticus redheadsrule13 My band had recently went to Festival, and we had been playing some pretty hard pieces, they were March to the scaffold, the Beethoven machine, and the Three ayres. Our performe there wasn't our best we knew it, and we came out getting a 2 at the end, partially cause of our playing, and the judges were strict. We were dissapointed, and knew we could have done better. So we kind of just shrugged it off. How do you deal with a low score, at a competition? We just sight read March to the Scaffold today, its absolutely beautiful, needs a little bit work, but I think the hard part isn't the rhythms or notes (they are easy), but the musicality of it. And personally when we get a low score at competition, we look at the judges remarks and concentrate on them. I, personally, make a list of what I did poorly and what I can do to improve. For example, on Friday we had our first jazz competition of the year. We got a Silver Rating and the trumpet section, my section, got favorited by two out of the three judges. While I am very proud of that, being the lead player, we all sat down and made a list of things to improve on, and we all talked about what we thought went wrong. For me, I circle a few licks on my music to shed (which I did this weekend for about 20 hours total), and I also found that I needed to freshen up my chops so I can play all the screaming high stuff in our music. Yes getting a bad score in a competition sucks, and it can be degrading but I see it as a good thing, because it allows for the musicianship of myself and the ensemble to mature-using the poor score as the driving mechanism behind the overall improvements. Just my .02 cents..... -bandgeekus shorticus yeah you're right. it's just that it's my first year in high school and all i guess
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:53 pm
Kavalnir Well in my band we just get fed the same old cliche advice each time: No matter what the score, you should be proud of your very best. We just get to a level in which the BD asks, "How do you feel about that?" And the song should make us feel like, "whoa" at the end. For example, we're taking Esprit de Corps and Chimes of Liberty to festival this year, and we're already getting the spiel. Everyone has their own right to be mad, but we don't let it eat at us. our BD says the same sorts of stuff where he'll ask us if we liked what we'd played or not and say yes or no
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:58 am
ours was bad we had no low brass whatsoeverer
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