Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Trimester II, L.A. 2, Due Dec. 14, 2008

I want you to comment on how well, or not so well the band follows the conductor. What is it they do or don't do? How do they stay together, or what could they do better to be sure they do stay together?



88 comments:

Anonymous said...

i thought that they followed him well. i'm positive that they looked up quite a bit because there were very little, if any, times they sped up or slowed down without him wanting to. also they had to listen to each other because there were a lot of parts where most of the band was playing the same exact things.

-Nick D.

Anonymous said...

I think they stayed with him pretty well but sometimes they got off

Caleb O.

Anonymous said...

This band doesn't follow the conductor as well as they could. Sometimes they get a little dramatic on the loud parts, and not soft enough on the soft parts. They articulations are good, legato when it's conducted that way, or more detached when it's conducted that way. They stay together very well in my opinion.

-- Sean P.

Anonymous said...

The group played pretty well! The conductor did a lot of hand motions just to direct the band. I get when people came in when the conductor did his hand motion. They came in right in time. I think they could use some work trying to work together. Because it seemed like it was one person playing at some parts.

Zach R.

Anonymous said...

I think they did a great job on following the conductor. they must have watched very closely and listened to each other. this seemed like a fairly easy piece, but it had many changes in speed and dynamics which required a very close eye.

-julia.

Anonymous said...

They followed the conductor somtimes, they would kind of stray off a little than get back on track. I think that they could have practiced a little more and they would have got it down. Also they could have watched the conductor more closly so they have the right tempo. Mark H.

Anonymous said...

At the beginning some people get there instruments up late. They are all on the same beat and rythm the song was good probably hard 2 play. They did good though staying together.

*Wesley W

Anonymous said...

They followed him sometimes, but for the most part they were all over the place. I think that they could have been paying more attention to the conductor to have had a much better performance. They could have stayed together better by counting more.

-Rachel K.

Anonymous said...

they where very good at fallowing the dirctor. the band seemed to always be in tune. the thing that they didn't do was that the didn't tap their foot. it was amazing that they could play for thst long.

Ben F.

Anonymous said...

I like the trumpet part it sounds sweet
Israel.W

Anonymous said...

The band follows the conductor very well! One thing that they do is they are all looking at the conductor when they are counting rests to make sure they don't speed up or slow down and to make sure they all come in at the same time. They also are always looking up when playing too.

-Amanda M

Anonymous said...

They played very well they fallowed the condoctor very well. they listned to each other and thats probably they stayed toghether.They didn't look up a lot at the condoctor.
Svetlana Z

Anonymous said...

Lori L.
I think this group was really good, but there were some parts where they went a little too fast or too slow. I think they could improve by practicing more and also by watching the conductor more often.

Anonymous said...

I think the band did good at folowing the conductor.I think they all look at the conductor alot during the song.They all stay together by looking at the conductors movements.

Jake .K

Anonymous said...

well i think they did follow the conductor because i saw some of them look up just i think everyone should look up so everyone is to gether
Paige

Anonymous said...

The band followed the conductor very well. They started together and ended together. They stayed together by watching their music and conductor at the same time.

--Shanell M

Anonymous said...

The band follows the conductor extremely WELL! Sections come right in on the conductors signal and slows down as much as he does. How do they stay together? They most certainly probably watch the conductor well every few two to three measures. (:

w e n d y h.

Anonymous said...

At some points, I don't think they're paying attention, because the speed is somewhat slower or yet faster. Also, in some places, the triangle just sounds off balance. They stay together in some places, but no yet. Some sections are faster by 1/16 of a beat. I think the best thing is to look up after every 5 or 10 meausures. They should also start listening to eachother, because some parts of the band (like woodwinds [clarients]) sound way too off! until the end, it started sounding alot better (4:30-ish)

--Mai P.

Anonymous said...

I noticed that the students looked at the conductor very often, I think that is one reason wh they sounded so good.

Drake S

Anonymous said...

For the most part the band is staying together with the conductor. The Brass and low sections were a tad off sometimes but not that noticeably. I can't really see their faces to tell what they're doing but i think the best way to stay in time is to memorize parts of the music so that you recognize where you're supposed to come in based on the other parts.


--Sam W.

Anonymous said...

I think the band follows the conductor's actions very well. I see lots of people looking at the conductor while playing and even resting. They follow his movements and specific instructions well and, the percussionist especially, are very good at following the conductor's cues. I'm sure the band members are listening to one another while playing, which is helping them stay on together. That was a very long song, and I bet each one of the musicians were keeping time in their own heads, looking at the conductor, and listening to other sections to stay together for so long. They could've done a better job listening to the other sections to keep on track- it seemed that everyone was trying to overpower the other section. I also didn't see many feet tapping keeping track of time- this could've helped, too.


- Emily S.

Anonymous said...

They followed very well until the end the ended about 1 beat to early but for the rest of it, it was great.
They would stay together better at the end if they would glance up at the conductor every couple of beat.
They stay together for the most part by just counting in there heads but that is not good enough. You need to take the conductors tempo.

Mark G.

Anonymous said...

They did great and that was good and the went with the conducter until the middle and the end was a little off but they can do better in the end so thats my thoughts.



Elisha C.

Anonymous said...

Yess number one-
i think that they followed well for the most part. i saw a few people tapping there feet thats how i do it. also the fact that the dong has repeating rythems makes it easier to follow the conducter.
H.3

Anonymous said...

There are definately some spots where you think "does that go there?" I also some some spots where the director gave a cue, but there wasn't playing until about a beat after, of course that could've been the quality of the video, but most of it did seem on time. I think the players should be paying more attention, especially on rests. otherwise is was a very interesting peice overall to listen to.

Jacob H.

Anonymous said...

The band never looked at the conductor, which caused them to rush and get off track. They could have looked up at the conductor to get the sense of the speed, and also, they could have listened to each others' parts so they knew what would fit in where.

Anonymous said...

The band was very good in following the conductor's speed, as well as the dynamics. The band did very well together too, but some parts were very iffy, and to fix that, I think that they should look up to see the tempo, and the same with dynamics, but they did fantastic as a whole band.

-Ton Hy P.

Anonymous said...

I don't think that they folliow him very well the don;t watch his hands.

Caleb O.

Anonymous said...

Its kinda hard to tell but I think that everyone was looking up to the conducter often to see the tempo and what beat they are on.

Jacob B.

Anonymous said...

I think they did okay (didn't get a chance to watch the whole video). Looks like they lost the conductor a couple of times, but they got back on track. What they can do to stay together is look up at the conductor once in a while and/or listen to the people around you.
-Norris V

Anonymous said...

The band follows the conductor for the most part. At tempo changes there was a bit of a struggle. They are probably not looking up as much as they should be and they could listen to each other better. Looking at the conductor is the big thing to stay together but the band also has to know the music and listen to the band.

Rachel H.

Anonymous said...

They follow very well for most of the song by watching the conductor and also by watching their music. In some parts of the song they sped up probly because they were not looking at the conductor or keeping time by tapping their foot. Otherwise they stay together very nicely for the whole song, even on their mistakes they were together. When the they sped up the sped up together.

Mark G.

Anonymous said...

This band was on tempo some of the time, then at certain points they sped up when the conductor didn't. I noticed that ALOT of band members weren't reallly watching the conductor. They seemd to know when to speed up and when to slow down, but people weren't watching the conductor at those points. Maybe the conductor wasn't big on getting them to watch him, but that is a big way to learn the music and get it right, because the conductor is always right. And thats the only reference that you have that everyone has access to.

-Alec G

Anonymous said...

they follow the conductor very well and are great at staying to gethor.cole.y

Anonymous said...

They followed the director quite well. They caught on to the dynamic changes really well and they caught on to the tempo changes.

They all stayed together really well and got to the end

John E.

Anonymous said...

I think the band did alright. In the beginning of the song, the band seemed to be going a little slower than the conductor and later a little faster. Toward the end they were going with the conductor. I could see people looking up at the conductor to see what he was doing. I think they stayed together by listening to each other and following the conductor.

James B.

Anonymous said...

They fallow the conductor very care fully and some what smoothly.

Kate K.

Anonymous said...

the image was a fuzzy enough so i couldn't tell if they were watching the conductor, but they seemed stayed together very well. the percussion kept a steady rhythm, which was loud enough for the rest of the band to follow

Kyle C.

Anonymous said...

They are dressed properly..and they could listen to eachother and look up to follow the conductor more..and maybe a little er i mean alot more practice...in my opinion.

Anonymous said...

I think that they followed him fairly well thoughout the song they might have gotten off a little bit here and there but they got back on track shortly after.
P.S. I posted at least two comments before the due date why dont they show up and is it late???

Mark H.

Anonymous said...

I think they weren't following him all at the same time but they stayed together most of the time and did well
-Kiante B

Anonymous said...

they stayed together very well and followed the conducter very well. they looked up every once in a while


austin.b

Anonymous said...

they stayed together very well and followed the conducter very well. they looked up every once in a while


austin.b

Anonymous said...

i thought they did really good. They followed the conducter well. I only heard a couple of times that they werent following likt a couple of times the crash symbols were alittl behind. I think it was the saxes, they need to play alittlw better. The trumpets need to be just a tiny bit quieter.

Cody W.

Anonymous said...

i thought that they were a little bit off, but to get them playing great id tell them that they will be on a show on t.v. and I bet they will do better.


Victor R.

Anonymous said...

I think that they followed him very well. I could see a few kids looking up in the front so i assume the rest of the band was doing the same and that is why they followed their conductor so well.

-Eric Ro.

Anonymous said...

they seemed to be on track the whole time. they did very good.
-brennan c.

Anonymous said...

I think the band followed their
conductor rather well, but there may
have been a few mistakes. If there
were any mistakes they weren't big.


Jerrell D.

Anonymous said...

i thought that the group followed the conductor really well. i know they looked up a lot, because they played exactly the way that the conductor was conducting.
-dylan m.

Anonymous said...

The kids followed the conductors instructions very well and watched and listened. There were some changes in speed and dynamics that they covered fairly well, by watching and listening to each other.

-Emily N

Anonymous said...

I think they did really well on fallowing him through. they had to listen to each other very well so they knew when to stay together!

-Leanza D.

Anonymous said...

I think that they did very well in this piece. They changed speeds in the beginning very well and the drastic dynamics that the conductor presented were exactly on time with what the band actually did.
I know that they stayed together by watching the conductor very closely. This is because every time you play a piece, it is not the same and the conductor does it a little differently without trying.
To do better, I think that they can listen closer to each other to perfect their triangle-goal sound. It may be the quality of the video, but although they were right together, their tone didn't sound that great.

Brittany L.

Anonymous said...

they followed him well in the dynamics but were a little off on the speed.

Jessica L

Anonymous said...

I thought that this was a good piece. It sounded enthusiastic!!!
Brian H.

Anonymous said...

they played good but didnt follow the instuctors directions a little
Isaac C D.

Anonymous said...

i think they played good and followed the conducter pretty good.


-austin n

Anonymous said...

I noticed for the most part that they watched the conductor very well. There were some parts where I believe that they were slowing down when they weren't supposed to and the conductor tried his very best to quicken his pace while conducting. I also noticed when the conductor tried to quiet them down, they did exactly that. :)
I think a way they they could have stuck together more throughout the song is by not drowning out another instrument. This might have left them confused as to when they were supposed to come in. Other than that they did good =P
-Nikki :)

Anonymous said...

I noticed for the most part that they watched the conductor very well. There were some parts where I believe that they were slowing down when they weren't supposed to and the conductor tried his very best to quicken his pace while conducting. I also noticed when the conductor tried to quiet them down, they did exactly that. :)
I think a way they they could have stuck together more throughout the song is by not drowning out another instrument. This might have left them confused as to when they were supposed to come in. Other than that they did good =P
-Nikki C :)

Anonymous said...

i thought they followed the conductor pretty well. i think this because there were many times when the song slowed down and i thought they did it pretty smoothly and follewed him.. the dynamics were mostly correct to how the conductor conducted them.

Anonymous said...

sorry the one with no name... its mine

Richard N

Anonymous said...

This Is Daiveon Hi The Pick They instruments Up When The Conster Rasie His And In The Air And On Count They All Play At The Same Time...They Need To Work On Staying On Track Together

Anonymous said...

I think they did a good job following the conductor. A few times there were things that didn't quite seem to fit. They did a good job at looking up, and I know that is part of the reason they stayed together. I am sure they also listened to each other, and that also helped. Another thing that might have helped them is counting in their head.
-Nicole C.

Anonymous said...

It seems to me they followed him pretty well. I know that the looked up a lot, because they played the exact tempo he was conducting. that takes practice. You have to work together to be that good. They had to listen to stay together because there are always little things other instruments play that help you find where you are if you're lost.

Sierra M.

Anonymous said...

I think these guys stayed together pretty well, but they got a little over-excited on the loud parts, and started to speed up just a little bit, but then once they started looking up and listening, they got back to the normal tempo. i also think they had a good ritardando. They looked up quite a bit, so i think that they just need to listen harder.

Billy L.

Anonymous said...

In some places they went too fast and others they slowed down. They stayed together for the most part but i'm sure they could have listened to each other more because often they all had the same moelody.

Anonymous said...

The band followed the conductor fairly well, but they sped up a few times and got off. They must've been looking up though, because they got back on track soon after.

-Heidi R.

Anonymous said...

The band players stayed with him very well because i didn't hear any times where the band got out of place.

Tony M.

Anonymous said...

i think they are just terrific i liked it they did great i think one thing they could do is nothing the thing they did do well was staying together throughout the
whole song they are good though




Hugo v

Anonymous said...

They were pretty good. I was trying to look and see if they looked up but I didn't really see them. The way they stayed together was good. Maybe they just practiced a lot.
-michele t.

Anonymous said...

I saw some people looking up occasionally to watch the conductor.

-Steven V.

Anonymous said...

they follow the conductor very well. they stayed on the same tempo and dynamics. they were not fooling around or making a fool of themselves.

Isaac L.

Anonymous said...

The people followed him without messing up. Sometimes they would play better than other times in my opinion. Only a coulple of times they didn't get messed up.

Bennett E.

Anonymous said...

they fellowed him very well. i thought they did good.

Nicole W.

Anonymous said...

they stayed together with him and it sounded ok
tyler h

Anonymous said...

i think they could follow the conductor a little better but overall they did a good job


cassandra s.

Anonymous said...

At the very beginning they dont rise their instruments on time when he lifts his hands.They could stay focus and pay attention.


NIARIAH W

Anonymous said...

I think they followed him just fine its just that not all the right notes or sounds came out. It seems like they dont look up often but kinda just know where to speed up and get louder.

mollie m

Anonymous said...

They followed him pretty well. They looked up at the conductor many times.

Jonathan B.

Anonymous said...

I think they followed the conductor very well! They kept on listenin to each other and when each section wasn't plyain they looked up at the conductor juxt to make sure they weren't speeding up or slowing down! While they were playing they looked up as well.
-vijay R-

Anonymous said...

I think they followed the conductor very well! They kept on listenin to each other and when each section wasn't plyain they looked up at the conductor juxt to make sure they weren't speeding up or slowing down! While they were playing they looked up as well.
-vijay R-

Anonymous said...

the were folowing the conductor pretty well but sometimes they started talking to each other when
it wasn't their part and almost missed their part


oliver v.

Anonymous said...

they all started ok then got a little off then got back together

Breon M

Anonymous said...

they followed the conductor well because there were many times when the song slowed down and i thought they did it pretty smoothly and follewed him.. the dynamics were mostly correct to how the conductor conducted them.


mike R

Anonymous said...

They follwed well with the conductor they got off a little, but then they catched up. Although i thought they did good.
Svetlana Z

Anonymous said...

I think they followed the conductor fine. They listen to eachother, no part was faster then the other. I felt the snare drove the piece for the most part of the song. Its a simple part like that if gone wrong, would mess up the whole song. The ending was excelent; right on cue.

Jason H.

Anonymous said...

they were able to follow the conductor pretty good.they look at the conductor to keep on track and thats how they were able to stay together also.

-Mike R

Anonymous said...

I don't think they followed him very well because when he put his arms up in the air and put them down really hard i thought something would have happened and i think there was something suppose to happen but it didn't. They kind of got slower then faster again and that got really annoying. But i liked the piece of music though!

Shauna B

Anonymous said...

They seemed to do very well,
Sure, they sped up and slowed down a little, but it still sounded pretty good! All-In-All I'd give this performance a 7/10.


Chris B.