
Is Videotaping Yourself Worth the Time and Trouble? And If Yes, How So? (Part 1 of 2)
The Bulletproof Musician
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Videotape Analysis Can Help You Improve Your Performance
In two studies, students evaluated their own performances after watching the performance vidios. The scores they gave themselves were pretty darned close to the scores that the professional pianist gave them. But when they evaluated their performance based only on their memory of the performance and got impressions before watching the video, their self assessment was not as well alined with that of the expert. So videotape analysis might be able to help us more accurately evaluate our playing, but does that translate into meaningful changes in learning or performance? Next week we'll take a closer look at a couple of studies which provide some answers.
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