Submitting for evaluation
Good Morning David,
So I'm preparing to record and submit my stuff for lessons level one and I've noticed there's a submittal form on the 'walk with me' tongue blocking study #1 page and one on the movement excercise study 1 - paterns page but I don't see any on the pages ( solo harmonica study 1 or music theory study 1). And at the bottom of the level 1 page theres the 'take level 1 test' which seems to encompass the previous 2.
If I want to make one single complete submittal I should just do the 'take the lvl 1 test' and ignore the others ?
And lastly I'm assuming there's a fee for your time spent evaluating?
Regards,
Chris
Oh ok that makes sense. I didn't know we could submit smaller stuff before the final test; I can see how that could be usefull. I'll know for lvl 2 haha. I just need to finish up with the theory part and I'll wrap all this up and send it over.
Thanks
Heya David,
I have another question. When submitting the study song walk with me in the quick reference guide it says you want it recorded to the jam track now I'm assuming that's the one with no harmonica playing to guide me. So my issue is I'm still not confident with my metronome skills so I was wondering if I can record with the guide in my ear or if that's cheating haha ?
While I manage to get a lot of practice every day playing my harp sadly I don't often have the ability to sit down with a metronome and the jam track to practice my rythm.
Hello R3Dz. A jam track is a track minus the harmonica... I would like you to use that.
Hah, yes, that would be cheating.
Your goal is to develop the skill to play the song with the jam track... this shows that you really know the song.
No metronome needed, just use the jam track.
Play along with the original until you can play at full speed, and with confidence. Then practice with the jam track, circling areas that you get off/lost/need work. Listen to the original in those areas that need work... looping it, so you can listen to, and play to, it over and over, to dial those sections in to be ready to play with the jam. It's a process... it will take time... but the end result is that you will have mastered those techniques and taken your playing to the next level.
haha alright,
Thanks for your speedy responce. Sounds like I still need practice. I'll follow your suggestions. I'm very close to playing it full speed with out making mistakes and having to rewind. Matter fact that's what I was doing right now and I think I can squeeze in another 15 minutes of practice hahaha.
Thanks again
Hello Chris. If you want to submit material every now and again, as you need it, there's no charge. Anything on the site can be submitted. For the LOA test, there is a charge ($25 for L1)... to cover the extra time it takes to review the larger set of material, the LOA pin, the mailing of the pin, and other backend stuff for LOA recognition. When doing a LOA submision, use the mass submission form here https://www.bluesharmonica.com/take_level_1_test