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Own Choice Test Pieces - Was Oz Nationals

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Subject: Own Choice Test Pieces - Was Oz Nationals
From: David Cooper <cooperd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 10:26:27 +0100
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The argument against playing music which (to over simplify) has a tune
rather than millions of notes is normally that it doesn't provide the
technical challenge needed to win an own choice contest - and let's face it,
we all want to win, don't we?

In practise the truth of this statement depends what sort of company you're
keeping - it's going to be different for a local association contest than
for a national championship, for example.

IMHO there are two ways to address this problem.  The first would be to have
a clear guide on what factors the adjudicator will be marking you at the
outset - this would include technique but also musicality, for example.
Bands could then choose their "test" piece with those points in mind, and
the band that achieved the most notes per second, or loudest of the day
might lose out on marks for musicality, etc.

And secondly, how about some clear guidelines on which category different
pieces fall into - for example I know that our local association (SCABA)
used to publish a list of music and the section each piece was appropriate
to, e.g. Harmony Music - Championship, London Overture - First.  Then the
adjudicator would have to judge the performance and not think "This
performance was virtually note perfect but band x played a much harder
piece, although there were quite a few slips - how do I score?"

An alternative to the above, and an option that would probably involve less
admin, would be for contest organisers to follow the lead of the European
Championships and give bands a selection of, say, 10-15 pieces from which
bands could choose.

The trouble is that whatever you do there can only be one winner on the day
leaving everyone else moaning about the system, the adjudicator, etc.  Oh
well...

David Cooper
KM Gillingham Band


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