Roy Leaman
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7 months ago
in Talent Wars, Nothing but Talent Wars on KnowHR Blog
Perhaps your assumptions, along with the previous responses, are indicative of a problem many people in HR have...i.e. the tendency to jump to conclusions before making judgments. As stated by two musicians, one being a professional, (see blogs below from another site) the young woman in the video in fact did play the right notes and at the correct rhythm. The problem here was not her performance but rather the system that is supposed to be supporting good performance.
The following is from http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2007/10/stacy_hedge...
trackflop says:
ok so i have played trumpet for 9 years and been a musician for 20. for all you professional players out there, the only thing that was wrong besides her mediocre playing was that the track and the trumpet were not in the same key. Most non-professional trumpets are in the key of B flat not the Key of C which might have been the problem, for example if the music on the page is in the key of C on a B flat trumpet it comes out in the Key of B flat or rather 1 1/2 steps down from the note on the page. so if she gave the orchestra a copy of her music in C and they played it in C and then she played along in B flat thats where you get the bad sound. hope all that makes sense, some one should have told her oh well she is a good sport though.
Posted at: November 6, 2007 12:49 AM
befro says:
thank you trackflop... I too am a trumpet player. Honestly her performance wasn't HORRIBLE. It was just totally in the wrong key. The tape was probably at the wrong speed. Her tone isn't amazing, but she really plays all of the notes. (just all in the wrong key) I think she actually only cracks one note right when she starts, she starts a bit too high. Having spend more time playing trumpet than anything else in my life, I respect how she help it down even though things weren't right. Playing trumpet is NOT easy
Posted at: November 9, 2007 4:27 PM
The following is from http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2007/10/stacy_hedge...
trackflop says:
ok so i have played trumpet for 9 years and been a musician for 20. for all you professional players out there, the only thing that was wrong besides her mediocre playing was that the track and the trumpet were not in the same key. Most non-professional trumpets are in the key of B flat not the Key of C which might have been the problem, for example if the music on the page is in the key of C on a B flat trumpet it comes out in the Key of B flat or rather 1 1/2 steps down from the note on the page. so if she gave the orchestra a copy of her music in C and they played it in C and then she played along in B flat thats where you get the bad sound. hope all that makes sense, some one should have told her oh well she is a good sport though.
Posted at: November 6, 2007 12:49 AM
befro says:
thank you trackflop... I too am a trumpet player. Honestly her performance wasn't HORRIBLE. It was just totally in the wrong key. The tape was probably at the wrong speed. Her tone isn't amazing, but she really plays all of the notes. (just all in the wrong key) I think she actually only cracks one note right when she starts, she starts a bit too high. Having spend more time playing trumpet than anything else in my life, I respect how she help it down even though things weren't right. Playing trumpet is NOT easy
Posted at: November 9, 2007 4:27 PM
8 months ago
in Resume…Hey, What Rhymes with “Resume”? on KnowHR Blog
Resume rhymes with "Hey!" It has to be written so that it catches the attention of the reader.