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Please read the introduction below which will give you an orientation for the following questions.



The consumption of music recordings is higher than ever before. There are many different media formats on which recorded music is being offered for us to listen. The market leaders in recording industry are those from the pop- and rock divisions and from other "mainstream" music genres, producing dizzying numbers of musical recordings.

On the classical music field respectively, there is no shortage from abundance either, as one can find countless recordings of one single work, let's say, a certain Beethoven piano sonata. The ease of listening to recordings of certain artists performing that certain piano sonata on such streaming services as Spotify, was unheard of before such digital innovations.

I am interested in whether classical musicians use this vast audio-library to their advantage (or disadvantage). One can argue, that in the modern "audio-littered" world anyone could be spared from sub-conscious influence of different sources of recorded classical music, but in my study I am trying to map out the on-purpose usage of recordings as a sort of practicing tool or resource.

What I ask from You, is to fill out the following survey, as it will provide a small quantitative display for an important basis for my otherwise qualitative research. All the data will be collected anonymously.

Thank you in advance!

-Toni Heino
 
 
 
How often do you listen to recorded music?
 
Daily
 
Weekly
 
Monthly
 
Less than couple of times in a year
 
Never
 
 
 
In what purpose do you listen to music? (Select all that apply)
 
To relax
 
To pass the time
 
To enlarge field of musical knowledge
 
To gain understanding or interpretational "direction" on a piece currently under practice
 
Other, what?

 
 
 
If you listen to recordings for enhancing your playing/singing on a certain piece, what do you listen to on the recording? (Select all that apply)
 
For technique
 
For interpretational direction or ideas
 
For comparison between a record and your own performance
 
Something else? Tell freely.

 
 
 
Do you think listening to recordings as a resource for practicing is valuable from a pedagogical perspective?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
How valuable do you think listening to recordings in the light of your
Not valuable at all Little value Neither valuable or unvaluable Good value Very valuable
Technique
Interpretation
Deeper understanding of the piece
 
 
 
Have you ever played/sang something more in a way you've heard on a recording, rather than how your teacher has told you to play/sing?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Does a renowned artists interpretation of some piece surpass the way your teacher has taught you to play/sing that piece?
 
Always
 
Often
 
Sometimes
 
Seldom
 
Never
 
 
 
Music heard on recordings is most of the time post-processed by the means of tape splicing or digital multi-track editing for example. Sometimes this results in a sounding piece being pieced together from takes from even different recording days. Mistakes are being edited out, resulting in a "perfect performance".

Are you aware of this "unrealism" compared to live performance while listening to recordings and its possible negative effects on your playing/singing?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Take a moment to think about how listening to recordings might effect on your playing/singing negatively. Tick all the boxes that correspond with your experience on what you might have picked up from recordings that you regreted afterwards.
 
Stylistically "wrong" technique
 
"Wrong or unfitting" interpretation
 
On the "safety" of mimicking a widely accepted recording-performance, resulting in poor actual understanding of the piece
 
Other / Tell freely about your views on using recordings as a practicing "tool"