An uncut music video can be a great way to help teach a student where they need to improve their musical skills by taping them while they perform a sing at a lesson. As my late cello teacher used to say, there are two distinct ways to play: one is to practice, and the other is to play. Often our practice skills are top notch, but when we start to play, the technique can be less than perfect because of the pressure to perform the piece without error.
An uncut music video can be used for teachers who are working with advanced musical students to illustrate the student's musical strengths and weaknesses as they perform. The technology exists to do this on the computer, and they are so simple to do. Even a digital picture camera can take short videos, which should be enough time to make a decent evaluation of the student's performance style. And if the student is a really gifted musician, the uncut music video can be uploaded to web sites that provide these services, and the video could launch new opportunities for the student.
