A Reflective Lens: Music Pedagogical Research to Transform Practice | Page 53

A Reflective Lens:
Music Pedagogical Research to Transform Practice

Another entry, by William, was also akin to what Matthew
and John wrote:

…it (the feedback) was encouraging and we felt
assured that we are not alone in our troubles…
[Reflection Journal 04, 1 August 2014]

In general, most entries that we collected highlighted a
positive response towards the introduction of feedback
as part of their reflective practice. We realised members
observed that their instructor took their concerns into
consideration and thus, helped make their subsequent
practice sessions more fruitful.
It is also worth noting that through providing feedback,
it also helped members reflect on what was taught in the
previous practice and, moving ahead, how to better apply
the skills taught into the next few practice sessions. We feel
that the following entry made by John aptly describes this:

…Mr Tan’s comments were really useful today… now I can read the notes
because I know the semi-tone difference between sharps and flats… And
the angle of attack on the strings… as I could play much louder today…
[Reflective Dialogue 04, 1 August 2014]

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