Actions often speak louder than words.  At the advice of a reader, I’ve been video taping some of my students during lessons, then playing the recording back.  It has been a tremendous help for some of my students to SEE what I’ve been talking and drilling about for so long. 

The student who plays with flat fingers?  Now, she SEES the flat fingers and understands what she needs to work on.  The student who plays much too quickly, causing the piece to come out sloppy?  Now he SEES his fingers flying across the keys without control and HEARS the missed (and extra!) notes.  The student who plays much too slow and with no feeling?  Now she yawns as her piece is played back to her.  She knows what to do to make her piece more interesting.

Do you use video recording to assist you during lessons?  What successes have you found?