At 11:42 PM -0400 3/13/09, Christopher Smith wrote:
Uh, not in the context we are talking about? A three quarter note
pickup in 4/4? I DEFINITELY only want three beats in that bar, and
preferably a quarter and a half, in that order.
Christopher
Agreed. Having a full bar rest as a pickup bar when there's only a
note or three as an actual pickup is a BIG mistake, especially if a
conductor routinely counts off one bar "for nothing." One of the
composers in our Community Band does exactly that (with pickup bars
and with counting off both), and it's always a ragged beginning until
we've rehearsed it enough, or until we've re-marked our parts in
pencil.
John
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