At 6:34 PM -0800 12/12/10, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote:
Exactly as Dennis notes - I've had that same discussion with numerous string players and the unanimous preference is to forego the diamond - and leave the flying to THEM!
I have no quarrel with that, except that if you're talking about symphony players (or show pit players), they normally have the music well in advance for practice. Session and show players do NOT. Either the charts haven't been finished yet, or they arrive with the Music Director. When I toured with Mancini we had the union-required minimum 2-hour rehearsal with break, we didn't even play through the entire show in that rehearsal, and we were literally sightreading on stage. It worked because Hank knew exactly where the tricky places were, and we were hired because we could sightread! Time, as they say, is money.
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