But what will you do, if the singer comes in too early or too late ???? Oooops !! I still count every measure during Rosenkavalier done over 200times & Elektra (same), just for safety. The singer cues are just to confirm things. Well, sometimes you count twentytwo-two-three-four--twentythree-two-three-four -- twentyfour-twoo-three-four , when you realize that you should have played after twentytwo measures rest , ha, ha, ho, ho ! But that´s life !! Worse than that are those conductors, who have their head deep into the score for the whole performance. They are unable to fix an early singer entry as did Sawallisch. He knew all what could happen, so he gave the sign-warning to the singers a few measures early, and, voila, we go now ! That worked, but not with these poor but mass conducting "baton-aerobics", who do everything just with their routine but without any musical feeling except the jingling of coins, - precious coins. But there are some hidden gems (magicians) passing by sometimes, if we are lucky. ============================================================ ==================================================
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Goldberg Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 5:35 PM To: The Horn List Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Fingerings, accidentals & making music I sometimes mark parts by using small Post-Its. They come in many colors and sizes - you can cut the sticky part of the back away from the rest so as to create a small piece of tape that can be easily removed. This way you can correct a wrong note for example, not by circling the offender and writing its correct name above the staff but by taping the truth over it so you have no disturbance while playing it. I do this sort of thing sometimes to mark (in RED) the beginnings of long repeats so that I don't have to search for them. Also, in musicals, I stick a tab on the edge of the page to find the curtain call excerpt in an instant that is taken from 10 pages back. Also, to mark word-cues so I don't have to count measures of rest. Etc. The next user of the music can remove all of my marks with a fingernail. I can't remember what life was like before Post-its, hot glue and duct tape. I will guess that we are in a transitional phase now - as more sheet music is digitized, it will be easier to always use clean, new parts; presumably with corrections made, or if the group receives the electronic file, then it can tinker with cuts, transpositions, and all other corrections easily. Will the day come when our music stand is a flat-screen computer? { David Goldberg: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Math Dept, Washtenaw Community College } { Ann Arbor Michigan } _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
