Klarinet Archive - Posting 000335.txt from 2002/11

From: "Thiel, Mark" <mark.thiel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] page turns
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:00:46 -0500

Nick Simicich wrote:
. . .
> There is a little box on the floor, and it
>has a microphone, of course. You tell it which piece of music you want,
>and how you want it transposed, and then you put it on a music stand and it

>displays it.

OK, I'm confused now -- this thing has a microphone so it can obviously
instantly identify what clarinet you're playing on. If you happen to be
using the WRONG clarinet, will it transpose the part for you or will it lock
up and send an accusatory email to the conductor, the composer, and certain
members of this list ?

and Ed Wojtowicz wrote:

. . .
>There is an article on the Finale website about Harry Connick using
monitors
>instead of music. This allows him to edit parts even right before a show.

Oh great, there goes any incentive we had for woodshedding our parts;
nothing bu sightreading practice for me from now on.

Mark Thiel

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