Klarinet Archive - Posting 000283.txt from 2004/02

From: Erik Tkal <bbtkal@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] to repeat or not repeat
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:40:08 -0500

The best indication I've seen is when the conductor simply spins his
finger in a circle indicating to repeat (loop), and then holds up a
closed fist when playing the passage for the last time. My high school
conductor usually did this when entering the last time and also right
before going on, in order to make sure everyone saw it again. No
ambiguity, quite clear and concise.

Erik Tkal
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Thiel, Mark wrote:

>A question for those of you that play a lot of musicals: Has anyone
>seen a conductor use or used as a conductor any effective signals to
>indicate whether to take a repeat again or go on? (I had one conductor
>who I believe was trying to do an impersonation of a vamp to indicate
>that we were to vamp in the musical sense; I am sorry to say she failed
>miserably in this.) Last year in _Play On!_ we were in disagreement as
>to whether to repeat a section or go on to the next -- which happened to
>be the same tune modulated up a half step. This is a situation to be
>avoided.
>
>Mark Thiel
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