Klarinet Archive - Posting 000293.txt from 2004/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] to repeat or not repeat
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:16:01 -0500

At 09:27 AM 2/17/2004 -0600, Mark Thiel 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.

Around here in the amateur/semi-amateur pit world (often amateur conductors
as well), what we usually see is the conductor holding up 1 finger for 1st
ending, 2 fingers for second ending. A little body english on the exiting
downbeat is always welcome as well.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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