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Author: Riley
Date: 2003-02-07 23:03
I'm doing my first year of pit orchestra for my school. There are many CRAZY keys. i was wonder what the equivelant of E-sharp is. c-flat?
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Author: Burt
Date: 2003-02-07 23:18
The equivalent (or enharmonic) of E-sharp is F. If you have access to a piano or such, a sharp is moving one key (counting both black and white keys) to the right, and a flat is moving one key to the left.
The enharmonic of c-flat is B.
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Author: Riley
Date: 2003-02-07 23:28
Thank you Burt! All problems solved!
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Author: William
Date: 2003-02-08 15:07
Just a request--please do not mark every accidental in your book. I am currently playing book one for the musical "Annie" and almost every sharp beyond f & C is marked in every cue. For the experianced player, these markings are very distracting and aggravating. If you must mark a few notes or the necessary cuts, please use a soft leaded pencil and erase your markings as you play through the last performance. NEVER MARK ANYTHING IN INK!!!! (as the person who last played this book did--yikes!!!!)
Thank you, from "the pit" of Annie.
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Author: Pam
Date: 2003-02-08 20:55
I agree with William's request. Once you get used to playing "loaded" key signatures all those little reminders put in the music by someone else can be very distracting.
The good part is, when you play these keys often enough, you do get used to them!
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-02-08 22:09
Use little Post-It® papers (self-stick/easy removal) to indicate necessaty cuts.
Much easier (and neater clean-up) than drawing large arrows through the part or crossing out (horrors!) multiple lines of music...GBK
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-02-08 22:21
"necessaty" <img src="http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/headshake.gif">
"necessary" <img src="http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/computin_smiley.gif"> ...GBK
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2003-02-10 01:49
What show are you doing? I did Once on This Island last year, which was almost entirely in F sharp, but sometimes in G flat (why?). It's not really all that bad once you get used to it.
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Author: Kelsey
Date: 2003-02-10 21:12
the show that we are doing is Oklahoma.
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Author: Jean
Date: 2003-02-10 23:20
I agree with GBK...I use the little post-its and when everyone else is frantically erasing I nonchantly pull the sticky little buggers off my pages and I'm done. No eraser bits all over my clothes. The reason for the strange keys has a lot to do with it being easier for string players to play in sharps. I have often wished they would also write the parts for A clarinet like they do in orchestral music. Vocal ranges for singers are the other reason for the odd keys. I have had to re-write music for vocalists who can't sing the range. You'd think they would just cast someone else. There is always the debate...do you cast singers who can sort of act, or actors who can sort of sing. I am talking of non-professional theatre of course.
Jean
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