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Re: Etiquette...again

Author: Ski
Date: 2007-08-13 23:39

Ah, right, there is "that" side of rehearsals... So much for having fond memories of the behavior of musicians on my last couple of gigs. OK, here goes...

Musicians:

String Players
1a. Do not think for even a millisecond that the conductor will accept your playing a long glissando in lieu of written-out 32nd note scalar passages.

1b. In this circumstance, do not suggest to the conductor that "no one will hear the difference".

2. Violists: when you've been given advance warning of a scordatura, do not show up at rehearsal and start rolling your eyes around in your skull as you exaggeratedly point at the score and complain to the player next to you about having to tune your C down to low B. Especially if the musical director is standing right behind you.

In General...
3. Tuning: if the conductor asks you to check your tuning, do not under any circumstances debate the issue. Even if you think they're completely wrong and that you couldn't possibly be playing more in tune, re-tune your instrument, string, timpani head, whatever...

4. Music Contractors: if you cannot manage to hire that 3rd violist for the recording date that you've had 3 weeks of lead time to contract, do not for a moment expect that the musical director will be happy that you've hired a violinist who can't read alto clef as an acceptable substitute. In such circumstances it's understandable that you might do your best to find a violinist who happens to also own a viola. However, the viola should not have the price tag still hanging from it, and better yet, the price of that viola should be a tad bit higher than $1.99 (based on a true story).

5a. Just because you're having trouble playing a quintuplet run of 16th notes into the downbeat of the next measure, do not tell the composer attending the rehearsal, "What you really meant to write was..."

5b. When the composer insists that you play the part as written, do not suggest that "no one will hear the difference"... (can you tell I get this a lot?)

6. Do we really have to tell you to play tight with my downbeats? Or am I just waving my arms for aerobic exercise?

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