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counting

Author: Dan
Date: 2010-05-10 16:16

I joined an orchestra for beginning musician, and I am wondering, at what point, if ever, does one stop counting? I know the music, having play the pieces a few hundred times.

The person next to me, a flutist, says that he does not count, but he's a flutist.

I tried to not count, but for me it's much easier to stay on the beat when I count, and I know exactly where I am, when I rest, or come in.

And, if while counting, I make a mistake by playing the wrong note, I can recover on the next note, but if I stop counting and lose the rhythm, it take a while to find my place and start again. So, for me it's much worse to lose the rhythm than to play a wrong note.

Is it a option to count or not?

Dan

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