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First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?

Author: kfrank1  Date:   2007-03-07 18:54 I will be playing 2nd Reed (alto sax, clarinet, flute, piccolo(optional)) in a musical called Gypsy. Is anyone familiar with this? I already posted this on another site but thought I would post here as well. They cut the original instrumentation in the score by half due to budgetary constraints. So I may have to add tenor and bari sax to cover some missing parts. Also I've just been told not to practise the Overture and the Entr'Acte as some of that will be cut. The main thing I've noticed so far is that the music is hand written and is not the clearest manuscript writing I've seen, so is hard to read in the ledger lines or busy parts. Also a lot of the music is double-staved where they have parts doubled for clarinet or flute, so is kind of small to read. Another possible issue is having enough time to switch instruments, as I typically handle my horns with kid gloves. There will be 5 rehearsals followed by 5 performances over a weekend. Should be fun!

Topics	Author	Date
First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	kfrank1	2007-03-07 18:54
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	Terry Stibal	2007-03-07 19:48
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	kfrank1	2007-11-08 22:45
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	rcnelson	2007-03-08 12:05
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	Terry Stibal	2007-03-08 14:34
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	Gandalfe	2007-03-08 19:49
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	kfrank1	2007-03-09 01:14
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	Terry Stibal	2007-03-09 01:34
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	kfrank1	2007-03-30 22:58
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	Terry Stibal	2007-03-31 00:23
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	Jaysne	2007-04-02 03:25
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	Terry Stibal	2007-04-03 15:04
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	Jaysne	2007-04-05 15:39
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	davyd	2007-06-13 04:16
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	super20dan	2007-07-09 02:03
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	kfrank1	2007-07-10 14:43
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	wrowand	2007-07-10 17:42
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	Chris P	2007-11-18 19:04
Re: First-time Pit Band Gig. Any Tips?  new	Gandalfe	2007-11-20 03:46

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