I have to say that as an orchestral musician I HATE those big tacet parts.
depends on who prepares them and the music involved. i worked on a project recently where some musicians and ensembles didn't play for up to 5 short movements. at the beginning of each TACET movement (one system MM rest with no number of measures indicated) the instrumentation was indicated, and the movements all had clear endings.
where the musicians had an entry right at the beginning of a new mvmt after TACET, there were cues written, sometimes only as text indication at the end of the line (when it was really obvious), and in some cases, the last TACET mvmt was written out with 2-5 cues to orient the musicians and get them ready for the entry.
when the new entry was NOT directly at the beginning of the mvmt the last TACET mvmt was still indicated as a MM rest, but with ample indications for entry: instrumentation of entry mvmt + sufficient cues.
i agree they can be problematic, but it could be a very useful tool. like anything else, such a feature would only be problematic if not used properly.
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