It really can be a useful thing! I've never had a problem with signing to someone that the cue I'm giving is their cue rather than their entrance.
Steve P. On 22 Apr 2012, at 00:07, John Howell <john.how...@vt.edu> wrote: > At 10:02 AM +0100 4/21/12, Steve Parker wrote: >> If i'm preparing music for a recording where the >> players are sight reading it is often useful to >> write in helpful cues then >> as conductor to cue the cues rather than the actual entrance. > > > Hmmm. As a player this would confuse the pants > off me. (It would not be a pretty sight!) A > conductor's cues are for entrances, period. And > a really well-delivered cue can easily bring > someone in at the wrong place, since the more > confident you look the more they will question > whether their counting was off! > > John > > > -- > John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music > Virginia Tech Department of Music > School of Performing Arts & Cinema > College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences > 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 > Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 > (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) > http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html > > "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." > (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
