On 22 Apr 2012, at 09:54, Steve Parker wrote:

> 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. 

How do you show the musician difference between a cue and an entrance? 

Michael


> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
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