At 7:16 PM +0000 11/4/12, Jonathan Smith wrote: > >But what about the scenario when the brass are >playing, for instance with a choir and the choir >take a breath at this point, then continue >singing on into what is the MM rest for the >brass players (or any wind for that matter). The >choir would need to breath at this point and >therefore shorten their notes slightly to >accommodate this - the brass would need to do >likewise or it would sound as though one or the >other were overhanging. > >I mention this because I'm in rehearsal at this >very moment for a show with a 50 piece chorus >and 30 piece orchestra and the MD asked the >brass to mark in a breath just at the end of >their entry to effect a similar phrase ending as >the choir were making. A good idea and it worked >well.
Necessity is the mother, and all that! It it did the job, it's good. But you could also have the opposite situation, where the hangover is actually desired. Is there a notational way to make that unambiguously clear? I just finished a concert band score with a LOT of fermatas followed immediately by pickups in one or more instruments. And if I end up conducting, I'll give a cutoff that applies to everyone, but that cutoff will also be the prep for the pickups. And any continuing instruments will have to grab a breath, but I don't anticipate its being a problem because breaths can be VERY fast. 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:[email protected]) 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 [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
