Doddy Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 06/01/2022 at 14:34, BigRedX said: @lowdown Thanks that makes sense. However for a score that contains the instruction "literally go flipping nuts" I doubt many people would be sight reading it and the notation is there to help the players track where they are in a piece when they play it from memory, rather than to read from scratch. You'd be surprised. I know a few arrangers who will sometimes put instructions like that, or the odd 'humorous' remark on a chart that they know people are going to sight read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 55 minutes ago, BigRedX said: Do you know what piece this fragment of notation is actually from? I doubt it is from anything serious of the sort described above. If you are talking about the chart in the OP, charts with remarks like that are quite common in Pantomime scores or Comedy shows. If it's not on the original printed chart, during rehearsals an MD might ask you to pencil in a remark like that. I've seen things like that requested in manic, slapdash chase scenes on stage, where they might want an over the top (or wild) ad lib solo going on from one (or several) of the instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, lowdown said: If you are talking about the chart in the OP, charts with remarks like that are quite common in Pantomime scores or Comedy shows. If it's not on the original printed chart, during rehearsals an MD might ask you to pencil in a remark like that. I've seen things like that requested in manic, slapdash chase scenes on stage, where they might want an over the top (or wild) ad lib solo going on from one (or several) of the instruments. Thanks. Every day is a school day! When you "literally go flipping nuts" are you expected to remain in key? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 It is said that the musos who play stuff by a certain successful (and rather wealthy) composer mark up the score if they recognise the ‘source’ of certain passages. Because he can be a bit of a plagiarist. Some scores have pencil all over them. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scalpy Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 It’s the accidentally daft ones I like the most. This is my favourite, can’t remember the show but I have a feeling this was as exciting as it got! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishfacefour Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 3 hours ago, scalpy said: It’s the accidentally daft ones I like the most. This is my favourite, can’t remember the show but I have a feeling this was as exciting as it got! Wow. That's the funkiest line I've seen all day! 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 19 hours ago, MacDaddy said: I've been practicing this for ages, getting both buttocks to do this in time is very tricky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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