Rehearsal Markings
What to know and apply!
Rehearsal Thoughts for All:
• Look and Listen
• Pencil
• Mark your music
• Breathe in Tempo
• Look Ahead
• Listen
• Watch the Conductor
Music Marking Shortcuts
• Eyeglasses• Drag• Musical Phrase• Accelerate• Slow Down• Turn Page V.S.• Put Mute On• Take Mute Off• Sustain• Subito Piano sub p• Emphasize the Note
Rehearsal Thoughts
• Mark your bowings ASAP
• Inside Players turn the pages
• Stagger your bowing
• Fingerings
• Back of Section Vs. Front of Section
Page- Turning
• “Turn Here”
• Bow in Hand
• Using Left Hand
• Rewriting a Passage
• Practice
Reference:
• Article –”Thought from the Middle of the First Violin Section” by Sullivan, Greg. Teaching Music, August 2002 Issue, pages 26-32.
• Rehearsal Techniques learned through experience – Mrs. Sabol