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LittleRusty
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PostPosted: Mon May 29, 2023 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nonsense Eliminator wrote:
"5th bar of A" = "5 after A."

Does it make grammatical or mathematical sense? No.

Does that matter? Also no.

My recommendation is, accept it and get on with your life. The alternative is wasting rehearsal time by making people wonder what planet you are from, so that's probably not a good option.

People often wonder that about me even when I don’t talk about this.
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PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2023 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

LittleRusty wrote:
Nonsense Eliminator wrote:
"5th bar of A" = "5 after A."

Does it make grammatical or mathematical sense? No.

Does that matter? Also no.

My recommendation is, accept it and get on with your life. The alternative is wasting rehearsal time by making people wonder what planet you are from, so that's probably not a good option.

People often wonder that about me even when I don’t talk about this.

Nothing wrong with being from another planet — as long as your extraterrestrial quirks do not unduly prolong rehearsals.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mafields627 wrote:
This is why I make my students number their measures. Obviously, it's not practical in many circumstances, but it sure smoothes out a lot of issues.


This is it, this is the answer.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 16, 2023 9:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think this dialogue is overkill. I've played in and conducted professional big bands and orchestras down to community level amateur groups and only once was it ever a real problem.

IMO there's too much inflexibility among some and an unwillingness just to learn from "those who have already gone before". It's not a big deal unless one makes it one.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 17, 2023 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kehaulani wrote:
I think this dialogue is overkill. I've played in and conducted professional big bands and orchestras down to community level amateur groups and only once was it ever a real problem.

IMO there's too much inflexibility among some and an unwillingness just to learn from "those who have already gone before". It's not a big deal unless one makes it one.

It kind of gets back to one of the cardinal rules of ensemble playing:

Never be the only one who's right.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 17, 2023 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Absolutely.

If we were in the same ensemble and I thought I was right and the other four people had a different opinion, I would go with the majority. I would rather spend the rest of the night making music than quibbling over semantics.


But that would have nothing to do with which opinion was right or not.
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