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Confident and Productive Rehearsals – Part 4 – How to Fix What You Hear

Part 4 How to Fix What You Hear An Effective and Efficient Rehearsal Needs a Warm-up The director sets the tone and pace for rehearsal with the warm-up. If there is no warm-up, that tone and pace take much longer to develop. It is also a great time to introduce key signatures or problematic rhythms […]

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Confident and Productive Rehearsals – Part 3 – How to Listen, and What to Listen For

Part 3 – Working the Plan. How to Listen, and What to Listen For A couple of hypothetical rehearsal scenarios: A. Director leads the group through each piece, beginning to end with no stops. For pieces where there were problems, the director says that they should work on it. B. A group plays several measures […]

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