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