Yeah, today I got the list for Sunday, and on it is a song we have done before, but with a different instrumentation. So I get to cover a mandolin part on Sunday. Now, let's see, that's E,A,D,G going down, like a violin....TUBACHRIS85 wrote:Wow, thats beter then some things I have done before. The times that I have played for a church, my performance was primarily me sight reading.iiipopes wrote:Lucky you! The closest I get to that is at church (playing lead guitar in the praise band) where when the music director emails a new selection early in the week, listen to a recording of it to get the general feel once (only if it has been actually recorded by an artist), twice if there's a technical bit, rehearse at 10:00 Sunday morning, and lead the congregation when service starts at 11:00.bloke wrote:I play in an orchestra where there are (basically) 3 rehearsals for concerts:
- reading
- main
- dress
-tubachris
My favorite gigs, though, are sight-reading gigs. When I was in high school, as a way to prepare for contest, our director would order a new piece of music noone had seen, with a flair rip open the envelope in front of the audience at our spring formal concert, pass out parts, give us the two minute drill, then conduct the piece. Somewhere in the director's office are the old tapes of the concerts, to prove we sight read the pieces very well indeed!