The way that you cut the music is great. Really clear! There’s really no need to highlight markings that are already written though, such as dynamics and time signature changes, we see them anyway and it really just confuses things and definitely don’t write a key change above one that’s already printed. It will do more harm than good.
Yeah, thanks for your comment, like I said this is the way that works best for me and my students, there are lots of different ways of doing things. I play for a lot of auditions and prefer key points to be highlighted :)
It's just, particularly in re-writing something that's already there, in my opinion, will draw the eye to something unnecessarily, thus taking the emphasis of the actual sight reading process. It's just a small point though, and the vid is great. I agree there are lots of ways of doing it. In scores, often you will see a double bar line with a circle through the middle, marked vi which cuts to -de, and sometimes it can be bracketed the other way round, so the music that is actually cut is in the brackets. iPads are great cos you can just white it out. Definitely think your way of doing things is the best for an audition though :)
How do you know that you want an "A" bell note? Is it the note that you start on? So if your first note was an "A" you would want an "A" bell note? And do they play the note and then you start singing immediately?
Elleda Spitzer hi, yes if you’re not having an introduction and starting straight away from the vocal line, it’s whatever the note is you are starting on, they will play it as an octave :)
Elleda Spitzer I think it depends, some time they will count you in if it has a really strong beat, or if it’s something that is freer, usually you will just start in your own time. :)
BubbleGum Animations Hi, thanks for your message. I think it depends on what you mean by skipping, this is an example of a piece with a lot of cuts in it and it goes straight through with no flipping back and forth, and getting rid of pages that aren’t needed. But people have their own systems and ways of doing it, I find this way worked best for me and my students who are auditioning.
The way that you cut the music is great. Really clear! There’s really no need to highlight markings that are already written though, such as dynamics and time signature changes, we see them anyway and it really just confuses things and definitely don’t write a key change above one that’s already printed. It will do more harm than good.
Yeah, thanks for your comment, like I said this is the way that works best for me and my students, there are lots of different ways of doing things. I play for a lot of auditions and prefer key points to be highlighted :)
It's just, particularly in re-writing something that's already there, in my opinion, will draw the eye to something unnecessarily, thus taking the emphasis of the actual sight reading process. It's just a small point though, and the vid is great. I agree there are lots of ways of doing it. In scores, often you will see a double bar line with a circle through the middle, marked vi which cuts to -de, and sometimes it can be bracketed the other way round, so the music that is actually cut is in the brackets. iPads are great cos you can just white it out. Definitely think your way of doing things is the best for an audition though :)
Wow I love your collection of musical theatre sheet music. It's huge!
Thank you :)
Thank you! This'll help with my voice class final tomorrow lol
This video is so helpful!!!
I was wondering if when cutting music, you can cut half bar, or does it always have to be a full bar?
You have my gratitude sir. This was a life saver
And thank you, this was really helpful.
How do you know that you want an "A" bell note? Is it the note that you start on? So if your first note was an "A" you would want an "A" bell note? And do they play the note and then you start singing immediately?
Elleda Spitzer hi, yes if you’re not having an introduction and starting straight away from the vocal line, it’s whatever the note is you are starting on, they will play it as an octave :)
so you launch right into singing after they play the note or do you take a moment and start on your own time?
Elleda Spitzer I think it depends, some time they will count you in if it has a really strong beat, or if it’s something that is freer, usually you will just start in your own time. :)
Hi, how do you go about cutting repeat marks, I only want to do one verse, I’ve crossed out the 2: lyrics but I’m still nervous it’ll repeat?!
I was told that skipping around in the music was confusing for the pianist, does it just depend on the pianist and the company?
BubbleGum Animations Hi, thanks for your message. I think it depends on what you mean by skipping, this is an example of a piece with a lot of cuts in it and it goes straight through with no flipping back and forth, and getting rid of pages that aren’t needed.
But people have their own systems and ways of doing it, I find this way worked best for me and my students who are auditioning.
ANB Aaron Newland-Bentley okay thanks so much!