Thursday, May 26, 2011

Little pun with rehearsal letters

Wonder if anyone will appreciate this little pun: in the first movement of my Horn Concerto, the bassoons get cues for the solo horn. However, at rehearsal letter V, I give them a cello cue. Thus, in the bassoon parts, the players will see an enclosed letter V followed by the word "Cello."

After I noticed things had worked out this way, I also noticed I had neglected to give the bassoons a cue after a lengthy rest that ends at letter H. Should I give the bassoons a solo horn cue or a cello cue? For the sake of the pun, I opted to give them a horn cue.

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