From: Alec Drachman Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 06:58:16 -0400 Subject: Big River - thanks
Hi Folks,
I'd just like to thank everyone who responded to my Big River Musical inquiry. It is amazing how many players on this list have played in that. I hope to be the next. I got many more replies off-list and the overwhelming majority report that sight-reading for this particular musical is not really essential. Many reported that they went in prepared to read only to discover that the "last guy" improvised and the conductor was giving them quite a bit of latitude. I have ordered the soundtrack already and I'll figure out the parts off that so I can go in prepared for anything. I can probably read well enough that once I know the part, I can follow the score.
Thanks again.
Alec
P.S. - Winslow mentioned that the score is all written at actual pitch. Wow, that seems hard. I can see why one might be tempted to play it on chromatic even though it was written for diatonic. My reading is poor enough on a C harp in first position or an F-harp in cross. I can't imagine grabbing say an Eb harp and trying to play music written at actual pitch. Has anyone already transposed the score?
