The drummer reaches the end of the songbut can’t remember having played the bridge. He thinks to himself, as he prepares for thenext tune, did we mess up the arrangement?Did we all make the same mistake or wasit just me? He doesn’t recall any strange looksfrom his bandmates, no side-eyes or scowls, the usual indicationContinue reading “#567: Dream Song Sonnet with An Extra Couplet”
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#551: Butterflies at the Hollyhocks
In the sheet musicat the chamber orchestra gig, there were a number of notations above the staveindicating the manner in whichthe music should be played. Nothing unusual about that, but where one might expect to see things like allegroor andante or accelerando, usually words that beginwith an A, instead she foundinstructions such as “playthis badly,”Continue reading “#551: Butterflies at the Hollyhocks”
michael jarmer 