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Why Are The Musicians Playing Before The Concert? |
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Just like basketball players taking shots and practicing moves before
the game, musicians need to warm up their muscles and focus their
concentration. This is fun to listen to and to watch.
Some of them are working
on the passages they need to polish up before the performance. They are practicing by themselves, with no regard
for what anyone else is practicing.
Pick out the flute or the trumpet playing a
solo line over and over, and listen to how it changes. Does it get
smoother? If
the player stops in the middle and starts over, can you hear the reason
why? It's especially fun to recognize these solos later in the
performance! Give a
silent cheer for the player who nails the solo.
Not all of the orchestra players practice onstage, of
course. Just like the audience, everyone is doing her thing. Some
are talking; others are paging through their music. And some don't come onstage
at all until a minute or two before the performance. But at concert time,
everyone is in place and ready to start.
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