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- Don't try to talk to someone above the heads of the colleagues. "Mouth-movement" usually cannot be recognized from 20 meters..
- If someone speaks to you above the heads of the colleagues, try to confirm with your head that you understood (even if you didn't), look thankful and go with your sight to the music as soon as possible.
- Do not hold your instrument in completely different position (horizontal or vertical) than your colleagues.
- Always play boring pizzicato sections carefully as long as the most of your group colleagues play it in the same way.
- After longer and louder than usually production of mistakes always take your pencil and mark "something very important which you couldn't know before". Do it very carefully and without eye-contact with too many colleagues.
still improving english – welcome to correct me (on priv) :P

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This is obviously not good advice in an orchestra, but some of the most hilarious musical advice I ever heard came from Art Blakey, of the Jazz Messengers. (If you don't know him, look him up).
"... so go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time."
I'm sorta ashamed of how many times I've taken his advice over the years. LOL.
One wonders if the damage would have been as severe had the chicken not been tied to the barrel.

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Those pants are amazing! LOL
Fiddlerman said:
Here is the picture I spoke about above. Everyone in MSO loves this picture.
He got caught looking at his watch as he often did towards the end of the rehearsals and someone snapped a shot of him![]()
One wonders if the damage would have been as severe had the chicken not been tied to the barrel.

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"Bring cough drops in case you or someone else has a coughing attack."
That is excellent advice! It's hard to play when you have a cough. And if it's hard for us string players to play when we have a cough, imagine what it must be like for trumpet players!
"… so go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time."
Haha! I try to play very soflty so you can't hear my mistakes. My teacher always tells me, "I'd rather have you play loud so you can hear your mistakes and correct them than not hear them and not correct them! Play loud! I want to hear your mistakes!"
My teacher is funny. xD

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Barry said:
David Burns said:
Barry said:
good advice
Who is that in your signature pic? I bet it is someone I should know, but I skipped school the day they talked about him!
Niccolo Paganini, one of the most amazing violinists of all time. You should research him, he was once drug into court and forced to remove his shoes to prove he didnt have hooves. The original "sold his soul for rock n roller"
Hey, here is a Vanessa Mae video of a Paganini Caprice. I can see why they thought he sold his soul!

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There would be a resurgence in the orchestral classics if they were more than just occasionally presented in that format. Sort of how traditional celtic music lends itself really well to rock formats, like with the Dropkick Murphys doing Scotland the Brave or Apocalyptica doing The Hall of the Mountain King.
One wonders if the damage would have been as severe had the chicken not been tied to the barrel.
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