Conductor of an Orchestra

[a.L]

Yus.

[Blaaaaaaaah]

Why? D:

[Pedobear]

yay, something i can contribute to!

I played upright bass in a small ensemble last year and i watched the conductor when i wasn't playing since it was easier to just wait for him to call me in than it was to read someone else's music (although for a bassist, it's simple, just wait till you see a little bass clef pop back up again)

[Zotius]

Yea it's pretty simple for a bass. But well in an orchestra, you're supposed to have memorized some parts of the piece so you can look up and stuff. But we usually look up only after we've played our part so we can wait for the conductor to call us in again later.

[Pedobear]

Yea it's pretty simple for a bass. But well in an orchestra, you're supposed to have memorized some parts of the piece so you can look up and stuff. But we usually look up only after we've played our part so we can wait for the conductor to call us in again later.

yeah. I was always told to look up so i could keep time, but god damn, the time signature is on the sheet of paper in front of me, why isn't that good enough?

[Blaaaaaaaah]

yeah. I was always told to look up so i could keep time, but god damn, the time signature is on the sheet of paper in front of me, why isn't that good enough?

LOL! Maybe they were worried that you will lose track of counting the number of whole bar rests. XD

[Pedobear]

thats why i look up when i'm not playing.

they tell me to look up when i am playing and i say I'm the bass line, everyone follows my time anyways. GG to the conductor, i win.

[Yosei]

When I was in chorus, our conductor did that.. he never told us why, and we never used it. Except for when he wanted us all to suddenly stop in sync.