Repeat
Ok, let’s just start from the beginning and see how it goes
Notes?
Good, and
Ok, let’s go back
Let’s go back to the beginning
Low voices, ok. Wait, no, just basses
Can you hear that, listen again, hear that?
Try again. Better
Altos
You have the melody – we need to hear it
Sing out. More. More.
Again. Good. Ok
Sopranos, you are split here
The rhythms are different, hear that?
Could you play that please?
Listen
Sorry about that
But, makes sense?
Ok, again
All together now from the beginning
Notes?
Good, and ,
Ok, let’s go on, see how far we can go
Wait, wait…let’s stop there, stop, Stop.
Let’s go back
Do we need to do parts?
Ok, parts.
Basses
Ok, from there we repeat
We go back to A
Could we go back to A and repeat?
Notes?
Are we ready
Ok, wait
Could we just go back to A, repeat,
and move on?
I’ll let you know where we’re going
Trust me, I’ll bring you in. Itt will work
Trust me
Ok, again
where are we?
Do you know this?
Are we supposed to already know this?
Did we already split the sopranos?
Beginning – is that page 1 or A?
Is that a solo or the soprano I line?
It’ll be a solo, won’t be us
No, won’t be us, never is
This isn’t our normal rehearsal time
If it was our normal time we would have more altos.
We are just fine when we have more altos
He’s singing the soprano line
He’s singing the soprano line
He’s singing the soprano line
What? Where are we?
Do you already know this?
where are we?
I don’t read music that well. Are we supposed to be sight-reading? I don’t sight-read. We never needed to sight-read before
We need to do parts.
Really?
From where
Repeat?
Repeat what?
Where does it say….oh
We never used to need to sight-read
What is that note?
That note.
But we don’t have a note
On the repeat we do, it says we do, here, we do
Oh
Go back to A? Why not the beginning?
Look, there are other repeats…where do they
Wait
Wait
<discussion of the meaning of parenthesis, the excessive use of repeated phrases, and continued concern over the soprano split>
The basses are silent.
<more pointed discussion of the excessive use of repeated phrases, with suspicion of nested repeat notation>
The tenors are trying to sight-read
The altos are happy having the melody
The sopranos are now split
where are we?