how to practise page turns while sight reading. ok if the last measure of the page contains lond durated noted then its fine but what if it has short durated noted.
even if u leave one hand to change the page u will have to leave either treble or bass clef for a moment. how to prevent it.
how do professionals do this.
thanks in advance
page turns
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Laying aside the obvious which would be to bring a page turner with you, you have a couple options here:
1. If performing for music exams, you are permitted by most boards to photocopy a piece of music onto A3 to allow fluid playing.
2. If there is a place 2-4 bars before the place where need to turn a page, you can simply memorise that very carefully and precisely so that you are not dependent on reading the last line before turning the page.
As for the professionals, they memorise the entire piece or selection of pieces for their solo concert/performance. Page turning is not an issue for them! I have to say that memorising music does free up your mind to explore the piece itself rather than by referring back to music to see what phrase or section is coming up next. This is why that is commonly used by the pros.
Professional accompanists are not necessarily bound to that although I think it looks more impressive (and sounds better too) when the piece is learned and memorised in advance.
1. If performing for music exams, you are permitted by most boards to photocopy a piece of music onto A3 to allow fluid playing.
2. If there is a place 2-4 bars before the place where need to turn a page, you can simply memorise that very carefully and precisely so that you are not dependent on reading the last line before turning the page.
As for the professionals, they memorise the entire piece or selection of pieces for their solo concert/performance. Page turning is not an issue for them! I have to say that memorising music does free up your mind to explore the piece itself rather than by referring back to music to see what phrase or section is coming up next. This is why that is commonly used by the pros.
Professional accompanists are not necessarily bound to that although I think it looks more impressive (and sounds better too) when the piece is learned and memorised in advance.