Carey Carlan
October 22nd 03, 01:50 AM
Editing a string quartet live performance, I had to re-do it because I
edited too close. I forgot the breaths.
At the beginning of every movement, one of the four performers gets to
start the quartet playing--usually the first violin. He can't count or
wave anything so he just nods and starts. Except that as he starts he
takes an audible breath.
I found that if I edited out that breath the movement started too abruptly.
As a listener I expect to hear that non-musical sound before they start
playing just as I would before a singer begins a phrase.
edited too close. I forgot the breaths.
At the beginning of every movement, one of the four performers gets to
start the quartet playing--usually the first violin. He can't count or
wave anything so he just nods and starts. Except that as he starts he
takes an audible breath.
I found that if I edited out that breath the movement started too abruptly.
As a listener I expect to hear that non-musical sound before they start
playing just as I would before a singer begins a phrase.