I'm in the midst of suffering through Into The Woods, and while counting hundreds of bars of rests, I came across a music notation that I've never seen in a clarinet chart.
The bar in question has a quarter rest, two quarter notes, and a quarter rest. Each of the quarter notes has what I would call a "down bow" mark, drawing in the same way as I've seen in many a marked up string part.
The notation looks like a square version of the Greek letter ∏, much like that character there. Both quarter notes had this symbol over their heads, and there is no other notation in the measure in question. And, it is printed in the engraved clarinet part, not someone's addition to the music.
So, what is it? Have the habits of string players spilt over into the woodwind world. I can easily twitch my bell up here if that is what is called for. In our little group of twelve or so, half of which are music teachers or former music teachers, no one had the foggiest idea as to what they were for.
Oh, and Into The Woods sucks...
The bar in question has a quarter rest, two quarter notes, and a quarter rest. Each of the quarter notes has what I would call a "down bow" mark, drawing in the same way as I've seen in many a marked up string part.
The notation looks like a square version of the Greek letter ∏, much like that character there. Both quarter notes had this symbol over their heads, and there is no other notation in the measure in question. And, it is printed in the engraved clarinet part, not someone's addition to the music.
So, what is it? Have the habits of string players spilt over into the woodwind world. I can easily twitch my bell up here if that is what is called for. In our little group of twelve or so, half of which are music teachers or former music teachers, no one had the foggiest idea as to what they were for.
Oh, and Into The Woods sucks...
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