Ad Libitum - Be in a rock orchestra

Now, about my mates that play instruments that are not "symphonic" sort of saying, like the bass, electric guitar, and the drums; they have noticed that playing in the orchestra has helped them with their discipline, looseness accompanied by practical and theoretic knowledge, each in their particular instrument. More than a few entered the orchestra without having proper musical reading, but nowadays they can do it with great ease. Meanwhile, the others who play symphonic instruments have learned how to improvise and perform in shows by shaking their hair by headbanging, an important factor that’s very important because it comes out of habit for musicians of academic music.

I advise to every musician that if you have the chance of participating in an symphonic ensemble don’t hesitate, Join That Orchestra! To be a part of a large group of people and to rely on a Conductor will be of great help to progress quickly, it will give you:

Benefits And Skills

• To keep time. Paying attention to the director will let you keep a pulse during the whole piece, and besides it will not only help you keep inner tempo, but also a tempo given by someone else.
• Tuning. One of the basic responsibilities of the director is to be attentive to the tuning of the whole group, that no note is neither above nor below what is due, this makes during the rehearsal the necessary corrections and will help you to refine and be aware of when it is tuned and when it's not.
• Cues and Changes. The director will cue the musicians when they have to make a change in the form of the theme. if you are a beginner, the cues of the director will be be very helpful to memorize the form of the theme
• Stop staring at the Sheets. The work of the director is extremely helpful to learn how to play without the sheet music in an effective way, without playing out of tempo and no mistakes in the changes given that the director is the one that is supposed to cue them
• Contextualizing the piece. This varies according to the composer, the year and time period it was composed in, the intent and feel of the theme. Generally at the first rehearsal, the sheet music is given to you and the theme is discussed to understand in which way it should be interpreted.
• Shading. How and where to execute these adjustments made to color and give intention and define the musical genre.
• Synchrony and sound. To play among many others enhances your synchrony greatly and your attention to what it’s happening around, you start to listen not only to your sound but that of the whole band, that’s how your ear starts to separate each instrument one by one.
• Horizontal Learning. Playing with musicians of different skill levels and ages helps you to learn not only from your teachers but as well from your bandmates

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Dream On

To Play at the Simon Bolivar Concert Hall

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