![]() I've worked with violinist Sarah Chang several times and always got a big laugh over the undecipherable layers of color magic markers that totally obliterated whatever notes were supposed to be underneath When Hilary Hahn was a youngster, her father would scrupulously annotate virtually every remark that came out of the mouth of Jascha Brodsky, her teacher, covering her music with beautiful, microscopic text with notes like, "Not so fast, here, Dear - release the pressure from the bow and let the sound glide" (I'm not recalling verbatim, just giving a sense of the detail What a surprise to see how heavily marked up they were with bright colored pencils! I once had the opportunity to peruse the Philadelphia Orchestra library archives, and was thrilled to get a peek at some of the old, crumbling scores used by Ormandy, Stokowski, and Rachmaninoff. ![]() This is not disrespect to your sheet music - it's the highest tribute to it, and to yourself. ![]() Even if you're passing your sheet music on to someone else they'll probably appreciate your thoughtfullness in putting down your notes and find some or many of them helpful. I recommend this for all students at any level - personalize that sheet music and make it your own by recording your thoghts and experiences as you study each piece. This all leaves a permanent record of the learning process and my thinking during the study of any given piece, which is invaluable as a "historical record" for later use when reviewing the piece (which I also do frequently), especially so I don't have to rely on memory to try to figure out how I played the piece before (always a losing proposition). The bright red is used for designating fingerings in difficult passages, to make modifications to the music itself (something I do frequently), to note alternative ways of playing a certain passage, to draw attention to unusual features such as change of key or time signature, etc, The yellow highlighter is used to draw attention to important items such as tempo and dynamic indications and directional markings such as D.C.s, D.S.s, etc. ![]() My black and white sheet music is quickly transformed into glorious technicolor! I have a deep and abiding respect for printed sheet music, in general - but, I have even more respect for my own personal sheet music after I've made it mine by "bleeding" all over it with yellow highlighter and bright red ink. ![]()
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