It's also useful for instrumentalists, like percussionists and doublers,
who want to know whether they need certain instruments.
So, percussionists might say, I see that we're doing the
Takelli, and I need three triangles for that of different sizes.
I'll make sure I get those out.
Otherwise, in the middle of rehearsal, we're saying, all right, take,
put that piece away, and let's move on to the Takelli.
And, the percussionists are, okay, I gotta run and get the triangles.
This way, they can get it, get them in advance.
Or, the oboe player, who might double on English Horn.
They, yep, we're going the piece, I need English Horn.
Make sure I, I take that out and warm up on it.
We could also put timings on that list.
So, the rehearsal starts at 7, then we move on to
the next piece at 7:30, the next one at 8:05, Et cetera.
This gives even more shape, and it's a little more satisfying that way.
Because, otherwise, people can be playing or singing, and wondering, are we going
to be working on this piece for 20 minutes, an hour and 20 minutes?
How long are we going to be doing this?
Like reading a book and not knowing when the chapter ends.
Is the chapter 20 more pages, 200 more pages?
When does this chapter end?
It just feels a little better to just know the shape of it, in advance.
And, it also gives, almost a deadline, so we
know, at 8:05, we're moving to this next piece.
We have that goal.
So, whatever we're working on we need to get it done.
So, it creates a little more sense of
urgency, as opposed to there being no timing
and a sense of, all right, we're going to work on this till, till we get it.
Dude, whatever.
We are not going to move on till we get it.
Well, that's, that's a different feeling potentially than,
no, at 8:05 we, we've got to get done.
Let's be efficient, and then move on to the next piece.