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Originally posted by pianojerome: Originally posted by Ann Marie: [b] When I took the page turning course, it was 4 credits plus lab plus a 3 week field camp at a rundown saloon in New Mexico. I am surprised I lived to tell the tale. Yeah, but it was so worth it -- it was like turning a page in the score of my life, as I'm sure it was for you. [/b]Page turning courses are brutal, sometimes. It's all part of the profession. The "Page Turner's Society Against Memorization" just started their first chapter in New Mexico.
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"Page Turner's Society Againsty Memorization"? Man... I really feel like I'm in the twilight zone!
"Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time."
-Albert Camus, Jim
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Originally posted by L'echange: "Page Turner's Society Againsty Memorization"? Man... I really feel like I'm in the twilight zone! E F E C# -- repeat ad infinitum...
Die Krebs gehn zurucke, Die Stockfisch bleiben dicke, Die Karpfen viel fressen, Die Predigt vergessen.
Die Predigt hat g'fallen. Sie bleiben wie alle.
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ad infinitum? who will turn my pages if I can't memorize this theme!!! I bet that guy who got stuck playing pool for eternity wouldn't mind . I heard he is a master of the 'dipped elbow' technique.
"Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time."
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Well, there are plenty of threads about pianist and piano related movies. How about one about page turner? One that come to mind of course has to be what else but "The Page Turner"? Anyone else saw this movie? My friend said that only the French could have come up with something like this!
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Is that the movie that stared Ivan Schmertnick? In the movie didn't he get fired for turning the page before the pianist played the first note?
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Originally posted by Tenuto: Is that the movie that stared Ivan Schmertnick? In the movie didn't he get fired for turning the page before the pianist played the first note? Nope! Must have been another page turner movie This one is about a young girl who was slighted by a famous pianist judge during a competition so she gave up piano and when grew up, schemed to become a page turner for this famous pianist to exact her revenge. I kid you not ! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487503/
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And then there was the time that my wife and I were giving a recital in Dallas. My darling daughter was the designated page turner. After turning a page of Strauss' Standchen, she was in the process of returning to her folding chair adjacent to the piano and caught her arm on the fallboard, slamming it onto my fingers. She was mortified. I flipped it up and kept on playing. You can forgive these things when your child is 7 years old. Plus it makes for one of those "great" family stories.
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The original post, hilarious, was hanging on somebody's locker at school. I was always tempted to swipe it, copy it and return it, of course, but never got around to it...
In SF, we have an arch lady with gunmetal hair and standard black uniform who turns for most of the Visiting Artists...
She does a pretty good job. You just gotta pay attention and keep your boobs out of the way...
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I hope you don't mind me double posting here, as i originally wrote this accidentally in the wrong section of the forum! :p (Administrator, please feel free to delete the other copy of this from the 'Adult Beginner' section if necessary!) i'd like to share the news about the launch of my new company, AirTurn, Inc. ! As some of you may know, I've been performing as a paperless pianist for about 6 years now, having my entire library in digital PDF's on my Tablet PC's. During that time, one main shortcoming of this approach has been finding an adequate page turning solution. I've been using a number of programmable foot pedals and switches, but they all make audible clicks (not good for CD recording sessions!) and they all have had long, awkward USB cables to connect to the Tablet PC - not the most elegant way to walk out on stage, unfurling my page turning pedal cables! They've also been tricky to program, and can actually cause the computer to hang if the cable is removed before the pedal driver has been properly shut down. My new company, AirTurn, Inc., , makes a wireless page turning transmitter , which addresses all the above issues - no cables to connect to the computer, flexible design to work with a variety of pedals (including certain piano-style keyboard/synthesizer damper pedals!), and no software to install with its plug-and-play operation and Windows/Mac compatibility right out of the box! Click on the picture to jump to a short video clip demonstrating the AirTurn. Sorry for sounding like an infommercial, but as a pianist struggling with page turns all my life, it's so exciting to be able to finally offer a great solution to an age-old problem! With that in mind, i'd like to invite you to visit our website at www.AirTurn.com - we have lots of videos showing everything from how to get set up with computers as digital music readers and how to digitize paper music, to finding Tablet PC and online sheet music vendors (many of them thanks to the folks who post here in PianoWorld! You guys are absolutely amazing!!) Just for fun, i've illustrated a few of my own paper pet peeves in this fun video clip here: The Perils of Paper!
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Hmm .. pianists in a Pianists' forum making fun of page turners. How typical!
I rather not think about what I will read if I passed by a Page turners' forum!
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My one and only act of page turning was the most frightening moment ever on a stage. At every state dinner at the White House, there is a programed recital of about 20-30 minutes after the dinner by a well known artist. During my tenure there Beverly Sills was asked to sing one of those programs. She had performed with an orchestra that I played with and we had done an encore together (voice and harp). When she arrived for the dinner, she recognized me. Just as I finished my job that evening, the head usher came downstairs to where I was putting the harp away and asked if I would turn pages for Charles Wadsworth for the recital. As in RIGHT NOW! I mumbled of course and went upstairs to the East Room. I literally was shaking but managed. At the end, Mr. Wadsworth realized how scared I had been and apologized for putting me on the spot. To my surprise, a week later I received a beautiful signed picture of the President and Mrs. Ford with Beverly Sills and Charles Wadsworth in front of the piano. And in the background, you can see my small very pale face. What a night!
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The perils of paper! Hugh, you forgot paper cuts with blood all over the keys and ink poisoning! Great stuff....
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Much as I would like to believe that the quote at the head of the post is real - I find I cannot. The 'Klutz Competition' and the 'Alfred Hitchcock Chair' are what finally spoiled it for me. Nice try anyway.
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Shoot . . . now I have Bob Seger's song in my head.
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Originally posted by Stanza: The perils of paper! Hugh, you forgot paper cuts with blood all over the keys and ink poisoning! Great stuff.... Oh my goodness! Your post brought back memories of when i was practicing as a young student in one of the basement rooms at Curtis - i was swiping a page turn really fast, then felt a stab of pain on my finger before seeing the page gush with blood - apparently, i had sliced my finger on one of the book's STAPLES!! Maybe i should rename my video "The Perils of Paper, Staples, Sharp pointy pencils, and other hazards of music made from deforestation"!! Haven't experienced the ink poisoning yet...
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I am regularly asked to turn pages for concerts and services, and yes, there is an art to it. I've trained a few students in the art too, and written some notes on how to turn pages, do's and don'ts.
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Originally posted by musiclady: I am regularly asked to turn pages for concerts and services, and yes, there is an art to it. I've trained a few students in the art too, and written some notes on how to turn pages, do's and don'ts.
Meri I am sure I have recounted this before on this forum, but one of the most annoying page-turners I ever saw was a young man, evidently untrained the the fine art of page-turning. Sitting in the appropriate place to the left of the pianist, he used his right hand to turn the page and he turned it from the bottom of the page rather than from the top, thus putting his arm in the sight line of the pianist and his elbow in her face every time he "graciously" turned the page for her. Given that he played the piano himself, a little thought and/or common sense would not have been inappropriate. Regards,
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lol, my favorite part was actually "has a nice house on a lake".
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There are no worse sins in the elite Page Turning Community than to turn two pages at once. Such acts could get you imprisoned in the mid to late 1800s. What do you think happened between Schumann and his wife?
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