{"product_id":"a-a-precise-prelude-and-an-excellent-march-19456","title":"A+: A \"Precise\" Prelude and an \"Excellent\" March","description":"\u003cp\u003eA+: A 'Precise' Prelude and An 'Excellent' March makes a case for the high quality of music performance. \"The Prelude,\" if performed well, is precisely imprecise, with tendrils of harmonic material floating around at the whim and fancy of the woodwinds. \"The March\" is a simple little Commencement-like processional that is repeated. The ensemble players are instructed to make one mistake in the repetition—a mistake of pitch or dynamic or rhythm or articulation; it's their choice. There are 8665 notes in this piece. If the ensemble consists of 60 players, all of whom make one pitch mistake, the percent of error is .69 of 1 percent, that is not even 1 percent! If one considers that each note has a dynamic, articulation, and rhythm component (all of which can be mutilated), the possible execution opportunities become 8665 pitches x 3 (dynamics, rhythm, articulation) for a total of 25,995! One mistake by each member of a 60-piece ensemble now represents only .023 of 1 percent. In fact, 3 percent error in this case would equal 779 mistakes—a rate of performance that would qualify for an A+ in the academic world but would probably result in the conductor of the ensemble receiving a pink slip or the request for career counselling before the last notes' reverberations ceased. This piece can be performed by players with as little as two years' experience, but is equally effective when performed by advanced high school bands.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nova Scotia School Book Bureau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43663057223740,"sku":null,"price":70.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/3677\/6508\/files\/9780634037955.jpg?v=1762960165","url":"https:\/\/nssbb.ednet.ns.ca\/fr\/products\/a-a-precise-prelude-and-an-excellent-march-19456","provider":"Nova Scotia School Book Bureau","version":"1.0","type":"link"}