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Booked to play in an amateur production of Sister Act. The book has some odd directions, most of which are self explanatory (a pair of glasses means watch for the MD cue, I think)

But what does "legit" as a direction mean? Straight, no vibrato is what I'm thinking.

Quote from: eightyeightH on Aug 24, 2017, 12:31PMBooked to play in an amateur production of Sister Act. The book has some odd directions, most of which are self explanatory (a pair of glasses means watch for the MD cue, I think)

But what does "legit" as a direction mean? Straight, no vibrato is what I'm thinking.

Back in my younger days -  before the ascendance of jazz in academic music programs -  there were two kinds of music (no, not country AND western),  jazz and legit. My guess is that they are asking for a more classical sound; no swing, "modern" vibrato, etc. So my guess is you're on the right track. Never seen that before myself.

Could it be handwritten legato instead of legit?  Some of those copies are hard to read. 

Legit means you actually play those notes. The sections before and after you can just pretend and move your slide. 

Play in a more orchestral style. There's no value judgement to that marking, it's just a style mark.

Play it as I taught you, if you can remember that far back! 

Cheers

Stew

I can barely remember what I did yesterday 

I can barely remember what I did yesterday