RBZ5416
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My granddaughter is at the very early stages of clarinet lessons. She has a book of exam music which has an accompanying CD. The CD has full versions of the music with the clarinet & also play-along versions with just a piano backing track.
The backing track has a count in but I don't understand it. Taking an example of a piece in 3/4, the count in is 1,2,3,1 & then silence equating to what would be beats 2 & 3 before the clarinet should start. The piano comes in a few bars later.
Trying to understand why the additional two beats need to be counted by the player but aren't called in the count & Google isn't helping me.
The backing track has a count in but I don't understand it. Taking an example of a piece in 3/4, the count in is 1,2,3,1 & then silence equating to what would be beats 2 & 3 before the clarinet should start. The piano comes in a few bars later.
Trying to understand why the additional two beats need to be counted by the player but aren't called in the count & Google isn't helping me.