Yes, folks that included playing all of the instruments in the orchestra including the clarinet, cello, violin, bass, piano, and drums…. All through the air!! Amazing!
Lemme guess... she never had a single lesson. Some people are just prodigies, y'know :-)
I've spent a big chunk of my career working in setting where I was pretty doggone sure that there were NO Deaf people present. I think enough of us have...
Terpinator81@...
Oct 1, 2005 12:46 pm
Fully agree with you.. So many times, been terping conferences where there were no deaf ppl, but at the end, some hearing ppl coming to me telling me that at...
Sandrine Schwartz
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Oct 1, 2005 1:03 pm
Wondering what you do when the song goes form lyrics to just music i.e. guitar solo. What do interpreter do with this? I went to a concert where the...
John Aintablian
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Oct 4, 2005 5:38 pm
I've interpreted concets for many years. I've seen people do that air guitar (air saxophone, drums, piano, etc.) and I agree, it's meaningless. I tend to move...
Jacobs Jennifer
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Oct 4, 2005 5:50 pm
I have generally mimed a bit of which instrument is being played, in the case of a solo, so the deaf person knows where the action is going on... I don't know...
Carissa Huffman
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Oct 5, 2005 6:00 am
I have seen interpreters mime different instruments, and it never looks good for a couple of reasons. One, the interpreter rarely knows how the instrument is...
David N. Evans
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Oct 5, 2005 3:27 am
I tend to get out of the way and let the folks watch the band. Let's see... what's more interesting: Santana doing a guitar solo, or me doing Santana doing a...
Dan Parvaz
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Oct 5, 2005 6:00 am
Hi List, I've seen one thing really kick a song up a notch (BAM!)... The imagery of the song, a recurring metaphor (often in the chorus) can be used to...
Terpinator81@...
Oct 5, 2005 11:41 am
I will never forget sitting stunned at a performance event while an interpreter vigorously played air violin along with a 10 minute violin solo. I believe that...
fpowell@...
Oct 5, 2005 2:45 pm
I normally do just what you and David described--I sign what instrument is being played (that could appear to be "air guitar/drumes, whatever, I guess), then...
Carissa Huffman
angelique_cdc@...
Oct 5, 2005 2:53 pm
Joining in late here to this thread. But I just remembered a few years ago that an educational interpreter proudly told me that she interpreted for a symphony...
Pam Morris
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Oct 7, 2005 2:46 am
... Lemme guess... she never had a single lesson. Some people are just prodigies, y'know :-) Yes, folks that included playing all of the instruments in the...
Dan Parvaz
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Oct 7, 2005 3:34 am
I need to change my email settings for this list. Can someone please aim me in the right direction?? ty all Dan Parvaz <dparvaz@...> wrote: Yes, folks that...
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