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What are musical sounds before a symphony plays?
Before a symphony starts to play the main music, they always have their practice "noise." Are they playing scales? What are they playing to practice just before the main piece?
2 Answers
- lainiebskyLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
They're warming up their fingers. Most go through passages in the music they're about to play mixed with scales and other warm-up exercises.
Source(s): Member of a professional orchestra who knows what people do. And that the orchestra tunes to an A from the oboe, not a C from the concertmaster. - Enough TrollsLv 78 years ago
Mostly they warmed up in the dressing rooms backstage. Once they are on stage or in the pit the temperature and humidity changes. The lead violin plays a C and everyone else tunes up to that note. All tuning.
