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Re: Eyeglasses as indication of difficult page turn

Posted: 12 Jun 2025, 20:45
by hzhao
John Ruggero wrote: 25 Mar 2025, 14:08 If this piece is available at IMSLP I would be glad to look it over to see about turns. It is rare when turns cannot be found in a piano solo or duet. Even in piano chamber music.
I'm afraid the work is copyrighted so I can't post it on IMSLP.
RMK wrote: 25 Mar 2025, 13:02 The standard indication is "V.S." (volta subito)

Eyeglasses mean something else (pay attention)
benwiggy wrote: 12 Apr 2025, 09:52 Difficult page turns would be marked either V.S., or K.V.S., as a contraction of K.V. (a schoolboy rendering of the Latin 'cave') and V.S.
Fred G. Unn wrote: 13 Apr 2025, 11:47 Yep, eyeglasses typically mean to watch the conductor, not a page turn.
Thank you! That clarifies the diferrence between V. S. and a pair of glasses, which, for whatever reason, have confused me for quite a while.