I've been playing in a community band which inspired these and where I have heard a few of asked verbatim!
1. Can you subdivide that for me?
...because I can't do that for myself
2. What note do I have at...?
You're wasting everyone's time
3. What's the tempo at...?
The entire point of a conductor is to show the tempo...watch and find out!
4. How are you going to conduct...?
...watch and find out!
5. Can I borrow your pencil?
6. Could we practice that under tempo?
Practice on your own time
7. Could you cue me?
...because I don't want to count my rests
8. Should I play with the soloist or with you?
With the conductor! It's their job to be with the soloist
9. I'm lost, where are we?
10. Was that ok?
I'm with David McGill on this one, never show any weakness to a conductor!
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