What is a split track accompaniment, and why is it so expensive?
Many musicals have accompaniment CDs available in split track. This means that the instrumental music has been recorded on one side of the stereo channel (left or right), and the singing voices have been recorded on the other side. When playing these albums on a stereo player, you can adjust the left-right control to dial the singing voices in and out. This allows you to add some support to your children’s choir during unison songs, but dial out soloists or dialogue so that your performers can sing or speak these parts. A split track accompaniment is only necessary for live performances. The CDs are usually quite expensive because when you purchase the album, you are also purchasing the right to present live performances of the musical.
