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Re: 4th Section Finals Contest (1995) at Wembley

To: brass-band <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 4th Section Finals Contest (1995) at Wembley
From: Mike Stevenson <ah18@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 11:37:51 PDT
In-reply-to: <199510250941.KAA02038@cua.pharm.lon.ac.uk>
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References: Conversation <199510250941.KAA02038@cua.pharm.lon.ac.uk> with last message <199510250941.KAA02038@cua.pharm.lon.ac.uk>

Angela,

I think you may have opened up a "can of worms" here. Is using another =

instrument to play a part cheating? I am sure that there are rules for =
brass 
band competetions, but I have never seen them, do they say that one 
instrument should not play the part of another instrument? If they do =
then 
this band, and many others, are clearly cheating. If not then its a matte=
r 
open to discussion. 

The problem with many section 4 bands is that they lack strength in depth=
. 
I played in the section 4 finals (we came 10th) and must admit to a littl=
e 
"cheating" because we lacked players. Our bass trombone player had 
booked his holidays before we qualified and one of our Bb tuba players =

could not play because of work commitments. So, as I play Eb tuba I 
played a few bars of the bass trombone part and the Bb tuba part. Our =

intention was not to fool the adjudicator (I'm sure he can tell a bass =

tromone from a tuba) but to fill in important parts of the harmony. I =
am sure 
that this goes on in many, if not all, bands. 

Using another instrument all they way through like the baritone instead =
of 
the trombone, I think is OK, if it is not against the rules of the compet=
ition. 
The aim is to play the test piece as the composer intended. You can't =
do 
that if there are parts missing. Getting another instrument to play them =

fills in the gaps to make musical sence but it doesn't sound the same, =

therefore, the adjuicator should deduct marks. So if we have two bands =
of 
equal ability and one uses a baritone instead of a trombone, the other =

band should be awarded more marks.

Mike.

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