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Subject: Sheer madness
From: Gregor Spowart <ceegjs1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 13:21:47 +0100 (BST)
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OK, this may seem to be a really bizarre post, but my old school are 
currently putting on a production of Oliver.
It's you're average (very) amature production of a stage show but it has 
a small orchestra.  I was asked to help out since they were a bit short 
again and since the last 2 years I had been playing the trumpet part 
(the 1st year I played trumpet but then I just played it on my cornet 
since the locals didn't notice any difference anyway) I thought that I 
would be playing the trumpet part.  However, the musical director asked 
me if I would play the clarinet part on my cornet so I said that i'd 
give it try.  It's actually lots and lots of fun.
There are millions of runs and it goes pretty high for most of the show 
(D's and Eb's mainly) and I have found that by playing at all of the 
rehersals my cornet playing quality in the brass band has increased 
hugely.  All of the playing ppp for ages yert still being pretty high 
has really helped in all areas of playing and the runs have forced me to 
practise making them fairly smooth now.  Not to mention the double 
octave leaps and all that sort of stuff.  So, if people feel that 
they're not making much progress in their playing then allow me to point 
the in the direction of playing clarinet music. I may sound madness but 
it can be fun and help in lots of areas of playing..

In saying all of that.  It helped me but it could be a major downfall 
for anybody else but if you want to try it the go ahead..... 

===========================================
Gregor Spowart
e-mail - ceegjs1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
WWW    - http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~ceegjs1


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