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Re: Favourites./Isiah 40

These days composers write easy passages within pieces in such a way that
they are made more difficult, knowing full well that bands are going to
re-arrange them to make them easy again.  You may (or may not) be suprised
to know that all top bands (and I mean all) re-arrange parts of test pieces
to make them easier.

Martin. 
 Brass bands have been re -arranging parts since brass bands started and
swapping instrument to play other parts !! also miming.. its part of the
contesting game.
you see few of the Scores and instrumental parts the Luton Red Cross band
used in the 1920,s to the 40s were musical directors change parts ,
Brighouse had a famous MD who use to do it regually.


Funnily enough Dyke didn't win, but neither did we.

It is on record Black Dyke and James Watson did win fairly also Elgar
Howarth was a winner. It is a bitter pill to swallow for those people who
disagreed with the result!!
History books will say
National Brass Band Champions 1995... Black Dyke Mills..James Watson.

Evan Howells 












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> From: Martin Irwin <mirwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Favourites./Isiah 40
> Date: 21 October 1997 15:04
> 
> > Tim Morgan <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > There's also a now infamous bottom F natural for the 3rd cornets in
this
> > section of IsAiah 40.  I'm sure on the Grimethorpe CD the cornets smack
> > out a perfect F#...anyone else noticed this?
> 
> I haven't heard the recording, but remember the notes in question when I
> played the piece with Brighouse when it was the Cambridge test piece.  As
> far as I remember, our horn players played the note, leaving the 3rd
> cornets to mime!!  I'm not sure whether the horns had the note anyway, or
> whether they were given it.
> 
> These days composers write easy passages within pieces in such a way that
> they are made more difficult, knowing full well that bands are going to
> re-arrange them to make them easy again.  You may (or may not) be
suprised
> to know that all top bands (and I mean all) re-arrange parts of test
pieces
> to make them easier.
> 
> One classic example is Black Dyke at the nationals 2 years ago (Songs for
> BL ?) where there is an F above top C, followed by a D then another F for
> the solo trombone.  Most trombone players got the note, but Dykes solo
horn
> player actually played the notes while the trombone player mimed !!  Will
> this stir up a debate ??
> 
> Funnily enough Dyke didn't win, but neither did we.
> 
> Martin Irwin.
> 
> 
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