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Fw: Where should the flugel sit?

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Subject: Fw: Where should the flugel sit?
From: "Jonathan Steer B.A. Hons." <jcsteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 17:57:59 +0100
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Steer B.A. Hons. <jcsteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, April 20, 1998 20:24
Subject: Re: Where should the flugel sit?


>I hate to see the flugel sitting anywhere other than between the 4th 'man'
>down and the Solo Horn. IMHO the Flugel is an extension to the horn
section,
>and as such is to the Horns what a Soprano is to the cornets. All my
>arrangements and own compositions treat the flugel as a part of the horn
>section in this way.
>
>Jonathan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gyoung <gyoung@xxxxxxxx>
>To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Monday, April 20, 1998 13:47
>Subject: Where should the flugel sit?
>
>
>>Graham Young (905) 575-8440
>>Weston Silver Band, Symphony Hamilton
>>Celebration Brass, McMaster Chamber Orchestra
>>gyoung@xxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Flugel players are a special breed of people (bit like the sop player)
as
>>> we are the only two players in the band who don't have someone else
>>> playing the same instrument sat next to us.  So instead of giving them a
>>> hard time - congratulate them for doing a great job (IMHO anyhow!!)
>>
>>>
>>> Heidi Worth
>>We also can not really stop and let the person next to
>>us cover the part either.
>>There are a lot of pieces where I think the flugel should
>>sit next to the Solo Horn. The sound of flugel with
>>the horn section in four parts is a unique sound texture
>>to the brass band.
>>I wonder how many bands sit the flugel next to the horns
>>and how many sit the flugel between the repiano
>>and the second cornets?
>>
>>
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