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Re: Back Row (was where should f. sit)

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Subject: Re: Back Row (was where should f. sit)
From: Alastair Wheeler <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 09:46:14 +0100 (BST)
In-reply-to: <483ce79124saxhorn@gemscore.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Adrian Drover wrote:

> On 25 Apr, Alastair Wheeler <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, I wrote:
> 
> > > Why do so many bands place all of their younger and inexperienced
> > > players on the 2nd and 3rd cornet parts?

<snip> 

> > If you want to sell music, write it so bands can play it.
> 
> That's what rehearsals are for, or am I wrong? In any case, it has always
> been my policy in the scores I write to avoid unnecessarily difficult
> passages and choose the appropriate instrument for a particular line. 

<snip>

> > If you want to arrange hard music, get a good band to play it.
> 
> Hmmm, what happened to the famous Brass Band spirit of a challenge?

I've heard of a great piece by Wilby, wossname, Revelation.  9 independant
cornet parts, right up your street.  Thinking of getting the local 4th
section band to play it.  (don't forget the :)

Some music is playable by the vast majority of bands (well or badly, with
or without rehearsal) and some just isn't.  Yes it is good to play music
above the general standard of the band, but not good to overreach
yourself.

> Adrian

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  Alastair Wheeler
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  Bass Trombone			   City of Oxford Brass Band
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