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Re: [Baritones!]

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Subject: Re: [Baritones!]
From: Murray Aitken <murrayaitken@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 6 Oct 99 11:22:22 BST
Priority: low
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Amanda Edson <AEdson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi List!
>

> It's not often I write to the list, but something has finally got to me
=2E
>

> After playing baritone for practically 16 years (apart from brief occas
ions
> on tenor horn and euphonium), I am sick to death of people taking the p
***.
> Comments such as, "Oh you're only a baritone player" and "sometimes eve
n
> baritone players count as musicians" eventually grind on your nerves yo
u
> know.

etc etc

Dear Amanda,

Have you heard this one ?

Q.  What is the range or the baritone ?

A.  About 100 yards if you have a strong right arm.

OR  Q.  What is the syllabus for grade VIII baritone ?

    A.  Holding it from memory.

How we laughed

Also, with regard to the fascinating discussion of BBb basses and how man
y
leger lines are required to confuse the operators, it seems to me an infi
nite
arguement since in my experience however low the notes on the part are th
e
buggers will still try to play them down an octave. Therefore the answer
to
the question "how low can a BBb bass player go ?" will always be "lower t
han
you can possibly imagine".

Murray Aitken
BBb bass and baritone(grade VIII [failed])
Chad Valley Silver Band

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