Some of the contents of the pages on this site are Copyright © 2016 NJH Music | [Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: Baritones rule!!!!!
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Bethan Jenkins wrote: If this didn't bounce, meet Bethan. Sorry. Mind you, the girl in the Boddingtons adverts plays the Baritone, apparently. > How true is all of this???? Baritones seem to be used as general > butt-of-band-joke type arrangements, despite the fact that they are in > fact _essential_ to the running of the band. Things that worry us - Bass > trombonists commenting "We can do without a 2nd horn or a 2nd bari but not > both" with obvious relish, after music has to be re-scored 'cause of an > ill 2nd horn. It isn't just in my band (City of Oxford) where baritones > are seen as funny (quite apart from _Welsh_ baritones!!) - it happens at > other bands of whom I know. Baritone solos are laughed at everywhere!! > Lydmet Lydney band I know of - taking the mick out of their previous bari > _on_stage_!!! And in my home band, Aberystwyth Silver, the same > discrimination applies!! Quote from a trombonist friend of mine in > Cambridge, after excluding baritone players from his idea of 'foxy ladies' > (sic), and me complaining - "You don't get it do you? Baritone. If > Alicia Silverstone played baritone, I'd rip her poster off the wall this > minute." Guys, is the bari _really_ that unsexy an instrument to play?? > Ok, it definitely comes after the flugelhorn (shut up, Alastair!), but > surely it's a lot more attractive than a tuba, say. Although maybe that > isn't saying that much....!!! JOKE!!!! > Baritones are human too!!!! > > Beth Jenkins (City of Oxford Silver Band) -- Alastair Wheeler Euphonium & Trombone Fundamental Brass Bass Trombone City of Oxford Brass Band Alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://users.ox.ac.uk/~newc0349 "I am following my fish" -- unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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