30 Jan
2021
30 Jan
'21
2:34 p.m.
On 1/30/21 12:44 PM, Mark Moulding via cctalk wrote:
I used to play string bass in a symphony, and there
were many times that
there would be long periods of rest, where it was important to count the
bars (measures) going by so as to come back in at the right time.? To
this day (that was 40+ years ago) I can still count quite rapidly up to
31 on one hand (either one).? Higher numbers slow me down a bit...
One of my favorite old Mahler cartoons is a shot of a mustachioed tuba
player, sound asleep. Title is something like "G. Mahler/Symphonie Nr.
5./IV. Adagietto/ Tacet"
For low brass, there's a lot of that sort of thing in the symphonic
repertoire.
--Chuck