cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29

[Chuck Guzis]

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