Saturday, January 06, 2007
The euphonium has an extensive range, from far below the bass clef to F six ledger lines above or even higher in professional hands, though B-flat four ledger lines above the staff is an average cutoff for intermediate players. taken from wikipedia.org
Ohohohono.
Can't figure out why the band looks so good in the picture?
Discovery Number:
1) They have no stands! which means they practically memorize their score(s), supposing that they are really playing and not merely posing for the picture. For the first row, the stands have been substituted with chairs?! The conductor doesn't have a stand either.
2) The sit 1/3 of the chair rule is in good effect (: Their posture is relatively good too (straight back etc).
And it doesn't help knowing that this Ohgashiwa Elementary School Band (roughly ages 9-12) has recorded El Camino Real, Impressions of Japan, Armenian Dances Part I etc.
Now just where do we stand? And where do we want to stand with our stands?
Anw with regards to the "shoot for the moon, and if you fail you'll fall upon the stars" saying, um when was there a theory about the moon being positioned above the stars? :P
The euphonium has an extensive range, from far below the bass clef to F six ledger lines above or even higher in professional hands, though B-flat four ledger lines above the staff is an average cutoff for intermediate players. taken from wikipedia.org
Can't figure out why the band looks so good in the picture?