Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 1996/01

From: Margaret Cheatham <cheathma@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: General Items (toe tapping)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 16:31:49 -0500

Yes, it's very strange (and annoying!) to watch. Good thing we like
her--otherwise, we'd be forced to glue her foot to the floor (yet another
possible use for contact cement...)!

>
>The oboe player taps *the rhythm*?
>
>Oh, I'd call a podiatrist and have the offending member wrapped during
>rehearsals!
>
>That must make everyone insane. I was taught that you have "the beat"
>constant, so that everything else can be compared against it.
>
>The rhythm, huh? Perhaps I'll try that when I want to offend my
>fellow players...
>
>
>Jeff A. Bowles New Media Division
>jbowles@-----.com Oracle Corporation
>415.506.8723
>
>
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Margaret Cheatham
Raymond Walters College/UC
Margaret.Cheatham@-----.edu