Klarinet Archive - Posting 000679.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: marching for looks, not sound
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 23:45:49 -0400

At 09:34 PM 8/16/97 -0500, you wrote:
The French Horn is one of the untapped voices on the field, and I enjoy
>playing it immensely.

Isn't French Horn hard enough to play well STANDING STILL????

Side note: French Horn, as well as oboe, follow what I have dubbed the
"Law of Perversity of Musical Instruments" which states: The more
beautiful an instrument sounds played by a professional, the worse it
sounds played by a beginner."

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.