Klarinet Archive - Posting 000384.txt from 1999/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re Oboe lyre
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:23:02 -0400

At 02:49 PM 10/13/1999 -0400, Mitch Bassman wrote:
>In fact, if the entire "reed" section went on parade "without a reed on,"
>it would be easy to vary the instrumentation to get the desired visual
>effect. (This could start an entirely new thread about the musicality of
>marching bands. If the oboist fingers a wrong note but she isn't using a
>reed, does it harm the music?)
>
Careful! There are some people on the list who are purist enough to think
it does! :-)

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

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