Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2004-12-18 17:23
I'm super slow, but improving with practice. The wind symphony that I play in has about six weeks between concerts. If by week five I still can't play the faster passages, I go through my music and make notations as to which notes to play and which ones to skip. I sometimes end up playing the first note of a grup of four sixteenths etc. It's encouraging to me that I am having to do this a lot less now than a year ago. So far they haven't kicked me out, although it could happen if enough really good players auditioned. I practice a lot resulting in improvment that is obvious to the director.
In order to compensate for my mediocre to poor playing, I attend all practices (arriving early), am the go to guy for on the spot repairs (carry stick on corks, pads, screwdrivers, etc.), voluteer to make copies for others in my section, give people rides when they need them if it's not a million miles out of my way.
Now that I'm disabled, I've had to give up most of my previous hobbies, and I consider it a privelege to be able to play in this group. I'm chief brownie and gopher, but somebody has to do it, and I have more time on my hands than most.
(ojanpaa)
Post Edited (2004-12-18 17:26)
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