On 6/3/2012 2:02 PM, Phil Daley wrote: > At 6/3/2012 12:38 PM, John Howell wrote: > > >At 10:57 AM -0500 6/3/12, Robert Patterson wrote: > >>A question came up at a rehearsal the other day. Does anyone know what > >>piece has the first use of a woodblock in an orchestra? > > > > > >Whatever it was, it was probably in China a > >number of centuries ago! There were "orchestras" > >in the world long before the Western European > >string bands caught on. > > Does hitting the conductor on the head count? >
Only if it produces a sound -- but nobody would ever know that because nobody ever listens to conductors. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
