On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Hans Pizka <[email protected]> wrote: > Being enthusiastic about playing an instrument, is not enough. > One also has to care about the basic rules of music and the basic rules > of music making. It is not that difficult, as long as keeping discipline: > learning discipline, practice discipline & playing discipline.
Hans, being enthusiastic, along with a bit of background like having played in one's high school band _is_ enough to participate in a community band or orchestra. They are not professional ensembles, and are often populated by people whose ear would never, in a million years, entitle them to play in a professional ensemble, but that's life. Everyone who cares about the basic rules of music making will not necessarily have the ears to obey those rules. These are people who enjoy music and if they need their band director to help them tune before they play, that should be OK with everyone - including you, and including their bandmates. If a rare community group rises to a higher level of playing, that's great, and then there are auditions and requirements, but that is rare and, more to the point, it's not why most of community bands and orchestras exist. Rather, it's about allowing everyone who enjoys making music in a group setting to do so. If attending such concerts bothers your ears, stay home. -S- _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
