At 9:46 AM -0500 8/21/09, William Gross wrote:
1) If an wandering horn player his your town and asks, "anyone want to play
duets" an important question to ask is "who is providing the music?"
True, and I could have brought tons of duets - on
my computer. I don't travel with duets due to
space limitations. David Goldberg's idea of
putting some on a flash drive was excellent.
2) Sight reading duets (for me) is harder than sight reading a lot of other
stuff. I don't know why, but it is.
With duets you're on the spot. I don't pay much
attention to anything in duets; it's just lots of
fun playing with someone else!
3) If you think such an event may happen again, and you own some duets,
spend some time practising them so you won't have to sight read the next
time.
To each her own, of course, but it'll be a hot
day in Michigan in January that I'll practice
duets.
4) It is a lot of fun and a neat way to meet other horn players.
My feeling exactly.
Also, regular duets are great for improving sight
reading, technique and endurance. There's
pressure to keep going, but not enough to keep
playing if one of the players gets a bit tired.
--
Carlberg Jones
Skype - carlbergbmug
Cornista - Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes, Ags.
MEXICO
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