At 3:26 PM -0400 9/16/11, Raymond Horton wrote: >On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 1:38 PM, John Howell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bagpipes? Well, there's a place for them and >> their music, preferably not too close by! >> >It's a classic: >Q. Why do bagpipers walk when they play? >A. They're trying to get away from the noise.
On the other hand, when I was in the Air Force Band I was always VERY impressed with the pipe corps. They were awfully good together, and the drummers played the cleanest rudiments I've ever heard: you could drive a truck through the space between their rebounds!! (They also rehearsed right under our barracks windows, so it's a good thing they WERE so good!) John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[email protected]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
