Unless you have a conductor who always suspects the new guy and immediately cast his glance to the 4th horn. (our little group only).
On Aug 13, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Milton Kicklighter <kicklighg...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Listen Guys and Gals, > > After playing 4th for ever and yes I have played all parts at one time or > another and as a pro.... YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.... When the 4th misses a note > he > looks at the 3rd... the 3rd looks at the 2nd.... and the 2nd.... if they > have > the courage.... looks at the 1st.... and they all look at the assistant!!! > :) > And of coarse the assistant looks at the conductor and throws up their hands > in > which case the conductor has no idea who missed. :) :) :) > > Milton > Milton Kicklighter > 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic > Retired > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Dan Beeker <debee...@comcast.net> > To: horn@memphis.edu > Sent: Fri, August 13, 2010 10:48:06 AM > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] fitting in as part of getting a job > > <tutti parts are part of a whole and can hide such that the conductor will > never > say a word to them> > > I find the concept that the first horn is accountable and the tutti > players not accountable rather interesting. It is a different world than > I grew up where all players were/are expected to play at a professional > level regardless of the gig. A conductor who did not in one way or the > other act to correct poor playing on the part of any player would not be > held in very high esteem. A direct confrontation is not always the best > route, not only because of union issues but because of human nature. > Now, how much effort a conductor or section leader will go to correct > such problems is debateable. For a permanent member of the group I would > expect a large effort as poor playing/missed notes or whatever does > refect on the whole group. Of course that action is often tempered by > reality - who is available to replace the miscreant? Are there even > players available who can play the parts? Will too much "guidance" > produce a negative result and make the whole groups performance worse? > For a temporary replacement who shows up for the Saturday rehearsal to > play on Sunday, it seems rather pointless other than to tell that person > he/she needs to square a few things away if they want future > opportunities with the group. > > After all musicians are human and not robotons. Such things are not > always as easy to fix as say a tire with a nail. > > BTW, in spite of fear of being flamed, what means "tutti" in this > context - accompanying parts? Being from the landlocked midwest of the > USA there are sometimes language differences. Fortunately it is said > music is the universal language. Now if I could just figure out Kopprasch... > > Last Unprincipled Horn. > BSO > > aka Dan Beeker > > (And no it is not Boston... it is the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra) > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.net _______________________________________________ post: horn@memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
