The assistant sits to the left of the principal, except in Vienna, where the ass. sits to the principals right, as the principal sits to the right of the second player also (Viennese sitting order).
Reason: principal & second horn have to sit next each other as they have duo solo quite often or 2-voice-passages of quite some importance. If the ass. sits between principal & 2nd, it would not make sense, but it would hinder a perfect union of 1st & 2nd horn during soli. Further: it is easier to signal to the ass. to take over or sneak into a held long note in emergency situations. ############################################################### Am 20.11.2010 um 01:34 schrieb valerie wells: > Is it necessary for the assistant first to sit to the left of the > principal? I've played both positions, principal and asst first in > both bands & orchestras. In both situations I prefer the asst to be > seated to the right of the principal... but I can change when I see > good reason to. I would like to hear other opinions on this. > -- > Valerie Wells > The Balanced Embouchure Method > http://bebabe.wordpress.com/ > http://www.beforhorn.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
