A note for all us amateurs who don't play at a high level - this should work the way as well. When I played French Horn in a community band, I would look at the second and third parts together with the nominal second horn player, and we would switch as necessary to give the other person the harder part and me the easier.
-S- On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Linda Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > I love playing second for all the reasons already set out so nicely. > Since the other possible candidate is a weak player, you might approach > the orchestra about a scheme where you play third on pieces with three > or more horns, but that you play second on the pieces requiring only two > horns. You get to enjoy the best of both worlds and the orchestra gets > a good use of your skills. I did this for several years, back when we > didn't have so many strong players in town, and it worked out well. Now > that we have a strong third capable of playing all the high stuff well, > I'm happy back on second all the time. > Linda H > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/steve.freides%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
