This reminds me of a concert a few years ago where I ended up sitting directly to the right of the tuba player. Throughout all the rehearsals, on every piece, he was tapping his size 12 flapper right foot about as high and as loudly as I've ever seen anybody do it, consistently just a bit behind the conductor's beat. I asked him politely a couple of times if he would mind not doing that. He's a nice guy that I've known for quite awhile but this was the first time we had played together. He replied that Mr. Jacobs had told him he should always tap his foot. Sigh. By the time the concert came around, the distraction had just become a little too much for me, and during a particularly rhythmic piece I reached over with my left foot and stepped on his foot and held it firmly down. He struggled like a wild animal to get free but I hung in there till the end of the piece as we rocketed through that crazy torrent of notes and rhythms. See? He didn't need to tap his foot after all.
- Steve Mumford _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
