On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 12:48:34PM +0200, Jens M Andreasen wrote: > There is a rule of thumb regarding when you need a conductor, which is > about when the the band exceeds 8 people. It is not the anarchy that > naturally evolves, but the distance between the furthermost band members > causing the problem.
It's rarely done these days, but in the 19th century it was quite normal for a symphonic orchestra to play without a conductor. That's the origin of the title 'concert master' for the first violin player. But of course you don't do Mahler's 8th that way. > Latency is not the enemy though. Jitter is. True. > But I used to play the clavinet, and therefore naturally excused :) By no means :-) Down with the privileges of clavinet players ! :-) -- FA
