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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:22 pm
by bassoonuba
^ Funny you mentioned that. When I played New World Symphony I had to bring a book. It got so bad that I stopped playing tuba for that piece and switched to my bassoon.
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:33 am
by LoyalTubist
I don't know why Dvorak did that with the New World Symphony. If you played other works of his, they really are exciting. Symphony No. 8 and the Carnival Overture are two good examples. Don't quit playing the instrument you love just because one world-class composer didn't know what to do with it for a short spell.
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:27 am
by bassoonuba
No, no, no. I play both tuba and bassoon fluently, and have been for the better part of a decade. I love being able to play on the bottom of the band with both a brass and a woodwind instrument.
That time I was playing in a community orchestra. There was another tubist there so I simply walked over to the bassoon section and sat down.
Re: What is the Most Boring song you have had to play?
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:22 pm
by Music_freak211
I remember The Red Balloon being REALLY boring. That and American Patrol; we had to play with the middle and elementary schools...it was TORTURE.
Re: What is the Most Boring song you have had to play?
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:48 pm
by bassclarinet/bassoonist
"Old Churches"
I played it in an honor band a couple times and wanted to sleep every time! unless you were a percussionist you got to hit pots and pans.
Re: What is the Most Boring song you have had to play?
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:31 pm
by its__woodflavored
Flourish for Wind Band