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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT><FONT face=Calibri>I always wanted to chek out a
harp. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I never saw one. Sounds complicated to play.
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Just a quick joke, if i'm permitted;:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>A guy playing in the percussion section in a rehearsal
once, had a really bad day. He kept playing at the wrong beats etc.
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<DIV>Then the conductor teased him and said to the whole orchestra at
large:</DIV>
<DIV>"You know what happens to a person when he can't play the instrument
propperly. They take away his instrument and give him two sticks.":</DIV>
<DIV>And, softly, from the purcussion section came the reply:</DIV>
<DIV>"And if he can't cope with that, they take away one stick, and make him a
conductor."</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Smile.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Dewald Louwrens van Deventer </DIV>
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<DIV>Facebook: <Dewald Louwrens van Deventer><BR>---<BR>Music should
strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of
woman.<BR>Ludwig Van Beethoven</DIV>
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<DIV>Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to
be silent. <BR>Victor Hugo</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=menvi-discuss@menvi.org
href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org">menvi-discuss@menvi.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Menvi-discuss]
Sight-reading</DIV>
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<DIV>Sometimes you can play with a local group. Forget the New York
Philharmonic.</DIV>
<DIV>My student is in college now, and he does not play anymore.</DIV>
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<DIV>As for following a conductor, the violins have it easy because they can
tell what to do by hearing the other violins. If you played a wind, it
would be much harder because they don't run in a pack like the strings.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Also, as a harpist, I practice my parts with recordings, so when I'm
practicing, I'm playing without seeing a conductor. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Some orchestra or band players don't look at the conductor much.
You can tell during rehearsal because when the conductor wants to stop and
tell them something, there will be people still playing after he's given the
signal to stop, so you know they weren't watching him.</DIV>
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<DIV>Syl</DIV>
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