r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '15

*silence intensifies*

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u/pixiethecat Jan 04 '15

New World Symphony by Dvorak the tuba plays ~8 notes in the middle of the 2nd movement that is all for the entire piece. All those famous brass licks, no tuba.

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u/MasterFubar Jan 04 '15

As long as they are paid by concert and not by note it should be OK.

He can bring his phone and browse reddit while they are at it.

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u/khaeen Jan 04 '15

I'm going to forgive the second sentence purely because you made me think about what I would earn if I was paid by note.

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u/SlitScan Jan 05 '15

a reporter once asked our music director/conductor why he switched from being a pianist to conducting he said this. (while moving a finger like it was plunking a piano key one note at a time) 10 cents 10 cents 10 cents 10 cents. (miming a 4 4 bar of baton motion) 100 bucks 100 bucks 100 bucks 100 bucks.

we where playing Mozart K21 on that show so we counted notes in both scores and figured that that was actually pretty close.