http://www.vodden.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/03/05/crimes/ the everyday musings of a bloke named richard Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:53:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.vodden.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/03/05/crimes/comment-page-1/#comment-6783 simon Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:14:51 +0000 http://www.vodden.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/03/05/crimes/#comment-6783 I remember in a school band pursuading the whole bass section to play certain sections of music a semitone high and then to complain about how flat everyone else was - surprisingly it turns out if you are confident in your accusations you can often get away with it - even when it's your word against the oboes. I didn't see a fine for this on the list although I like to assume in a more 'professional' environment it would be harder to pull off? I remember a great passtime back then was sabotaging other people's instuments - slipping a small piece of paper between keys or sections of an instrument can cause such intersting results and can often take some time to detect and remedy :) I also feel that my friend Robin's suggestion of having a quick Guiness during the interval at a big concert where I was playing bass clarinet was worthy of a fine - sufice to say that large single reeds do not benefit from being coated in stout. :-S I remember in a school band pursuading the whole bass section to play certain sections of music a semitone high and then to complain about how flat everyone else was – surprisingly it turns out if you are confident in your accusations you can often get away with it – even when it’s your word against the oboes.
I didn’t see a fine for this on the list although I like to assume in a more ‘professional’ environment it would be harder to pull off?
I remember a great passtime back then was sabotaging other people’s instuments – slipping a small piece of paper between keys or sections of an instrument can cause such intersting results and can often take some time to detect and remedy
I also feel that my friend Robin’s suggestion of having a quick Guiness during the interval at a big concert where I was playing bass clarinet was worthy of a fine – sufice to say that large single reeds do not benefit from being coated in stout.
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