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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: musical box

From: Don Tillman <don@...>
Date: 2003-10-20

> From: "David Davis" <feline1@...>
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:58:37 +0100
>
> Are you seriously expectingly me to believe that if the 3rd
> trombone player on the left suddenly yelled "Hey mr conductor! I
> think what Bach wrote there was actually a bit crap, I fancy just
> vamping on a G for 16 bars there", he wouldn't be shown the door
> pretty sharpish?

This is remarkably close to Bach's Brandenberg Concerto number 3,
2nd movement.

Bach only wrote two chords for the entire second movement, the rest is
meant to be an improvised harpsichord candenza. And since it's
actually in G, having the trombone wail over a vamp on G for 16 bars
would be completely reasonable.

-- Don

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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
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