[78-L] 14 inch Victor Special DeLuxe

neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com
Sat Dec 5 12:02:33 PST 2009


Thanks Mark - I've wondered for a long time....
joe salerno


Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
> neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
>> Just because it is easy to set the speed, doesn't mean he did it. Or 
>> that he has any perception of pitch or time. Just because he is a 
>> collector doesn't mean he has that good of musical perception.
>>
>> "So easy a cave man can do it". Just like programming a VCR...
>>
>> I believe that bands prefer keys with flats in them, perhaps because 
>> they have so many instruments written in B flat or E-flat. Or those keys 
>> just lie easy under the hand. so to speak.
>>
>> So E-flat would be a good key, C not so much...
>>   
> 
> I play oboe and flute. The main reason we like these keys is because the 
> fingerings are easier to reach and the ranges of many songs are written 
> so make the notes stay within the comfortable ranges of the varied 
> instruments found in most bands, particularly trills and fast passages.
> 




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