[78-L] question for dance band experts

[David Lennick]

I'm talking about 20s dance bands, which I thought was what you asked about. 
These played for dancing, not for entertainment. By the 40s a dance band had 
sophisticated arrangements which were often listened to as much as danced to.

dl

On 10/24/2012 6:14 PM, Tim Huskisson wrote:
> "...A string bass would never have been heard in a dance hall." Dl
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> How do you think the Swing bands managed in Dance Halls?
> Bass frequencies tend not to be directional and are audible at lower
> volumes.
> Britain's own modern day 'Vintage Dance bands' - (Pasadena Roof Orchestra,
> Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, Alex Mendham, etc) use Double Bass for much of
> their repertoire. And they too often use original charts.
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> In the studio however, the low frequencies of a Double Bass would not have
> been picked up by the early acoustic recording process. In comparison, the
> Sousaphone could be pointed directly at the recording horn, and even though
> the lowest frequencies were not recorded, enough audio information got
> through to the cutting needle.
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> Regards
> Tim Huskisson
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> On 10/24/2012 8:59 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
>> I'm thinking about acoustic dance bands. When they performed live in
>> the day, did they use the same instrumentation as they used for
>> recordings, such as tubas for the low end, or did they have other
>> instruments, such as string bass?
>>
>> I am thinking that they used more conventional instrumentation for
>> live performances, whatever that would be. Same as classical performances.
>> Would appreciate a confirmation or correction.
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