Comments on: Points of orchestral etiquette http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1490 We of course all understand it, being intellectuals. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: novala http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1490&cpage=1#comment-4950 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:59:45 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1490#comment-4950 And if you were lucky the others played their shopping list as well.

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1490&cpage=1#comment-4949 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:36:15 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1490#comment-4949 Or spend five minutes noisily rearranging it because it turns out you’ve got half of it upside down or backwards, plus a couple pieces that have nothing to do with what the orchestra is playing.

]]> By: Karan http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1490&cpage=1#comment-4948 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:13:19 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1490#comment-4948 Don’t forget that you must not drop your music after opening the folder upside down.

]]> By: Meike http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1490&cpage=1#comment-4947 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:24:31 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1490#comment-4947 Why is it always the viola player that gets impaled?!

*grins* Very recognizable anecdote though. Hey, at least you didn’t have to unfold your music stand as well. You know, the old fashioned wobbly iron one that never bends the way you want it to. (Excellent impaling possibilities here, too.)

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1490&cpage=1#comment-4946 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:38:37 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1490#comment-4946 Define “impale”.

]]> By: shelley http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1490&cpage=1#comment-4945 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:41:52 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1490#comment-4945 Oh. Well, uh, at least you didn’t impale the viola player’s foot with the spike though. RIGHT?

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1490&cpage=1#comment-4944 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:00:37 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1490#comment-4944 In the sense that I was beside myself, yes.

]]> By: shelley http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1490&cpage=1#comment-4943 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:56:25 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1490#comment-4943 That was the cellist next to you, right?

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