Comments on: The Golden Gate Park Band http://www.daftmusings.com/2007/08/06/the-golden-gate-park-band/ by Carolyn Bickford Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.daftmusings.com/2007/08/06/the-golden-gate-park-band/#comment-118 Chris Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:23:32 +0000 http://www.daftmusings.com/?p=349#comment-118 <p>Clarinets in a brass band? That makes no sense, given that clarinets are woodwinds, not brass...</p> cjb adds: Yeah, I think they're striving more to be a small orchestra and this concert featured a special solo violinist. But most of the instruments are brass (plus timpani and snare drums), and they don't have a lot of orchestra instruments, so I've always thought of them as the brass band. Clarinets in a brass band? That makes no sense, given that clarinets are woodwinds, not brass…

cjb adds: Yeah, I think they’re striving more to be a small orchestra and this concert featured a special solo violinist. But most of the instruments are brass (plus timpani and snare drums), and they don’t have a lot of orchestra instruments, so I’ve always thought of them as the brass band.

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