Locating the Kilt Pin

[jsrnephdoc]

It's cool to see an orchestra do that.

I'm NOT a musician. I cannot look at even a simple treble clef score for a melody and know what it would sound like. But, anyone can enjoy music, and the breadth of that reality, whether it's the simple enjoyment of the sound or the mastery of its intricacies NEVER stops amazing me.

For example, what I just posted demonstrates not only that the singer was talented, but also that he was endowed with perfect pitch, and also the understanding that "C" on an orchestral clarinet is not the same as "C" on an orchestral trumpet. And, to have that entire database in your head just amazes me. My sister IS a musician; her husband is a jazz trombonist. I've yet to get their thoughts on watching the National Symphony being treated almost like an a cappella chorus. I have no idea whether their responses will be "that's AMAZING," or "what's so special about that?"

I'll close with an allusion. If you can fill in the missing element I'll not bore you with the bacstory. If you know it already and DON'T suspect it embodies many, MANY, MANY concertgoers ultimate fantasies, THAT will amaze ME:

Walter Mitty is to Ernest Hemingway

as

Gilbert Kaplan is to ?????

(no fair borrowing data from Mr. Google or your favorite generative AI bot)

[User]

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For example, what I just posted demonstrates not only that the singer was talented, but also that he was endowed with perfect pitch, and also the understanding that "C" on an orchestral clarinet is not the same as "C" on an orchestral trumpet. And, to have that entire database in your head just amazes me.
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Did he transpose the notes in his head for each instrument? Or did he issue his instructions in concert pitch, and the orchestral musicians transposed what he was saying for their instrument? I felt like it was the latter, but then again I don't have a good ear for notes.

[jsrnephdoc]

(With apologies to my all time favoirte muppets video skit—from the Ed Sullivan Show, I think)

Did he transpose the notes in his head for each instrument? Or did he issue his instructions in concert pitch, and the orchestral musicians transposed what he was saying for their instrument? I felt like it was the latter, but then again I don't have a good ear for notes.

Either way, they played NOT just the note he SAID, but the note he SANG, and every time I attend a concert with performers who make that possible my spirits are lifted.