Originally Posted by
Magikarp
Cheers! The weird thing is I have played, very successfully, much harder pieces than this. Something about it got it my head. I never thought consciously I couldn’t play it, but evidently something got in the way of being able to battle through. The other weird thing is everyone who has said they’ve heard worse is lying. I know they’re being considerate, but I doubt very much noises like the ones I made have been heard on the contest platform have been heard before. Maybe the answer is I was underprepared. Certainly we rehearsed V2 far less than the rest of the piece.
Also on an unrelated note, if you’re going to Bugle Contest, the best of the legendary 1980s Cornish euphonium generation is making a comeback….