It's already nearly ten, the reading rehearsal (chorus at first rehearsal...?? probably not) is at 2, so - pretty soon - I gotta git.
Whether the pulse is half, quarter, or eighth (and please forgive me for not using vocab. such as "quaver", etc.) the pulse - in most every part of the Proper - seems to lie somewhere between 60 and 90, with the overwhelming majority of the parts hitting right around the middle - c. 76 bpm.
I feel really fortunate that - whenever there's a "no tuba" concert, I'm allowed to move to 3rd trombone, and the 3rd player (as 2nd - for whatever reason - is not a permanent hire) moves to 2nd. I've been able to play some amazing things that I never expected I would be offered opportunities to play...
...Eventually, I'll have the B-flat cimbasso project completed (as I'm playing such concerts on my F cimbasso, for the time being) which might make some of the stuff well above the staff a bit easier. (The Mozart is an hour, with only a few tacet parts, and "heavy" playing in most parts of the Requiem.)
The regular bass trombonist is excited about playing the "Tuba Mirum".
