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I had my annual check up at the hospital yesterday and the hand surgeon is going to trial the use of them for remedial and rehabilitation purposes.

Because the handgrips tend to be sold with different resistance values, it might become an expensive hobby buying them at £12 a pop. The Varigrip is adjustable, so it serves as a good starting point,...

I had a serious wrist break which affected finger strength and this worked a treat ... Planet Waves Varigrip Exerciser

There was an errata sheet announced last week, mainly for euph. The publishers state that there are no more errors ... ;)

That would be interesting, although I think Nigel Clarke should now be given his chance.

??? http://edwardgregson.com/en/works/122/of-distant-memories-music-in-an-olden-style/

Lol, John ... avoiding my question! I wonder how much is going to be rescored in the rehearsal room? ;)

No doubts about the music. What do you think about the arrangement?

This thread's went really quiet. Maybe I've got it wrong and this is truly an excellent arrangement as 4BR described it ...

I hope he wasn't hurt ... "Peter Bale (with thaks to David Ruel)" ;)

http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2013/1381a.asp

Cheers, Gareth. I used old notation for sub-division there.

If you look carefully, I don't use any tremeloes. ;)

You shouldn't have to be put through the hoops though, if some thought and planning went into arranging this score ... I put this together in a few hours.
Capriccio Italien. (Some enharmonics still...

I'll save the trouble ... G# (2nd line), A natural (2nd Space), B natural (3rd line). 2nd Bari is idle throughout so it could be moved to accompany 1st bari, who is also playing tremeloes (both that...

I wonder which band "roadtested" the arrangement?

There should be. There are mistakes in a published orchestral score that are similar to those in the band arrangement. http://imslp.org/wiki/Capriccio_Italien,_Op.45_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr_Ilyich)

One fact remains that Harmony Music has survived as a great test for bands. Pity some of us now have to work with the arrangement of Capriccio Italien ...

Lol! Does seem to be a habit with Johnstone.

Best of luck for next year, btw! Pass my regards to Paul as well. When I arrived in Perth, I knew that Nitten had won as they were getting their photographs taken on the stairway. I saw and said hi...

Well done for Johnstone getting to the top section (again). Band's been knocking at the door for a few years now.

It's a difficult situation. If you are talking about the standard of test piece, then the selection of older, established championship tests for the 1st section has not worked over the years. Allan...

... it wasn't just for show either lol! After the problems I had which forced me to stop playing a few years back, I started my rebuild to be able to play from scratch again within 8 weeks. Enough...

Hi Allan. Only saw you at the start of the contest and thought after listening to Kirky & Whitburn that the latter performance would be difficult to beat. Yes, Harmony Music took many scalps on the...

Hi Steve, congratulations on forging a scheme that will retain members of the intermediate band and transfer their registrations to the senior band when required. Also congrats for you directing them...

I thought the general principle of having a youth band was not only to encourage youngsters to play, but to give them the opportunity to play for the senior band when ready? If I was a youth band...