Posted by Leland on August 30, 2000 at 11:53:07:
In Reply to: Niehaus quartets posted by Bill Y. on August 23, 2000 at 22:22:15:
Some would call them interminably cheesy, but they are fun, and if your group has the style chops to do them right, they'll sell to any audience.
Difficulty level may not seem high as far as individual exposure, weird counting, or finger speed is concerned, but if you know don't know how to groove, they won't work right. Better to use them in a quartet rather than spread the parts out among a big tuba ensemble for that reason.
I've never known any of them to have band parts, though.