Emily's Difficult Passage Law

Source status: Attributed to Emily Stewart

The chances of a conductor asking a section to play a passage by themselves in the rehearsal are directly proportional to the difficulty of the passage and how well the people can play it. Sent by Emily Stewart.

- Emily Stewart

Category: Murphy's Music Laws

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This law belongs with Murphy's Music Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.

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