If You Lost Half of an Orchestra, What Remaining Instruments Would Produce the Worst Possible Sound‪?‬ Modern Muckraker

Mass Daylight Savings errors. An atrocious traffic jam. Rampant occurrences of the bus scene from Whiplash. All of these highly-plausible scenarios could result in half of an orchestra not being able to attend a performance. In order to assist music directors around the world, the Modern Mucker sets off to determine the absolute worst-case scenario for a semi-orchestra so that they can plan to avoid this situation at all costs.
 
Thanks to our experts:
David Charles Abell
Boson Mo
Brandon Bell

Discussed in this episode:
The Sackbutt
Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"
Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers"
 
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Modern Muckraker is an investigative journalism podcast about pop culture questions no one has dared to ask. With the help of actual, highly-qualified experts, host Mike Schubert will apply excruciatingly thorough research methods and intense scrutiny to get to the bottom of these seemingly unanswerable questions. Season 1 releases new episodes on Mondays from Oct. 11 to Nov. 1 2021. Learn more at https://www.modernmuck.com