haha yeah I think bassists in youth orchestras had it worst. The cellos would get a harmony to play once in a while, but it looked like the bassists always had those eighths
Gee so when I used to play that on the flute and my pal Gemma had the cello part (she actually played cello), that's why she'd get this funny glazed expression and look like she wanted to throttle me? Aaah all these years I thought it was because I sucked!!! (though maybe it was that too...)