Composer Gavin Bryars started the Portsmouth Sinfonia in 1970. The idea was that the members of the orchestra shouldn't be familiar with their instruments. If they were professional musicians, they should pick another instrument rather than the one in which they specialize. Brian Eno played clarinet with them for a while and they play on his song "Put a Straw Under Baby."
It's an interesting concept. Bryars was a trained double bassist, and I don't think he would denigrate skill. But you do sometimes discover new things just by stumbling around.
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