Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:08 pm Post subject: The trumpet is like...magic.
This is how playing/practicing trumpet effects me on a regular basis. Maybe it's a lack of oxygen after long tone practice but, there's something err...magical, about this instrument.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:10 pm Post subject:
Just saw you were from Australia! Probably because you have to practice hanging upside down! _________________ huntman10
Collector/Player of Fine (and not so fine) Brass Instruments including
Various Strads, Yammies, Al Hirt Courtois, Schilkes,
Selmer 25, Getzen Eternas, Kanstuls (920 Pic, CG)
Martin Custom Large Bore, Lots Olds!, Conns, etc.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:30 pm Post subject:
huntman10 wrote:
Just saw you were from Australia! Probably because you have to practice hanging upside down!
Nah. Everyone knows that the deeper you go the higher the air pressure. Since the “land down under” is so far down the issue is probably too much pressure.
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:16 am Post subject:
For me, listening to bagpipes produces similar facial expressions ... _________________ Most Important Note ? - the next one !
KNOW (see) what the next note is BEFORE you have to play it.
PLAY the next note 'on time' and 'in rhythm'.
Oh ya, watch the conductor - they set what is 'on time'.
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:46 am Post subject:
OK, I have to admit, I can't really interpret that expression on the face, but with the flashing fireworks and dizzying movement, the only thing I can relate to is the migraine I got after my first day teaching elementary music in a small school. I turned my back to play accompaniment on the piano for about 20 seconds and when I looked up, the kids had rearranged the risers and were re-enacting the previous nights big time wrestling show!
Last time I turned my back on a class for my 3 years there! _________________ huntman10
Collector/Player of Fine (and not so fine) Brass Instruments including
Various Strads, Yammies, Al Hirt Courtois, Schilkes,
Selmer 25, Getzen Eternas, Kanstuls (920 Pic, CG)
Martin Custom Large Bore, Lots Olds!, Conns, etc.
Alright, look, it's no mystery, just a light hearted post about how much I am on the odd occasion, dazzled by the instrument. Explaining one's self is a lot of fun.
I posted after a particularly excellent practice session and that's that. I can't do much about people not being able to interpret common memes. But that's okay. Next time I'll keep everything typically literal. Promise.
Alright, look, it's no mystery, just a light hearted post about how much I am on the odd occasion, dazzled by the instrument. Explaining one's self is a lot of fun.
I posted after a particularly excellent practice session and that's that. I can't do much about people not being able to interpret common memes. But that's okay. Next time I'll keep everything typically literal. Promise.
Well, I think most if not all of us here know the feeling you're describing (even if we're not into memes ).
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:18 pm Post subject: The trumpet is like.....magic
Oh yea, it is like magic, until you frack an important note in a big band or orchestral piece and it stands out bigtime. _________________ "There are two sides to a trumpeter's personality,
there is one that lives to lay waste to woodwinds and strings, leaving them lie blue and lifeless along a swath of destruction that is a
trumpeter's fury-then there is the dark side!" Irving Bush
Alright, look, it's no mystery, just a light hearted post about how much I am on the odd occasion, dazzled by the instrument. Explaining one's self is a lot of fun.
I posted after a particularly excellent practice session and that's that. I can't do much about people not being able to interpret common memes. But that's okay. Next time I'll keep everything typically literal. Promise.
Well, I think most if not all of us here know the feeling you're describing (even if we're not into memes ).
Nice to read you had such fun playing.
Thanks...it is fun, that's for sure. I find memes fun also. Fun fact - did you know the word meme was first coined by Richard Dawkins? It's based on the word, gene
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: The trumpet is like.....magic
blbaumgarn wrote:
Oh yea, it is like magic, until you frack an important note in a big band or orchestral piece and it stands out bigtime.
This is, of course, the one big differentiator between brass and the others. You make a mistake like that - which I do often btw - and there's no hoping that no one noticed.
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