Musical: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way...

RandyTX

There are a few parts that ask for a "Doo Waka" mute with markings above notes for "Doo" and "Wa-Ka"

Harmon stem in? Solotone? Something else?
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kehaulani · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:21 pm Post subject:

If your arm is long enough, I'd use a solotone, but remember you also have to reach around to make the Doo" and "Wa-Ka" sounds.

Otherwise, I'd probably just use a plunger mute. Depends on what the MD wants, but I think the +- sound is more important than the tone.
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cheiden · Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:08 pm Post subject:

Some years back the same question was answered on the Trumpet Master page by none other than Wilmer Wise. He recommended using a Harmon, and I assume he meant with hand over the stem.
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RandyTX · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:23 am Post subject:

Thanks for the responses. About what I expected, just a tiny bit disappointed I don't have an excuse to go buy another mute I'd never heard of.
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Don Herman rev2 · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 5:23 pm Post subject:

You need an excuse? Are you sure you're a trumpet player?

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RandyTX · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:10 pm Post subject:

I talked to a guy tonight that played this show in NY, claims they used a solotone with a hand over the end for the doo-waka stuff.

And Don, no, I'm never quite sure of that one.
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trpthrld · Heavyweight Member Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 4806

The tempo on that tune (#3 "Comedy Tonight") is so fast the 16ths ("Waka") are impossible to "hand" waka.

I played the Do open and the 2 Wakas with hand over the Harmon stem, and then did closed/open for the 8th note Do / Was in the following bars just as you'd normally do.

Beside reading TERRIBLE hand copy work, my biggest gripes are the multiple fast page turns while playing; play, rest one bar with remove mute and then immediately play after the page turn, etc. It ain't the most well-thought out book.

But it's a fun show, and as we know....."Everybody Ought To Have A Maid...."
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cheiden · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:24 am Post subject:

RandyTX · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:20 pm Post subject:

John Mohan · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:25 pm Post subject:

Nothing to add, except this was the first musical I ever played professionally at a small theater in L.A. in about 1983. Had a great time - and of all things, the older gentleman who played the Soothsayer was a retired trumpet player who had been in the trumpet section of the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini! What a blessed opportunity it was for me to not just get to play a fun show but to hear stories from one of the (retired) great players about what it was like playing in that great orchestra under such a great director.

Best wishes,

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tomba51 · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 5:01 pm Post subject:

C'mon John Mohan, you can't tell us that story without telling us the name of the trumpet player who played in the NBC Symphony.

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kehaulani · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 5:06 pm Post subject:

Another "Funny Way" story - I was Musical Director for the show and after dress rehearsal some of us went to a local burger bar. My wife was one of the dancers, so I was with a crew of "prostitutes".

They had switched to street clothes but were still painted up like ladies of the night. I'll never forget the look on a clerk's face when we walked in, LOL. The cutest smile and surprised look on his face.
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