@Rapier232

Explore the blues scale.

I usually don't play cornet, but when I do it is my old Holton with a period mouthpiece.

Another TM refugee here...

Did you hear about the music director that survived a lightning strike?

He was a poor conductor.

How I earned my way through college. On C trumpet.

Our sax player was from Mississippi, and it took around six months to understand his talk.

I bought a Christmas tree today. The salesman asked if I was putting it up myself. I said, "No, in the living room."

I am a great Bible expert and even know the name of Noah's wife. It was Joan. Joan of Arc.

@mediocreplayer

Tuning to the tuner is an impossible task when playing in a group, even when they are equal tempered. In most cases the notes move faster than the tuner can track in a group. The tuner works best when providing the tuning note or playing long tones during practice to identify our tendencies.

Without the tuner, who do we tune to?

It depends. When playing the first part, we tune to the other principals. When playing in a section, we tune to the principal player — it is our job to make them sound good.

Sometimes it's impossible to tune to a group that is badly out of tune. In that case, tune to your section leader, make them sound good, and rest content.

I assume they aren't on the AFM unfair list.

Unless I am mistaken, besides being left-handed, the Wagner Tuba takes a horn mouthpiece.

@Anthony-Lenzo I also remember him from "I'm just a bill," and saw him on "Dragnet" a couple of times. He reminded me of Larry Mondello from "Leave it to Beaver."

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@JWM Rather than the "D"-shaped tuning crook, the rounded is shaped more like a semi-circle.