@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:
A woman who is 3 months pregnant falls into a coma. 6 months later she awakes and asks the doctor about her baby.
Doctor: You had twins, a boy an a girl, and they are both fine. Luckily, your brother named them for you!
Woman: Oh no, not my brother, he's an idiot! What did he name the girl?
Doctor: Denise.
Woman: Well, that isn't so bad. What did he name the boy?
Doctor: Denephew!
Imagine it would have been quintuplets.. one Denise and four Denemanies...
@Kehaulani said in Fast Tempo and old farts:
Original performance by the composer and his band:
Youtube Video
I very much doubt that this is an original Sousa recording, especially as it says "Conductor: John Wallace"...
@administrator
A) It is nothing like a didgeridoo - which, in fact, is just a wooden tube hollowed out by termites, without a proper mouthpiece (the end of the tube is rounded off for comfort)
b) Technically, it is a cornet (because of the conical shape of the bore).
And, to finish off, it is a Tibetan temple trumpet, the use of which is now prohibited due to Chinese rule in Tibet. Any such trumpets seized are sold off to collectors in the West...
@administrator Nicely played; but this is NOT the Vienna Philharmonic, but the Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Public Radio playing... The Vienna Philharmonic sound like this
Coolerdave - whom some of you may remember from TM days - has found the light and is now where he belongs: in this community of trumpet lovers.
Welcome, Dave!
Ok, I think I should clear this up. I may have the authority and the means to delete posts; but I have no inclination to do so unless it is a) a severe case, b) I have heard both sides of a dispute and c) there is a repeat offender involved. Personally, I am broad-minded and have nothing against what used to be called an "after-dinner joke" - in fact, I have a largish stock of those at hand and have been known to use them. But I know that there are some people here who see that differently and to help in deciding which joke can be posted safely and which ones are hovering on the brink, I may sometimes post a remark like that. No offence taken on my side, and none meant.
HERE is an original Sousa recording, dated 1911, from a Graphophone cylinder:
@henrylr That was a joke... "first position" is a trombone slide position, the shortest you can extend a trom slide. Usually about one inch. If you extend a trumpet slide any further, it will fall out.
Composers and performers of all ages have been freely interpreting the work of their predecessors, even if only by playing pieces that were written for the instruments of the day on modern instruments. Obviously the modern piano sounds very different from the harpsichord many of Bach's works were originally intended for, and even farther from the spinet they were composed on; and the modern trumpet is a totally different beast from the original, and the performers are acclaimed - just think of Glenn Gould and his Bach performances. One guy that takes Bach even further into modernity is Jacques Loussier and his PlayBach group...
A nun is travelling to another monastery in the official car. No one really looked after that thing, so at about half-way point, on a Saturday evening, the tank runs empty. The nun sees a farmhouse in the distance and walks there to ask for some fuel. The farmer readily agrees to help her out but warns her that the only container he can give her is an old large chamber pot... That does not bother the Sister. As she's back at her car and refilling the tank, another motorist stops, turns down his window and says to her, "I'm envying your faith, Sister..."
@butcha Congratulations!! Well done!
As regards speed in old recordings: Of course there was a time restraint in these days. The technical ability was limited, and if a conductor and his orchestra wanted to do a recording of a certain piece, the technician would ask "How long?", be told a figure and then say, "Can't do that - too long." And then they would dispute whether to leave out a bit (quite a few written repeats simply vanished in this process) or whether to speed things up. And sometimes they did that, just to be able to record at all. There usually was no discussion of artistic merit because that had to go to the wall before the question of "record or not". And as recording was a profitable business even in the times when they were still discussing whether recording would stay or would be a one-time wonder, they usually chose to record.
Remember, when Sony developed the CD, they asked Karajan whether he thought 70 minutes was a good choice for max playing time, and he said they needed at least 75 minutes so that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony could fit on one CD without speeding up. They did not quite manage that, so 74 minutes became the standard. And an old Karajan recording of Beethoven #9 now suddenly was one minute shorter on the new medium compared to the old vinyl recording...
"How did your dispute with your wife pan out?" -
"Oh, brilliantly. I had her crawling on her knees before me." -
"What did she say?" -
"Come out from under the bed, you coward!"
@Dr-GO said in Having to play in too many sharps?:
@barliman2001 said in Having to play in too many sharps?:
@GeorgeB said in Having to play in too many sharps?:
@Trumpetsplus said in Having to play in too many sharps?:
@GeorgeB QED
Sorry, Ivan, my ignorance is probably going to show here: What Is QED?
Originally, it's Latin and the abbreviation for Quod Erat Demonstrandum, meaning, "what was intended to be demonstrated". The abbreviation was first used in mathematics.
"So it is proved" is another interpretation of QED. And Barliman, quid pro quo if you agree, yes?
Of course.
@SSmith1226 said in A different Christmas Tune...:
@barliman2001
I figured that they made it custom for him since it was not an option on their web site and he was one of their “Artists”.
Still, they could have made it more stylish.
Ok, this is a post I've long considered where to put... there is so much in it (yet not in depth). Let it rest here, and see what comes of it.
Yesterday, we played a concert, "Musc from Animated Movies". Choir, kids, choir, small smphonic orchestra, combo. Titles ranged from "When you wish upon a star" to "Happy", with excursions into Shrek, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jungle Book and the like. Venue, a large, somewhat unorthodox school hall: One central hall three storeys high, with two large open staircases doubling as seating leading down, and an additional wing with seating. Seating all over, up to the top (with the audience being on two balconies, as it were).
One staircase had to be kept free as eergency exit, so we placed the stage there. Front to back: Kids, Choir, Combo, Orchestra (with the orchestra well hidden from the audience's view by the choir). Conductor directly in front of the orchestra, conducting the choir via a camera and screen arrangement.
At rehearsal, everyone complaining that they could not hear a thing. Sound going off into Nirvana, so bad you could barely hear yourself.
Performance: Hall filled with 800+ audience (oversold, and some people standing around in the aisles contrary to fire prevention regulations...
And the hall suddenly came alive! One really could hear the whole structure... wonderful. I had a one-brand gig bag with me - Courtois flugel, Courtois C, Courtois Balanced Bb. And that old Balanced Courtois made the day - filling the entire hall without amplification.
Correction: I had the ACB picc with me as well, for "Fairytale" from Shrek, but that was in it's own case... read more there.