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@ButchA said in Community Band:

Looking over various "set lists" from people, I have noticed that George's music is on par with The Shriners Band here in town. We are sort of a "community band" type of arrangement, but yet we're Shriners as well as Freemasons.

Here's a sample from our "set list" (Note: it is mostly marches, which --no offense-- can get rather tiring/annoying after a while. I mean, like, "another march? seriously?": )

Alamo
Chimes of Liberty
The Saint's Hallelujah
Colonel Bogey
Covington Square
Battle of Midway
The Happy Wanderer
Allied Honor
Hoop-Dee-Doo
E Pluribus Unum
Gallant Marines
The Longest Day
The Footlifter
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Highlights from My Fair Lady
Highlights from Man Of La Mancha
Highlights from South Pacific
The Klaxon
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As the new 2019 VP of the band, I am trying to persuade the "older guys" to lighten up a bit and have some fun. Let's play something more lively and more towards the jazzy Big Band type of sound. Enough with the marches already, sheesh...
I am pushing for us to get copies of:
It's Only A Paper Moon (full arrangement, not the basic HS jazz band setup).
Here's That Rainy Day (again - full arrangement, not the basic HS jazz band setup).

Looks plenty ambitious, Butch! Nice.

Is this an open medical advice forum?
I think it is a good idea. It will keep you busy, out of trouble, and give you a sense of accomplishment if you are going to be retired and all.
I will provide you with a list of FAQ's to begin with soon. Brilliant.

@dupac said in Pic mouthpieces:

@BigDub
On this Chinese clone exactly as on the original Schilke P5-4, the water key is fitted upside down. And I understood why: when you quickly remove the slide you avoid hitting the edge of the bell.
Voir lá!
I see, mon amí

@dupac is the water key upside down on that piccolo?

@Peter-Mac said in Is this the World's Brightest Trumpet?:

The brightest I have, and played is the Conn Vocabell as per TobyLou. It is the brightest in my stable with any Lead mpce. I have not tried the Buescher, so I do bow to Trent...

This is my actual horn - still got it. Ozwinds couldn't move it! Museum grade restoration. Magic Horn

Peashooter? Looks like it might be with the tight bends in the tubing and shallow space for the left hand.

@fels said in Community Band:

Our Community Band is performing on Sunday - Professional venue - program is below. A bit of a chop buster.

Coronation March - Tchaikovsky
Mambo - L Bernstein
Gershwin Tribute to Love
Raiders March - Williams
An American Elegy - Tichelli
Suite Francaise - Milhaud
Liberty Bell March - Sousa
The Lord of the Dance

Looks great.
Our program coming up in May looks like this.

The Town Crier March [1960] / Leonard B. Smith
Russian Sailor’s Dance from “The Red Poppy” [1927] / Reinhold Glière/Merle Isaac
Au Clair de la Lune [1926], John Anastasio on Solo Clarinet / Paul Jeanjean
World War I Medley [2017] / arr. Jari Villanueva
Pavanne from “2nd American Symphonette” [1938] / Morton Gould
Sea Songs [1983] / Thomas Knox
Sesqui-Centennial Exposition March* [1926] / John Philip Sousa
INTERMISSION

El Capitan March* [1896] / John Philip Sousa
Band of Brothers [2001] / Michael Kamen/Jerry Brubaker
Limehouse Blues [2016] / Philip Braham/John Anastasio
Oklahoma! [1943] / Richard Rodgers/R. R. Bennett
Humoresque on “Swanee” [1920] / George Gershwin/J. P. Sousa/Brion
Armed Forces Salute [1964] / Robert Cray
The Stars and Stripes Forever March* [1896] / John Philip Sousa

@Dr-GO said in Great Idea!:

@BigDub said in Great Idea!:

@administrator said in Great Idea!:

Currently, I'm the only moderator and I don't read enough posts to catch much of anything.

That was my problem trying to edit gmonady's posts on you know, TM. He had over 18,000. Whew. Too much for one person!

BUT that is why I paid you the BIG Dub-Bucks!

None of the retailers seem to honor the Big-Dub bucks, sadly.

@administrator said in Great Idea!:

Currently, I'm the only moderator and I don't read enough posts to catch much of anything.

That was my problem trying to edit gmonady's posts on you know, TM. He had over 18,000. Whew. Too much for one person!

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

@BigDub
At 70, I’m with BigDub...

Well, like I said, I am 67, but I am reading at a 75 yr old level, I am told.

@tjcombo said in A little humour:

@moshe I took a moment to get it too - a few seconds, but then again, I'm only 62
Well, I’m 67 and I don’t know what anyone is talking about....just kidding. I got it as soon as I saw it. Maybe it’s better to be a little older. I remember when the song was playing on the radio!

@Tobylou8 if I didn’t know better I would think someone was afraid to hurt feelings.....he couldn’t bring himself to tell most of the group they were flat.
I often thought to myself, you don’t get people to stay on pitch by telling them they are not on pitch. Tell them, "if you're always flat, maybe, just maybe you might want to think sharper?" But no. The easy way out was to chastise my section for not listening to the rest of the choir.
That didn’t sit well with me as I steadily let myself go flatter so I didn’t offend the sopranos. Oy!

@Tobylou8 wow. That's you?
I have fairly decent relative pitch, and my biggest pet peeve was singing in a choir doing a capella. Me singing tenor.
The tenor section would stick to my pitch. We were continually chastised for being sharp. I would get so angry because the other sections would drop a half tone after about a couple of measures into the piece. Every time.
So, what, we had to purposely sing flat to match their wrong notes? I guess so. Apparently. I did not enjoy singing a capella with this group. It was near torture.

@Newell-Post said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

I have a friend who worked as a music therapist (and excellent recreational musician). She said that in her entire career she only met two people with perfect pitch. Neither of them became advanced or even intermediate musicians because when they were students, playing in student bands and orchestras just kind of drove them around the bend. Perfect pitch made the cacophony of student ensembles completely intolerable to them. OTOH, it didn't seem to hurt Pavarotti very much; nor did the inability to read music.
I often hear the definition of perfect pitch ( not from the dictionary ) as having been born with this ability to identify every single note they hear, or be able to produce any note on demand.
I say, they have to be educated first, to learn what the pitches are in the first place. A person born into other musical cultures, i.e. Asian, African, and indigenous tribes from various countries, they have different scales, pitch frequencies, etc, would affect them accordingly.
In other words, a baby just learning to talk hears the note on Mom's car radio and says, "mommy, that note is an A"
really isn’t what happens, is it.

@FranklinD said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

I played in ancient times slide trombone for 25 years or more but still I believe it's easier to play in tune on a trombone than on a trumpet. I have been in trombone sections that played completely in tune, I don't understand all the complaining and moaning here.

I guess I'm being fairly specific about the ones I am talking about

@Newell-Post said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

That is sort of like assuming singers and violinists all need perfect pitch, since their "instruments" can produce a continuum of pitches. One of my old band directors said the trombone is the only instrument in the brass section that IN THEORY has the ability to play every note perfectly in tune. In practice,.... uhhh, not so much.

And yet, with that possibility the trombone offers, so few players ( at least ones I play near ) take advantage of it!
I would only wish brass players just have a basic sense of pitch. The knowledge of when they are off a bit, and I mean quite a bit. Is that too much to ask?

@Dr-GO said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

@BigDub said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

@moshe said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

I assume that a person needs perfect pitch (or close to it) to play trombone ?

Most trombone players I have known seem to have the opposite of perfect pitch, because if they did, they would be living with constant frustration.

...and then have to "pitch"-a-fit! Or perhaps even a "perfect fit"... Yes?

Now you're talking about my special mute......from Brazil?

@moshe said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

I assume that a person needs perfect pitch (or close to it) to play trombone ?

moshe

Most trombone players I have known seem to have the opposite of perfect pitch, because if they did, they would be living with constant frustration.

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This is the sound enhancing mute I will try to make. Just a rough conceptual sketch right now.

@ButchA
I am sad to say there are some folks who like both the Mets and the Yankees.....in my mind, I agree with you, Butch, if you are a true met fan, you should really hate the Yankees.
Historically, there were no bigger Yankee haters than were Brooklyn Dodger Fans, with good reason! Yankees beat the, in the series far too many times! My Dad was a life long Brooklyn Dodger fan and never recovered when they moved to LA. He never once showed a liking for them and couldn’t seem to land on any other team to like. He became sort of a Cubs fan, since they seemed to have a similar fate with World Series failure and such. I usually tell people that I have two favorite teams: the Mets, and anyone who happens to be playing the Yankees on a given day! I actually had an opportunity to go to a Yankees pre game locker room chapel service. I did not avail myself of such an opportunity. I felt I would feel as though I was being a total phony and would feel as though I betrayed my beloved Mets.

@BigDub while on the subject of Play Ball, here are some thoughts: I feel a batter does not deserve to get to run to first base when he has just struck out, as in when the third strike is dropped by the catcher. It’s not like he accomplished something. He missed the ball. He didn’t hit it. This just happened. And it was someone from my team that made it safely to first base.
If that can be done, why can’t the batter tag up on his own fly ball out? Now that would make things interesting!