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@BigDub said in A little humour:

Butt eye cud bee wrung.

You were, so I made the correction... you shorted your Butt size.

@j-jericho said in Favorite Music:

For Maynard Ferguson fans:

God how l have loved playing this Maynard chart!

Eugene Blee's Flexibility Exercises:

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

This concept could open up community band rehearsals. The only addition would have to be a Crown Royal nag or similar device on the bell of the instrument to filter any droplets.

Would work well for trumpet playing as well.

I will be playing a Lutheran church service under contract l have had over the past 4 years with our local musicians union. It is a 2 hour service with the traditional Lutheran Christmas Hymns.

@Vulgano-Brother said in Who want's to teach me a jazzy lick in C Major(ish)?:

Explore the blues scale.

The put this into action: Spread it make it toasty and now I am talking C Jam Blues:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dale-Proctor
These are great, some of which could be a nice challenge for me to paint. I love them. The older the better, of course.

The question is: Are you trained in painting trains?

Leading up to Christmas, the Big Band I play with played a Christmas Party for a College Holiday Party, then the next week two concerts at two separate dance halls in Dayton. Really neat arrangements of Big Band Arrangements of Classic Christmas Songs and a couple Big Band arrangements from Charlie Brown Christmas. We also had a cool arrangement of Your A Mean One Mr. Grinch. Loved watching the ball room dancers dancing to Christmas Big Band Dance Music. I am attaching a pic of the trumpet section at our gig last Thursday at a Dance Club in Dayton called the Milton Club:

@Shepherds_Crook said in Eugene Blee's Flexibility Exercises:

Wow ... those look familiar. I never took lessons with EB, but did for 6 years with CSO section mate Michael Denovchek.
I particularly like the measures of rest ....

Eugene taught a lot of musicians with the CSO including Marie Speziale. Perhaps he too was a Eugene Blee student and used his warm ups as well. They work amazingly well with little time and effort at preparing a trumpeter for the performance that lies ahead.

@Kehaulani said in Covid-19 Closing Down Music Venues:

Sounds good. I'm in Texas and most people are not wearing masks or keeping social distancing and I just heard on the news that it's third in the nation in rising cases. Since I'm in the most vulnerable demographic, I'm starting to get worried.

My thoughts go out to you. I am sure you will be one of the smarter ones and will wear a mask when going out and only going to stores were employees wear masks and keep your distance from less considerate individuals that will not wear their masks.

I played a Christmas Concert at a local club 2 nights ago where one of my big bands performs every 3rd Thursday evening. This is a picture of the band:

And this is the picture looking in the other direction at the crowd (dancers). The place was packed and full of Christmas Cheer (in part due to the fact that the venue has a very full service bar). One of the patrons actually gifted me with a "Bee's Knees" during the break!

In fact, here is a close up of me "lit up" after returning from the break:

@FranklinD said in Eugene Blee's Flexibility Exercises:

...do you really need written notes for this? Or do you have problems with the very unusual and adventurous harmonic progression?

Only the first time you use them. Then they are fairly rote and committed to memory as they are maintained fingered patterns. No fancy change in harmonic progressions. They are what they are intended, just to get the blood flowing and muscular dexterity initiated to the lips.

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

Look as if the tracks are listing around car #3. Any chance the painting can be repainted to fix the problem with the tracks... This will make me feel much better... as I have a one track mind.

Here is a little something I did. Just finished today, DrGo, with your inspiration. Maybe I fixed some things, added some, took away others?
Dale, forgive me for straying a little from Railroad enthusiast's exactness of the engine.i sort of created my own. Some of you may recognize the location of this?

Nice work! Less vertigo when riding that third car!

Congratulations Dale!

I am playing the Christmas Eve service with the Lutheran Church in my city. It is just me and the organist (an amazing 4 keyboard instrument with a very big sound). These our the songs we will be playing:

In Dulci Jubilo
I Am So Glad Each Christmas Eve (Jeg er så glad hver julekveld)
Angels We Have Heard On High (Descant Trumpet)
Angels, from the Realms of Glory (Descant Trumpet)
What Child is This? (Communion Hymn with Harmon Mute)
Joy To The World (Descant Trumpet)
For Unto Us a Child Is Born G.F. Handel (Descant Trumpet - which has the last 3 measures toggling around the E above staff - a rather vociferous send off!

I am much grateful for the Dayton Musicians Union (AFM) that has contracted me with this performance now for the 6th consecutive year.

I hear in Joey Alexander's interview that he STARTED playing the piano at age 7. The he became a phenomenon at age 10! There is brain wiring in the equation as well and Joey has wiring that was created truly by God's perfection:

@Rapier232 said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

@moshe
Doubt it. Perfect pitch is quite rare. Some university did a study recently and found it’s something like only 1 in 10,000.

Agreed. I believe however that "relative pitch" is a much more prevalent and easier sensory skill to adapt to playing, and I can see where this would be a real asset to a trombone player (or a fretless bass player as well).

Pip Pip and cheerio Mr R. Happy 4th for the rest of us in the colonies!

@Rapier232 said in WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME AN EXPERT?:

@Dr-GO

I’m sorry. I only speak English.

The Queens English I do believe... Pip Pip Where Lorry ridding in Britain can be a bumpy unpleasant experience, but riding Lorry, my prom date here in the USA, was quit pleasurable.

@tmd said in What's in your mute bag?:

What's in your mute bag?

Trumcor Straight Mute
Harmon Type-B Mute
$1.95 Hardware Store 4" Plunger Mute
Soulo Cup Mute
Soulo Bucket Mute
Felt Mute (Crown Royal Bag)

Mike, minus the Crown Royal felt mute, we have a nearly identical composite. While my Bucket is a Soulo, my straight and cup mutes are Stone lined. Otherwise, identical equipment, as after all we ARE both Internists!

By the way GeorgeB, old age hasn't caught you. I have patients in their 40's with new onset afib. It is more common than you may think. So don't look at it as getting older, but now, your heart is learning syncopated rhythms!