@administrator said in A little humour:
What is humour? I've heard of humor, but not humour.
HUMOUR | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/humour
humour meaning: 1. the ability to find things funny, the way in which people see that some things are funny, such as spelling of the word humor as humour. 2....
Please pardon my editorialized version in bold
How can you tell the difference between a frog and a horny toad?
A frog says: "Rib-bit; Rib-it"
AND
A horny toad says: "Rub-it; Rub-it"
@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:
I had a dream the ocean was filled with orange soda.
It was a Fanta Sea
Maybe down South, but not up North where it's Canada Dry!
@Dr-Mark said in Set lists:
Hi Dr-GO
..."If you play a wrong note or passage, do it twice. That way the audience will think it was intentional and you were just being
avant-garde"
That's EXACTLY what I do! That's EXACTLY what I do!
Just came back from a gig. No set list. We exclusively took requests from the audience. Heck half of the songs we didn't even have the music. The gig went fabulously well.
ooooh. That would be a tremendous step up for our group....a bigger step than our legs can reach. At least we can manage sight reading a piece we have never done.....we do a pretty good job sight reading.
Um... Our organist is blind. Believe it or not, that really helps us out as he literally knows EVERY song in the standard books. So we are never in need of the changes. It is his sixth sense and this serves him well.
Just came back from a gig. No set list. We exclusively took requests from the audience. Heck half of the songs we didn't even have the music. The gig went fabulously well.
@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:
@BigDub
My favorite artist is Picasso because sometimes my underwear bunches.
This is my expression when MY underwear bunches a bit Munch:
I personally don't paint by numbers. I use braille. Interesting thing is the finished version has a lot of texture to it.
@Tobylou8 said in Not exactly a trumpet but.....:
Dale Proctor would know!!
That is so true, and in trumpet forums his vast knowledge earns him the special title of "Proctortologist", even if his reviews are delayed and he falls a little "behind".
@Dr-Mark said in Blues Band with Horns:
Please feel free to take a picture and post it.
Here it is. Please note the base of notes is on a circle and the functional relation is a separate square that sits on top of the circle held in position by a peg, to allow the square to be dialed to the key one is wanting to play a function against:
@Tobylou8 said in Marching Season and Triple Super C:
@Dr-Mark said in Marching Season and Triple Super C:
Hi N1684T,
You got me! When I saw the post I thought "WHAT?!" This poor unfortunate's goal is sadly misguided. But silly me took the bait, hook line and stinker.Anyway, I gotta talk to this guy about some "octave oil" (I'm just about out). I use it on my valves and its so slick that it makes hitting high notes easy
Where can I buy Octave oil?
In Octavia?
@Kehaulani said in countries / states represented here?:
O.K. then, "how many countries are being represented here on TrumpetBoards", thanks.
U.S. here, officially. But functionally, also Japan and Germany. Hope this gives this better focus.
By the way, I am often in the state of confusion!
@Dr-Mark said in Laughter is the Best Medicine:
One time a physician came to me bleeding from a nasty gash and asked me "What do I do!?!"
I responded by saying "Doctor, you need to suture self.Thank you Thank you, Remember, I do weddings and bar mitzvas. Don't forget to tip your waitress and Goodnight!
Ha Mark... That one left me in stitches!
@Dr-Mark said in Blues Band with Horns:
Oh snap!
Disney and they wouldn't sell it unless it has Micky ears.
OK, use your main wheal than add the remaining circle of fifths from Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and BINGO you have Micky!
@GeorgeB said in Artist on BOARD:
@BigDub
Wow, a definite departure....
Yeah, I think he was doing "pot" at the time!
@Dr-Mark said in Blues Band with Horns:
Hi GeorgeB,
Hands down, Dr-GO is absolutely the smarter of the two.
As for our musical knowledge? We have a sunk cost in time and equipment and just too old and stubborn to stop.
Not so sure Dr. Mark... Your note wheel of harmonics is ingenious and amazing.
I still discretely get it out to "dial in" the key of a tune prior to playing some improve solos to find the base notes in triads to solo around for the particular mode I want to try. You should patent that wheel (don't change the materials... love it that you did this on beer coasters) and sell it at Disney (or some high volume site). BTW... will be at Orlando's Disney World in mid-September and will be looking for it at some of the music stores in Disney Springs! Yes!
@GeorgeB said in Blues Band with Horns:
@Dr-GO
Definitely sounds like more than two trumpets. Great work , Doc.
I find writing the trumpet part up and octave and keeping the tenor part in the lower range really fills out a spectrum sounding out more harmonics. Some harmonies really help that are off the "traditional harmonics" like letting the ear hear the 5th so adding another harmonic to compliment that natural overtone.
@Dr-Mark said in A little humour:
@Niner
Here's one that will bring a global groan.
Why do people say "if you want to get warm, go stand in a corner"?
Because corners are always 90 degrees.
Ah... you can get skewed on some New York City street corners, while others in the Big Apple are just down right obtuse.
@Dr-Mark said in Never let the bass player pick the tunes:
@Dr-GO
What! I have to transpose the Bb in measure 6 to a C?
I need a capo.
Yes sir. I ALWAYS play from the piano score! Overall it's easier for the entire ensemble when multiple people call out tunes from multiple sources.
