Posts made by Dr GO

@OldSchoolEuph said in Vernacular (of range):

@Vulgano-Brother said in Vernacular (of range):

@Dr-GO, in contemporary German brass-lingo we called a double high C a "C5," (B4 concert pitch) and the pedal C a "C1."

I have trouble looking at anything other than what I am hearing...That 1 step offset from what I am hearing just makes me crazy.

I have this problem with playing a C trumpet. Is it just me or does anyone else have this trumpet dyslexia where I just cannot play a C trumpet for the life of me as the fingerings are just not matching with what my ears wants to hear.

@Kehaulani said in New Player has entered the Game - Part 2:

You might benefit from the Berklee School of Music Theory Course. It's available in PDF form and download is free.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=berklee+music+theory+pdf&form=EDGTCT&qs=AS&cvid=fd05aaea2d8d4635aa5741e6f3a7a00f&refig=2cde4f0938b64a569e07ef1138bbef36&cc=US&setlang=en-US&plvar=0

That would apply pnly if you are playing trumpet and piano.

Like Joey DeFrancisco. Man for a person known as an organist, he plays a mean trumpet. I am getting more and more into his trumpet playing! He has a lot of Miles in his style!

@Kehaulani said in New Player has entered the Game - Part 2:

That's what most people would call Middle D, or D in the staff.

Low D = D below the staff
Middle D = D in the staff
High D = D above the staff (or D above High C)

Agreed. Once again, look to the relativity as to what lies ABOVE the staff.

@Kehaulani said in Vernacular (of range):

It has always been my theory that the Germans lost two world wars in part because they put their verbs at the end of their sentences. By the time it was for them to take action... it was too late!

I know you meant this as humorous, but I have a wife, two children and extended family members who are German and I don't think this is funny. I could be hypersenseive. But, FWIW.

No I actually think there is partial truth to this use of verbs. A delay in taking critical action is concerning. Albeit the war was lost due to many other reasons of which military strategy is the primary reason. So I edited the original to be more contextually factual.

@Bertie said in Vernacular (of range):

@Dr-GO said in Vernacular (of range):

I find it easier to understand German!

But I go still nuts when the german say, the play a C3 and for me (catalan) that's a C5

It has always been my theory that the Germans lost two world wars in part because they put their verbs at the end of their sentences. By the time it was for them to take action... it was too late!

@GeorgeB said in We Lost One of the Good Guys:

So sad. He was definitely one of the good ones.

Actually, there have been too many of the good ones leaving us recently. Wallace Roney, Claudio Roditi included.

I find taking my shoes off guarantees there will be social distancing!

@Kehaulani said in Vernacular (of range):

No offense intended, but I've answered this ad naseum. Be that as it may . .

I relate notes to the lowest playable note and then octaves of it. It follows this logical pattern:

then pray that anything comes out.

As long as it's not a hernia... at which point, the musician will need to schedule an appointment with me.

Isn't it just simpler to understand above the last note touching the staff is a high... and the next octave above that is double high... and so on.

I find it easier to understand German!

@Kehaulani said in We Lost One of the Good Guys:

@Dr-GO said in We Lost One of the Good Guys:

For those interested, another piece of info:
https://deaddeath.com/ryan-anthony-death-cause-of-death-ryan-anthony-obituary/

Is this Covid related? Very young!

In the article I linked, it said he had Multiple Myeloma.

Sadly MM does hit at this age range. So sad.

Never had a lay off in all the years I played post high school. So wouldn't know what that is like. The closest I ever came to layoffs is when I go on Disney Cruises as they will not let musical instruments on board. So in those situations I play on my mouthpiece (which Disney will let you bring on board) into a cloth towel.

Even when I was in the intensive care unit (as a patient) in July of 2014, I brought my pocket trumpet with the Yamaha silent mute into the room and played EVERY DAY. The nurses were very accommodating and understanding.

So I have gone every day since the 1970's without EVER missing a day.

@Kehaulani said in We Lost One of the Good Guys:

51, man that sucks!!

For those interested, another piece of info:
https://deaddeath.com/ryan-anthony-death-cause-of-death-ryan-anthony-obituary/

Is this Covid related? Very young!

@SSmith1226 said in The New Reality:

Who was that that left handed trumpet player?
Hint: It’s not the Lone Ranger.

That would be a Martin Committee Sir Paul is playing. Always thought he was a classy musician!

@SSmith1226 said in The New Reality:

@neal085 said in The New Reality:

Also, is that Fred Flintstone's car going past at the 5:08 mark?

You’re right! Here is a screen shot.

Yabba Dabba Doo!

@Kehaulani said in For those who remember gunshowtickets:

Yeah. I saw a case of child molestation. Made me physically sick.

Sadly, I see these cases in my office much too often. I report the all to Children's Protective Services.

Tmd is a physician. He is double boarded in internal medicine and emergency medicine. He also works in a university setting but more focused toward a clinical position. He is a gifted musician as well, multi-talented, and was honored as well by visiting him on several occasions, and once invited to sit in with his band at a club they play at regularly on the weekends.

Dr Mark has a doctorate in psychology. He also taught in a university setting, as well as statistics, and then retired as well. He is devoting much of his time now to music, teaching, performing and inventing accessories for the trumpet. He is a very brilliant man, as I have met him personally. He is also very troubled at this time and my heart goes out to him hoping he can find his way back.

@Kehaulani said in Dr. Mark, now A Former User:

I get Dr. Mark's and Dr. GO's backgrounds confused. Which is which, please.

(Also, if I'm not mistaking, tmd is also a physician, correct?)

I am a physician. Double boarded in internal medicine and pediatrics recently retired from an academic medicine position where I taught all 4 years of classes to medical students, served as a combined medicine-pediatrics residency director and as the founder and director of the adult Cystic Fibrosis program. I additionally taught evidence based medicine statistics and integrated jazz improvisation into the medical school curriculum to improve patient-physician communication. I also had an appointment at the School of Professional Psychology teaching their doctoral students on personality disorders and somatization disorders. I am now in private practice with a family medicine group making the big bucks!