Posts made by Kehaulani

@Curlydoc said in Taps Across America:

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Sheet music?

That's a rather cryptic response, Curly. You need sheet music to play Taps?

@Dr-Mark said in Attracting members who are interested in things musical/trumpet:

@Kehaulani said in Attracting members who are interested in things musical/trumpet:

surprisingly stating that he (Stravinsky) does not include emotion or other extraneous stuff in his music.

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Stravinsky’s ballet score is an epochal landmark in music. Its French and Russian (Vesna svyashchennaya) titles translate literally as The Coronation Of Spring. Its English title, The Rite Of Spring, lends a suitably chilling dimension, for the scenario is a pagan ritual in which a sacrificial virgin dances herself to death. The work is subtitled Pictures From Pagan Russia.

The idea for the work came to Stravinsky in 1910 when he was composing The Firebird for the impresario Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes. The composer put the project to one side for a year while writing Petrushka, his second successful score for Diaghilev, before immersing himself in The Rite in the summer of 1911. The archaeologist and folklorist Nikolai Roerich was an integral part of the creative process, providing Stravinsky with drawings from scenes of historical rites.
Like I said, thank you much for your help but I think we orbit in different areas. One no better than the other. Just different. I highlighted the areas where imagery and emotion are involved.

Are we in parallel universes, Dr. Mark? There's not one thing in your post with which I disagree.

@ROWUK said in New Player has entered the Game:
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He's right about Germany. And he's a pro with a lot of teaching experience. For you, this is a big opportunity. I wouldn't let it slip through my fingers.

Isn't that a Scandinavian band based on the British Brass Band model? At any rate, they must be out there it's just in my experience, I've never seen one, so I would assume that's not typical.

@adc said in New Player has entered the Game:
Welcome. Maybe consider a Cornet. They are easier to play and I believe more popular in Europe.

I can only speak for Germany, first hand, but in 20 years there and in various ensembles, I have never seen a cornet.

That I know in Germany is from first hand experience and by peripheral contact, I don't remember seeing them in any of the other Scandinavian and Middle European countries I worked in. The British Isles is the exception.

@Dirk020 said in New Player has entered the Game:
Buy a trumpet with a yellow brass bell, gold brass bells seems to sound nicer but they lack of projection.

I don't know why you would say this. I'm not sure of this advice.

Wherever you live, buy a second hand Getzen Capri and you will have an instrument for years if not for the rest of your life: Superb valves, sturdy construction, fat brassy sound with excellent projection

I have a friend who has played first in a community band, who has played his Capri for as long as I have known him (30+ years) and he has no reason to change horns. IMO, Capris are much better than their cost would imply.

@J-Jericho said in Do You Prefer Classical, Jazz, Rock or Other?:

@Kehaulani said in Do You Prefer Classical, Jazz, Rock or Other?:

I have a guilty pleasure - disco. Maybe it just comes from playing so much, but it's fun to play.

Thanks for reminding me! I'd place Disco between Blues and Classical... or maybe between Classical and Marches... or maybe between Marches and New Age... or.... Never mind; it's in there somewhere.

It's everywhere.

I have a guilty pleasure - disco. Maybe it just comes from playing so much, but it's fun to play.

@administrator said in New Player has entered the Game:
I'm drawing a blank, please add more.

Chuck Levin's Washington Music
Wichita Band Instrument

The recommendations may depend on where you are. What country are you in?

No surprises there, George, thanks.

@GeorgeB said in Do You Prefer Classical, Jazz, Rock or Other?:
I try to like today's music but it's really hard.

LOL. I watched a national high school graduation ceremony on T.V. the other day and it was scattered with musical performances, all pop, and I frankly thought most sucked. And it wasn't because of musical genres but basics like intonation.

George, since you're so old , who are some of the Trad/Dixie players/bands that you enjoy? Thanks.

BTW, a player whom I really enjoy who might be close, age-wise, to you is Benny Bailey. Not Trad, I don't mean that, but he seems to me to be somewhat of a hybrid player, swing, bop and modern. Very interesting player. He's not a household name, probably to a large extent, because he lived and worked in Europe and the Netherlands, in particular.

This is a joke, right?

First, who cares what happens to a bunch of rats? And, even so, they probably went out in better condition than they came in to this project.

Ref. In A Gadda Da Vida, it has a great guitar hook that got everybody's attention. Since the general public are musical meatheads, that's what probably stuck in their minds.

Regarding the performance itself, intonation is terrible. But then, after getting stoned out of your head, even the Stones would sound good.

I have it and I have used it. IMO it shouldn't be eclipsed by Arban. Whatever. I have used it just because it's not Arban, Williams etc. That's not to diss Arban, just to say that St. Jacome is a nice respite.

@administrator said in Woodworking?:
Anybody here like woodworking? I just bought myself a bunch of tools to get started in woodworking, including a CNC router.

I can make a fire.

@Curlydoc said in What are you listening to?:

Kind of Blue, legacy album. Amazing!

Curly, what makes it different from the original, the sound?

I heard/saw Bernstein's Mass today on PBS with Marin Alsop conducting, the NY Phil and a host of others. Thank God we've got something supporting the Arts in America.

I really could've used other production values, but it was at Ravinia and the cast was from there also, so you make do with what you've got. Nevertheless, it was world class and the Celebrant was outstanding, not to mention Bernstein's creativity.

This is Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot playing the Celebrant and singing Leonard Bernstein’s “A Simple Song from the Mass.”

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/paulo-szot-sings-simple-song-vy76c0/11425/

Why do I have one blue bar on top saying Trumpetboards, followed with a bunch of icons, and then a second blue bar under it that says, "Home/Announcements/To log out"?

*note-the second bar is not permanently affixed to the title page but each forum's page. It disappears when you scroll down.