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@dr-go I have your diagnosis can I get a prescription please?

Hope this isn't too political

@rapier232 said in On Line Theory:

@kehaulani said in On Line Theory:

Introducing Mr. Arban, Rapier,
(You can download copies for free. Just google.)

I’ve owned an Arban for 35 years or more. Not the theory I’m looking for.
100% agree. Context is everything. I started in a brass band too. Learning musical theory via this route was like learning social skills at an all-male school. Take exercise 45 which follows a cycle of fourths. This could be used to explain a whole lot a musical theory, but as a 12 year old it was “just” an exercise in grinding excruciatingly through all 12 keys. @Kehaulani if you were under the tutelage of a half decent private teacher, then you’d hope that a discussion on theory would accompany this exercise. Yes, at the time I noticed the way an exercise like 45 moved back to where it started, and enjoyed the harmonic patterns, but was never told, or thought to ask “why is it so?”. Maybe Arban was the problem rather than the solution (meaning that there are books that do present exercises in a theoretical context).

@rapier232 I haven’t used the site extensively, only the bits I could access for free. I went there looking for the ear training and found lots of other useful bits. To be honest, practising comping on piano is teaching me all that my ageing mind can handle at the moment.
Not sure if you like listening to podcasts, but I find The 10 minute Jazz Lesson podcast has lots of nourishing bits of theory too. The main thing is to just get on with exploring what’s out there and find what suits you.
A great tip that I heard a few weeks back is to limit the number of resources you choose to learn from - I think the maxim here is “if you focus on nothing, you will probably achieve it “

@ssmith1226 Epic! I also gave you the first "like" on YouTube

@rapier232 https://www.teoria.com/index.php
Teoria has a nice collection of resources. It's really important that you do the "prac" as well as the theory. I found that playing around with a keyboard is a great way to internalize how music "works". Working your way through the chord changes of great jazz standards, working out good voice leading, gives you an insight into how and why chords connect (and don't).

@ssmith1226 was never a real Devo-tj Steve. I did see them perform in Melbourne on 2012. They were supporting Simple Minds (an all time fave rock-gods). Tragically the sound was absolutely garbage for Devo and garbage but louder for Simple Minds.

@chelpres 100% agree. I have a number of horns, but generally gravitate back to one of two - either the Carol or a 1947 Olds Super which is probably my all-time fave.

@havetrumpet I've been a fan of Carol for a while. My brother bought a second hand early model Legend heavyweight whilst working in the region that I now have. I also have a Carol flugel and recently acquired a Bb mini pocket.
Valves on all three are excellent. I use Hetmans #1 on all.
The odd horn out in this picture is an el-cheapo pocket that I used to take when traveling which will be retired. The mini-pocket is an interesting critter. It plays pretty much like a full-sized trumpet although intonation below the staff is not great (and no, the bell on the Legend isn't bent, iPhone camera lenses are no substitute for the full sized thing)

Small double shot latte: Embodying Gender In An Intersectional Framework

@administrator said in My iPad Pro 12":

I like memorization. Show off !

I still get by on the smaller form factor iPad, but am in furious agreement on forScore and the AirTurn Ped.
@fels haven’t had the iPad hang up whilst using forScore (a few years use), but have watched fellow band members chase wind-blown paper charts on multiple occasions.
HNY to all.

Non-trumpet recording but WTH... One of my lockdown projects has been trying to gain some comping skills on piano. Reading two lines of music along with lyrics has been a challenge, but I finally managed to play and sing all the way through a short tune. The piano was a fun project, it was terminally unable to hold its tune and the tone was lousy, so it's had a heart transplant - a Korg B1.

@kehaulani love it! Especially their reading of Elvis Costello's Pump It Up

@administrator you know a band is really successful when it's tribute bands become an industry. We have two such acts in Australia - BABBA and Bjorn Again (great name!). The latter has become a franchise with several iterations touring in better times. Both put on a great show, sending up themselves and the wonderful silliness of tribute bands.

https://www.google.com/search?q=bjorn+again&rlz=1CDGOYI_enAU745AU745&oq=bjorn+ag&aqs=chrome.0.0i457j69i57j0l4.7839j0j4&hl=en-GB&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8