Posts made by Vulgano Brother

@GeorgeB said in Fast Tempo and old farts:

@fels
Thanks for the advice. It's the traditional type of march so probably 120+ but any march gives me trouble. I'm playing 1st, along with two others, and there are 3 playing 2nd/or 3rd.
I find the two bar intro tricky on the arrangement ( key of G ) we are using. First bar descending goes : G natural, F sharp, E natural, E flat, D natural, C Sharp, C natural, B natural.

The first run is almost, but not quite chromatic. Could this be adding to your problems?

It might be your fingers. Doing patterns slowly enough that we can play them perfectly builds muscle memory, and lets us "play" faster than we can read.

But only if the fingers cooperate.

I learned Zen practice from my shampoo.

"Lather, rinse, repeat."

@barliman2001 said in A little humour:

In Bavaria, unwary tourists can fall prey to the Wolperdinger, a vicious flesh-eating hare with a roebuck's horns.

I took lessons until I was good enough to teach myself.

This year I'm watching the family friendly fireworks in the Park at 9:00pm.

Best New Year's gig ever was playing two Bach cantatas--one before midnight, the other after.

For those interested in Benade and his work here is a fun site:

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/marl/Benade/

I must confess, that when I studied acoustics Fundamentals of Musical
Acoustics was in its first edition.

There will always be those that do it better. Only one can be the first.

We have D, half round, round, ovate and pretty much whatever shaped tuning slides, each promising (and delivering) something different.

Do fluid dynamics play any role?

Sorry, as much as I love Getzen, their high horns aren't the best I've played.

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@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

I know of this one VERY WELL

Hearkens back to a time when Doctors made house-calls and mouthpiece buzzed in their carriage underway.

The origin of the siren.

First we had a global moderator, now we have a globaler Moderator.

Congrats!

The Selmer G trumpets are way better in tune than the Bb/A Selmers. Meinl/Lauber makes an excellent Scherzer Bb/A knock off.

@administrator said in Louis Dowdeswell:

Nice playing. I still can't wrap my mind around why anybody would voluntarily listen to "Gonna Fly Now." I really dislike that song.

I spent a weekend with the Drum Major's girlfriend and the movie sound track to Rocky. Brings back very pleasant memories.

Looks about time for you to learn piccolo trumpet. Come by, bring beer and your script pad and I'll give you a lesson.

Two flies are sitting on a dogpile. One of the flies farts and the other one says,"Knock it off, man, can't you see I'm trying to eat!"

@Kehaulani said in Not really a "mouthpiece safari" but the need for a "saving grace" type of mouthpiece...:

To use an analogy though, you can get from New Hampshire to California in a BMW or a Volkswagen Beetle. It just depends on how you want to travel.

If there is snow on the passes I'll take the VW!