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Re: Etudes, why?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:15 am
by Dylan King
tubaboy2005 wrote:I don't understand why my private teacher makes me play etudes. they are totally worthless from what I can see. why play them when I can play the John Williams real fast.
Why play the John Williams when I can play etudes real slow.
-MSM
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:10 am
by ufoneum
right...
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:35 am
by Dean
Clearly a joke topic.
I made a vote anyway, but I doubt this thread should be taken seriously
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:46 am
by tubeast
Well, just check out tubaboy´s other posts and you´ll figure out the idea behind them. They all follow these lines.
Actually, why practise at all ? Practice is for people with small d**ks. Just go and perform public sightreading like a real man / woman.
Then again, I like small ducks. When grilled, they are more tender and taste better than the old, grown-up ones.
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:26 am
by Lew
You are too good to bother with a teacher, private or otherwise. Stop doing those etudes and stop wasting your money on a teacher.
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:54 am
by TubaRay
Lew wrote:You are too good to bother with a teacher, private or otherwise. Stop doing those etudes and stop wasting your money on a teacher.
LOL & Amen!
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:24 pm
by windshieldbug
Well, as the bass trombonist(and university professor) I sat next to used to say, "Practicing show a lack of self-confidence!"
(we all did anyway, including him!)
Re: Etudes, why?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:11 pm
by TexTuba
tubaboy2005 wrote:I don't understand why my private teacher makes me play etudes. they are totally worthless from what I can see. why play them when I can play the John Williams real fast.
Boy! We have so many "gifted" musicians in Texas! He gets added to the list of "special" tuba players on this board.
Ralph
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:28 pm
by windshieldbug
Etudes are just "Sebute" spelled forwards...
Foist inversion
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:51 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
windshieldbug wrote:Etudes are just "Sebute" spelled forwards...
... or "sepnt3" upside down ...
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:16 pm
by Anterux
Ilovemesometuba wrote:funniest.
post.
ever.
Indeed. It is!
Have a stab at it?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:46 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
windshieldbug wrote:Well, as the bass trombonist(and university professor) I sat next to used to say, "Practicing show a lack of self-confidence!"
(we all did anyway, including him!)
"Etude, Brute?"
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:57 am
by Alex F
Shrimp etudefe anyone
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:07 am
by Chuck(G)
Etude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:07 am
by windshieldbug
Main Entry: étude
Pronunciation: 'A-"tüd, -"tyüd
Function: noun
Etymology: French, literally, study, from Middle French estude, estudie, from Old French -- more at STUDY
2 : a composition built on a technical motive but played for its artistic value
Now why would anyone play something just for its artistic value?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:34 pm
by windshieldbug
... or, as they say, 'TUDES!
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:43 pm
by tubathig
Yet another future freshman flunk out. You have no idea. Start posting topics when you are actually old enough to drink like a tuba player, and by then maybe you will realize that the stuff your teacher has you do is for a reason
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:59 pm
by scottw
Aw, we ought to leave him alone: he has the world by the b*lls for a couple years until he tries to make it in college (with a "world-class sound" can he miss?). Let him live in bliss. Reminds me of a favorite quotation:
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise".
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:13 pm
by windshieldbug
... besides, the Vaughan Williams IS pretty easy if you have a marching band backing you up! ...
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:15 pm
by Leland
(maybe the only serious post so far) --
Who said that etudes had to be slow?