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Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 2:39 pm
by roweenie
I'll be damned if I know

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:38 pm
by Three Valves

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:19 pm
by Heavy_Metal
bloke wrote:.....why do you play that old thing with all the better options available, particularly with those big BBb's that are now on the market...??
Because Alexander!

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 1:29 pm
by iiipopes
Man has pondered this question for thousands of years, quaffing millions of beverages while pondering.

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 2:02 pm
by Bowerybum
What Are We Doing Here?

Who cares?

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 3:58 pm
by Donn
... not playing the tuba.

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 2:34 am
by Bob Kolada
bloke wrote:I deserve the Noid Awoid...
I (actually) just now practiced (yep...me...bloke) for an hour. :shock:
oh...and not "Bordogni #3" sandbagging. I'm actually (yes really) somewhat tired.

bloke "who - when ~true~ practicing occurs - actually digs in,works on things that are not currently quite within reach"
2. repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.

Please do not attempt to summon the Noid without considering the consequences!!

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:37 am
by windshieldbug
bloke wrote:In a fight-to-the-death between the Noid and the Tubah Goddddh, who would win?

Why would "who" win? They're not even in the question! :P

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 5:17 pm
by windshieldbug
the elephant wrote:
windshieldbug wrote:
bloke wrote:In a fight-to-the-death between the Noid and the Tubah Goddddh, who would win?

Why would "who" win? They're not even in the question! :P
We don’t even have a first bassman. Who’s on Principal?

8)

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:54 pm
by MaryAnn
Well I'm killing time reading what tuba players I've never met but am still strangely fond of, have to blather about.

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:34 pm
by windshieldbug
I often wonder the inverse; What Aren’t We Doing Here?...

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:38 pm
by Mark
the elephant wrote:Right now I am doing a lot of very rubato practice of my Kopprasch and Tyrell technical studies. They are *much* more musical when you ditch the metronome and just allow your technique to dictate time for you. And I am getting a World Class Sound™ right now, too, which is always amazing.
Are you playing them three octaves down, where they should have been written?

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:12 pm
by Mark
the elephant wrote:Four. I am a real man, doncha know.
Wow, you are ten times the tuba player I am.

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:14 pm
by Mark
the elephant wrote:I say his tempo markings are good, but not enough. I want more. I play all these at Q = 208. If the unit of beat is not a Q then I do all the math needed to make that etude Q = 208. I am about to buy a metronome kit that will allow me to build a metronome with infinite tempo. It uses an Infinite Probability Drive. Once my tempo is set, I can play all etudes on all horns nearly simultaneously. I will never know where I am going or even what species I will be when I get there. Metronomes that only go to 208 are too limiting. And I am ten times the tuba player of anyone, ever.
Here is your problem. You should never play these with a metronome. Using a metronome is non-musical. You are not, after all, ten times the player that I am.

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:31 pm
by pwhitaker
First cousin of the Tallest Pygmy?

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:35 pm
by Mark
the elephant wrote:I am ten times more sorry than you are. You cannot out-sorry me. I will not be out-sorried.

I am so sorry that you are sorrier than I am sorry. Please accept my apology for being less sorry that you are sorry.

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:42 pm
by Mark
the elephant wrote:
Mark wrote:
the elephant wrote:I am ten times more sorry than you are. You cannot out-sorry me. I will not be out-sorried.

I am so sorry that you are sorrier than I am sorry. Please accept my apology for being less sorry that you are sorry.
What are we doing here?
Having some mindless fun?

Re: What Are We Doing Here?

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:27 pm
by Three Valves
the elephant wrote:I am ten times more sorry than you are. You cannot out-sorry me. I will not be out-sorried.


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