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OldsRecording
5 valves
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by OldsRecording Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:46 pm
There's something I need to get off my chest to you all.
I am a closet trombonist.
I majored in trombone during my (not too sucessful) stint in college, and haven't touched it much since. My wife is the chairperson for our local summer concert series, and one of her duties is to book bands. One of the groups that sent us an info packet was a group called The Jazzbones, which consists, ironically enough, of five trombones and rhythm. The guy who runs the band invited me to sit in on a sightreading session of stuff for ten trombones and rhythm, so last week I dug my 1921 Conn out of the closet, dusted off the old Bordogni book, and made a pretty good attempt at getting my chops back. Last night was the session, and I must say, I had an amazing time. I did feel a bit inferior (especially on some of the charts that were in tenor clef), but I held my own, and I had forgotten how much I missed ensemble playing.
bardus est ut bardus probo,Bill Souder
lgb&dtuba
4 valves
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by lgb&dtuba Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:52 pm
Hello, my name is Jim and I play trombone .
Sounds like it was a lot of fun. No need to hide in the closet.
Jeffrey Hicks
3 valves
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by Jeffrey Hicks Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:44 pm
If you had said saxophone I may have organized the villagers to get out their pitchforks and torches.
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Kevin Hendrick
6 valves
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by Kevin Hendrick Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:34 am
Jeffrey Hicks wrote: If you had said saxophone I may have organized the villagers to get out their pitchforks and
torches .
Now, now -- no need to resort to
violins !
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -- Pogo (via Walt Kelly)
windshieldbug
Once got the "hand" as a cue
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by windshieldbug Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:58 am
Who can play trombone in a closet!? I mean, you have to have more room just for the slide!!
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
OldsRecording
5 valves
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by OldsRecording Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:15 pm
windshieldbug wrote: Who can play trombone in a closet!? I mean, you have to have more room just for the slide!!
So THAT'S why it wouldn't work...
bardus est ut bardus probo,Bill Souder
Doug@GT
4 valves
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by Doug@GT Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:45 pm
windshieldbug wrote: Who can play trombone in a closet!? I mean, you have to have more room just for the slide!!
It's a valve trombone.
"It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged."
iiipopes
Utility Infielder
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by iiipopes Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:42 pm
Or a long, long narrow closet!
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Kevin Hendrick
6 valves
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by Kevin Hendrick Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:51 am
bloke wrote: Greg wrote: What's the definition of a gentleman?******** but chooses not to .
along with avoiding coarse language and also avoiding ending sentences with prepositions...
"A preposition is invariably (and inescapably) the worst of all possible words to end a sentence with."
-- (widely, if not accurately, attributed to Anomalous
)
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -- Pogo (via Walt Kelly)
TMurphy
4 valves
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by TMurphy Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:06 am
Kevin Hendrick wrote: bloke wrote: Greg wrote: What's the definition of a gentleman?******** but chooses not to .
along with avoiding coarse language and also avoiding ending sentences with prepositions...
"A preposition is invariably (and inescapably) the worst of all possible words to end a sentence with."
-- (widely, if not accurately, attributed to Anomalous
)
Often (mis?)credited to Winston Churchill on the same subject:
"That is a rule up with which I will not put."
windshieldbug
Once got the "hand" as a cue
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by windshieldbug Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:55 am
Jeffrey Hicks wrote:
"Me... and my, trombone... "
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
Easty621
bugler
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by Easty621 Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:30 pm
Whew, I thought you might say viola!
windshieldbug
Once got the "hand" as a cue
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by windshieldbug Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:41 pm
Hey, there are
some standards here...
(besides, the villagers have to be burning SOMETHING... )
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
Dylan King
YouTube Tubist
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by Dylan King Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:37 pm
1989...
Hey! Back when I played trombone regularly, I would never admit to my friends that I was REALLY a tubist. Trombone just seemed to get more attention from the ladies. And how cool is it to have your name engraved on your horn? As a brand name!
PS: Yes, that is a
Batman pin on my lapel. My mother was an executive at Warner Bros. at the time, and the movie was about to break big. I was such a show-off!
Dylan King
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by Dylan King Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:29 pm
schlepporello wrote: Dylan King wrote: PS: Yes, that is a Batman pin on my lapel.
OK, I just gotta ask.
Do you still have the pin?
This could be VERY desireable in certain circles.
Nope. I lost it.
If one could somehow fasten this thing onto their overcoat...
OldsRecording
5 valves
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by OldsRecording Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:25 pm
bardus est ut bardus probo,Bill Souder
OldsRecording
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by OldsRecording Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:00 pm
Greg wrote:
At least it has a bracket for a parade lyre. That's convenient.
Well, thank God for THAT! Otherwise it would be REALLY awkward to march with...
bardus est ut bardus probo,Bill Souder
windshieldbug
Once got the "hand" as a cue
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by windshieldbug Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:02 pm
OldsRecording wrote: Greg wrote:
At least it has a bracket for a parade lyre. That's convenient.
Well, thank God for THAT! Otherwise it would be REALLY awkward to march with...
Oh, you don't march with it... you mount the parade ON it!
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
Dylan King
YouTube Tubist
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by Dylan King Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:16 pm
This is quickly becoming a parade-charade.
I am a closet trombonist. 
I majored in trombone during my (not too sucessful) stint in college, and haven't touched it much since. My wife is the chairperson for our local summer concert series, and one of her duties is to book bands. One of the groups that sent us an info packet was a group called The Jazzbones, which consists, ironically enough, of five trombones and rhythm. The guy who runs the band invited me to sit in on a sightreading session of stuff for ten trombones and rhythm, so last week I dug my 1921 Conn out of the closet, dusted off the old Bordogni book, and made a pretty good attempt at getting my chops back. Last night was the session, and I must say, I had an amazing time. I did feel a bit inferior (especially on some of the charts that were in tenor clef), but I held my own, and I had forgotten how much I missed ensemble playing.
