Tuba Haiku
- Alex C
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Tuba Haiku
From yesterday's practice:
Air is expended
I long to sing the whole phrase,
But I never will.
Air is expended
I long to sing the whole phrase,
But I never will.
City Intonation Inspector - Dallas Texas
"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
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Ferguson
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Re: Tuba Haiku
Patient seeks doctor
"I eat Spam daily", he says
Angioplasty
"I eat Spam daily", he says
Angioplasty
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peter birch
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Re: Tuba Haiku
great big brass beauty
looks and sounds like a goddess
shatters the silence
looks and sounds like a goddess
shatters the silence
courtois 181 EEb
PT24+
PT24+
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Re: Tuba Haiku
The great brass funnel
The beer sits on the table
Put them together
The beer sits on the table
Put them together
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- SplatterTone
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Re: Tuba Haiku
Bad accordion
Annoyed polka tuba man
The squeezebox is dead
Annoyed polka tuba man
The squeezebox is dead
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- tubbba
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Re: Tuba Haiku
Tuba haiku is
not something I care to read
on TubeNet, thank you.
not something I care to read
on TubeNet, thank you.
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tbn.al
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Re: Tuba Haiku
TooBah
or not TooBah
that is the question.
Arghhh.
or not TooBah
that is the question.
Arghhh.
I am fortunate to have a great job that feeds my family well, but music feeds my soul.
- Dylan King
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Re: Tuba Haiku
Ring in my Tuba
Found something inside of it
That wasn't just spit
Found something inside of it
That wasn't just spit
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- GC
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Re: Tuba Haiku
my tuba NEVER
goes OOM pah OOM pah OOM pah
bite me, you igno
goes OOM pah OOM pah OOM pah
bite me, you igno
Last edited by GC on Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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- Kevin Hendrick
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Re: Tuba Haiku
Beer and brats -- how nice!
Rotors chop the larger bits,
Pass the small ones through.
Rotors chop the larger bits,
Pass the small ones through.
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David Zerkel
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Re: Tuba Haiku
So much potential,
The tuba has to dazzle.
Don't play like a pig.
The tuba has to dazzle.
Don't play like a pig.
David Zerkel
Professor of Tuba and Euphonium
University of Michigan
dzerkel@umich.edu" target="_blank
Professor of Tuba and Euphonium
University of Michigan
dzerkel@umich.edu" target="_blank
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Re: Tuba Haiku
Enterprise Vulcan
Playing with Conn 20J
Fascinating!
Playing with Conn 20J
Fascinating!
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big_blue_tubist
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Re: Tuba Haiku
I think this is why Mr. Zerkel is the professional...David Zerkel wrote:So much potential,
The tuba has to dazzle.
Don't play like a pig.
Franken-King 1241
Giddings Taku
Giddings Taku
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ScottM
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Re: Tuba Haiku
Not a Haiku but....
If it's music
that you crave
play the tuba
Burma Shave
ScottM
If it's music
that you crave
play the tuba
Burma Shave
ScottM
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toobaa
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Re: Tuba Haiku
Tuba decisions:
Bb, C, Eb, and F.
What am i to do?
Bb, C, Eb, and F.
What am i to do?