Mama dont want no Tuba playin in here!!!!!!

[corbasse]

I like to play here so I can hear myself.

[Tom Mason]

The last option also means "all the above" in my house.

Tom Mason

[Joe Baker]

I say the bigger the room, the better -- so for me it's the band hall. I'd RATHER have my own home tuba studio, BIGGER than the band hall, but....

In practice, I usually have to go to the basement. Mama don't mind me PLAYIN' anywhere I want so much; but I can't leave a music stand out with music on it, and a tuba next to it, anywhere else in the house (in fairness, there really isn't room anywhere else).
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Joe Baker, who is thinking ahead to the next house, planning to look for a place with a room over the garage.

[TexTuba]

I like to practice in either our band hall or recital hall. IF I have to I'll practice at home but it's very rare.




Ralph

[Rick Denney]

In the living room. I moved out into the country partly so that I could play tuba in the living room I'm paying dearly to own, and not have self-absorbed neighbors (or are they music lovers?) accusing me of intruding on their personal peace.

Rick "who makes the house payment" Denney

[MaryAnn]

That is one of my more favorite old tunes....

But. I IS the "Mama," the house is MINE, AND I am the TUBA PLAYER.

So I play where I want, when I want, and how I want.

Life is good.

MA

[dopey]

but we don' care wha' Momma don' 'low. We're gonna do it anyhow....

ya just curious, what is the name of that piece and where might one find it? dumb question i know, but I remember lookin a while back for it without success....

[Chuck(G)]

Since my wife and I both play, we've converted the "family room" to a music room--there's an audio system there, but no TV, hardwood floor and vaulted ceiling. It's where my quintet rehearses. Like Rick, I'm outside of city limits with neighbors a good distance away, so I can practice at midnight if I want to.

[Joe Baker]

Reminds me of the Texan who went to Harvard. He asked a fellow "where's the library at". "My good man, you are at Harvard. Here, it is considered incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition". So the Texan shrugs and says, "Ok. Where's the library at, you smart-alecky Yankee SOB!"
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Joe Baker, who cleaned it up a little from its original form....

[ThomasDodd]

I like to play right here in Dixie - jes' like you - so I can say "at" at the end of "Where do you like to play __?" :P :lol:

That reminds me. Given this sentence "I'm marching a parade in Jackson on Saturday"

When did the bold word become acceptable? I remember being taught not to use it there, but see it in new article and here it in news reports all the time now.

[Chuck(G)]

That reminds me. Given this sentence "I'm marching a parade in Jackson on Saturday"

When did the bold word become acceptable? I remember being taught not to use it there, but see it in new article and here it in news reports all the time now.

Since the Norman Invation? The 1913 Webster's lists the usage under #7. There's no specific rule for the placement of the prepositional phrase as far as I know.

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=on

[ThomasDodd]

That reminds me. Given this sentence "I'm marching a parade in Jackson on Saturday"

When did the bold word become acceptable? I remember being taught not to use it there, but see it in new article and here it in news reports all the time now.

Since the Norman Invation? :) The 1913 Webster's lists the usage under #7. There's no specific rule for the placement of the prepositional phrase as far as I know.

Strange. I was learned:
"On Saturday I wil march" OK,
"I will march Saturday" OK
"I will march on Saturday" BAD


Kinda like using "ain't". Yes it's in the dictionary, with usage, but not "proper". I noticed the 1913 Websters link tags it [Colloq. or llliterate speech] but the curent websters site doesn't, saying it has become acceptable.

[Chuck(G)]

Strange. I was learned:
"On Saturday I wil march" OK,
"I will march Saturday" OK
"I will march on Saturday" BAD


Kinda like using "ain't". Yes it's in the dictionary, with usage, but not "proper". I noticed the 1913 Websters link tags it [Colloq. or llliterate speech] but the curent websters site doesn't, saying it has become acceptable.

There are problems with the adverbial noun form that are difficult to remedy without resorting to altering word order. For example, it leads to confusion when the adverbial noun can be mistaken for a direct object. "I'll be playing Friday (in a production of Robinson Crusoe)".

I think the "good-bad" usage is one of those silly Latin-classicisms, somewhat like not ending a sentence with a preoposition. OED reports usage in the sense of time (see no. 6 under "on") dating from 893 and the usage "Yee spend me soth on a fridai..."dates from about 1500. But OED, as you know, merely records usage; it doesn't pass judgement.

[Chuck(G)]

It should read, "On Saturday, I will march."

How about "On Saturday, I will march on Georgia"?

Or should that be "I will march on Georgia Saturday"?

Hmmm....

I never knew a Georgia Saturday, just a Georgia Pietsch...

[tubatooter1940]

Have to agree with Bloke about The Dukes of Dixieland.
We have a brick house on a roomy lot.I built a new barn/carport and took the old inside work shop for my music room.I was going to improve the acoustics of the room by carpeting it to reduce the echo.However I found that practicing tuba where the sound is so "live"the horn does not sound it's best-keeps me striving for better tone quality and has helped my playing.We'll save that carpet money!
Dennis Gray

[Lew]

I couldn't answer because you didn't have an option of my practice room. I have made sure to have a room set up to be my tuba/instrument practice and display/storage room in my last few houses. That's where I like to play.