General Discussion

First proper teaching day of the season was a fun one! Two chamber music lessons, one with a recorder student and her pianist friend, the other with recorder and harpsichord. Both lessons went over time because the teacher got so enthousiastic, ahem. The other lessons went well, too. And I managed to practise both singing (Mahler, Wie had das liedlein erdacht?, much too difficult but good practise) and dulcian between students. Plan for this winter is to mostly focus on singing but rotate the reed instruments so that I’m always working on one of them. #recorder #bassoon #music #singing

And now, it‘s time to get some practice done… #trumpet #music

Yamaha makes gorgeous Baroton SaxophonesYBS-82 factory demohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTNsHgMK-I #Yamaha #Baritone #Sax #YBS #saxophone

Yamaha makes gorgeous Baroton SaxophonesYBS-82 custom demohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJOMnNGhJII#Yamaha #Baritone #Sax #YBS #saxophone

Today went extremely fine as we taught our players about how to place a trumpet on the lips!We also taught them how trumpets are carriedFingers crossed that the talent grows with time! We shall have the first Green Brass Band in Uganda!#music #solfa #greenBrassBand #update #trumpet #brasstodon

I was at the Rockshop/KBB music this morning and noticed that a Bach Strad model 37 #trumpet now retails at NZ$7300. So relieved that I bought mine second hand several years ago. My kids may benefit from the heirloom, and maybe it should attract capital gains tax. #music

Do we have some #brassMusic teachers here...? especially trumpet, side drums and tenor drumsWould like to connect#music #communityVibes 2/3

Every day I‘ll play my bassoon and will ask this …#dada #Film #Soul #Music #bassoon #Muppet #Puppet

Maybe having a mastodon account could help the Green Brass Band that failed months ago to Succeed i.e. easing connections to musicians, who knows Please follow @greenBand for this #followFriday #music #greenBand

»Jacob Collier Improvises the National Symphony Orchestra (Live from the Kennedy Center)« https://yewtu.be/watch?v=TURkB9zqxa0 (https://youtu.be/TURkB9zqxa0) #JacobCollier #Music #Orchestra

@Isabel626 I would kind of love to see the Aztec whistle gain use as an ice warning device. Sadly, in the U.S., DHS is trying to criminalize the use of whistles. I wish I were kidding.

@rye Glad you're enjoying it! Tenor is my favorite, but bari is a lot of fun. If you have trouble with the lower register on some horns and not others, they may just need a visit to the shop, fix some minor leaks.

#nicolabras makes some of the most inspiring instruments out of whatevs. #flute #wind #musichttps://youtube.com/shorts/CCEx6p93t-Y

Prime Brass welcomes expressions of interest from experienced players who may like to join our dep list. We are a ten-piece brass plus percussion ensemble, performing cross-genre gigs and recordings, who rehearse on the outskirts of Cambridge. Weekly rehearsals with paid gigs.Please contact our band manager, Paul, on info@primebrass.co.uk#brassensemble #brassdectet #cambridge #livemusic #primebrass #trumpet #frenchhorn #trombone #tuba #percussion

In a few places, my account name is "dumbclarinetist".It's a reference to my music school classmate's (affectionate) catchphrase.It referred more to my classmate whom she dated at the time, but she always used it in plural when we both were around.She was the only person in the class who truly understood how to write orchestral parts for woodwinds even though she was a percussion player, so she has a right to say such things.Besides, I'm actually not very smart, so it's not like she was wrong to say that...#music #clarinet #woodwind

Ah... ok... hm. Maybe Trump sat in front of the Trombones one too many times? https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/donald-trump-tariffs-brass-instruments/

@brian I started playing at 42, it's never too late!

Do you happen to know, by any rare chance, any resource where I can check which dynamics are the most/less comfortable for each instrument? Like, I don't know, FF with harps is anything but comfortable, but I cannot find any resource (link, book, whatever) where it's stated.#orchestra #orchestral #dynamics #classicalmusic

https://www.dundasconcertband.com/2026/08/02/august-4th-final-dcb-concert-in-the-park/

@fubsepude I'm trombone player, on mastodon since years.... Have a look on my bands: https://souslepont.org/raphaelAndre/ ... Courage pour te remettre à jouer, ça peut prendre du temps avant retrouver son niveau, mais quelle source de joie!!!