General Discussion

@klegdixal @paul_ipv6 Figured you might have… I’ve heard it too now, and I like the drone with extensions; might be tempted myself.

Ooooof. Busy week getting ready to start #gradschool and getting set up for my TA gig as a music library assistant. Back to my roots from the beginning of my career when I spent 4-5 years prepping, distributing, collecting, fixing, and filing sheet music. #conducting lessons are going well so far, about 10 days till I get myself in front of the #uvic wind symphony.

@mattpedals @kcposch Thanks for this. A beautiful text. So many parallels between riding a bike and playing an instrument. (A musician is both person and instrument, for instance). Much food for reflection here.

@carliermusic A weather-torn, venerable Sympetrum.

I have been fascinated my orchestral scores from a pretty young age and I’m astounded that they still exist. It’s our century’s classic music and it’s beyond reproach. John Williams is our Mozart. #Music #Orchestra #Cinemahttps://youtu.be/s7w-IeNR9ko

This gentleman played alt saxophone in Limhamn, Sweden: 'Fly me to the moon, Take five, and more.Gave me some tips on how to service my own sax.#saxophone #sax

Paul Mansell: “Baritone ukulele books now available”https://youtu.be/u2zW4EKBTEs#Ukukele #Baritone

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I now have a sousaphone. What i got done today was some good practice of open fingerings, a few different tones quite a bit of work to not only physically hold it but it play it #tuba

Any brass players here on mastodon ever tried the Thomann trumpets and/or trombones?I’m looking to upgrade my horns from the plastic ones I own to some brass ones, but I don't want to get something that's gonna go poof on me within the first month or so of owning them.The Thomann horns are cheap chinese made things, and I've had some pretty bad experiences with that kind of stuff in the past.#brastodon #trombone #trumpet

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

@Turq In the pic, I think its a pocket trumpet if not mistaken... I'd never met one, but having been reading about different instruments!I play both trumpet and cornet, though I am open to learning more wind instrumentsHappy to hear that you are involving with Bands!I am trying to build one. Its called the Green Brass Band, its also on Mastodon as @greenBand I would like to hear your thoughts on this:What advice would you give someone trying to start and grow a brass band from scratch?

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