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Topic: Band and Orchestra night

It was the night when my daughter had the opportunity to try a bunch of instruments and pick which one she was wanted to play in band or orchestra next year.  She picked trombone.  She'll be the third generation trombonist!  My father and I both played.  I haven't played for years, but I'll pull out the mouthpiece and let her get started on building an ambeture.  And if she wants, I think I've still got my Carmine Caruso Calesthenics for Brass around here somewhere. 

Third generation trombonist.  Wasn't even any pressure.  I was trying to get her to do string bass so that I'd have a reason to go buy one. 

It's an hour past her bedtime, but she's still banging around in my office.  She's tried my fiddle, my autoharp, and a bass.  She was JAMMING on the bass.  I taught her the opening riff to a Magic Sam song I used to sing her for a lullaby and she really dug it.  She put it down saying, "Cool instrument.   But not as cool as trombone." 

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Re: Band and Orchestra night

Well holy crap look at that.  She put the fiddle away in the case and the autoharp back on the shelf where it belongs.  And both basses are on the racks where they're supposed to be.  Only thing where it doesn't belong is the tuner, and I'm the one who used that last. 

This girl never puts anything away. 

I'll be darned.

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Cool my dad played one and also played some saxaphone,I think I would be playing a sax if it were not for the guitar.

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Re: Band and Orchestra night

Zurf wrote:

Cool instrument. But not as cool as trombone.

Cool is not the first adjective that comes to my mind when talking about the trombone. Hee Hee. Really tho, as long as she takes a liking to an instrument it's all good.


Might want to lock that office door from now on. She sounds like my son. If it ain't bolted down it will be misplaced.

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zguitar wrote:
Zurf wrote:

Cool instrument. But not as cool as trombone.

Cool is not the first adjective that comes to my mind when talking about the trombone. Hee Hee. Really tho, as long as she takes a liking to an instrument it's all good.


Might want to lock that office door from now on. She sounds like my son. If it ain't bolted down it will be misplaced.

Among band geeks, girl trombonists are hot. 

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Re: Band and Orchestra night

Zurf wrote:
zguitar wrote:
Zurf wrote:

Cool instrument. But not as cool as trombone.

Cool is not the first adjective that comes to my mind when talking about the trombone. Hee Hee. Really tho, as long as she takes a liking to an instrument it's all good.


Might want to lock that office door from now on. She sounds like my son. If it ain't bolted down it will be misplaced.

Among band geeks, girl trombonists are hot. 

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I can see that...

My daughters played viola and clarinet, sons played trumpet and flute.

I played trumpet and sax in high school. Haven't picked either up in 40 years.

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Re: Band and Orchestra night

From a parent's perspective... this is VERY COOL!  Here's hoping she keeps the love and respect for the instruments... and maybe she'll be like her dad and just want to play them all!

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mekidsmom wrote:

From a parent's perspective... this is VERY COOL!  Here's hoping she keeps the love and respect for the instruments... and maybe she'll be like her dad and just want to play them all!

Yeah.  Except for the woodwinds, I was showing her the instruments more than the instructors.  She did best with clarinet last night, but she wasn't interested by it.  She didn't do so well with the trombone, but it is what really excited her.  So I told her to forget about how she did on introduction night.  There wasn't an instrument in the place that she couldn't learn.  She should pick one that excited her and that she would put the time and effort into learning.  So she picked trombone.  She really, really, really liked doing a glissando.  I'm going to play her Terry Lam's solo from "You Are On My Mind" when she gets home from school today.  That's the solo that made me want to play trombone - and I did learn it eventually (though not nearly as fast or with as much style). 

Beginning at 2:38.  He used an F trombone and got some of those really awesome glisses just by pulling the thumb trigger and superb breath control. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxrxX-nCILY

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Re: Band and Orchestra night

I didn't even know you could do that with a trombone!  I would have guessed it was some other instrument.  I guess they are a little cooler than I thought!  smile

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