Music - Page 3

***Khamûl*** · 04-11-2002, 05:22 PM

Can I vent for a moment? I went to All-State this week to accompany my friend on piano for his solo. I am an alternate in my district for trumpet. If anyone couldn't go I would get to go. Well, I get up there with all the All-State folks and my band director tells me that one of the trumpets in the White Band didn't go. That means that I would get someone to bring my trumpet at the last minute and I would get to play, right? Wrong. The guy canceled on Monday (3 days ago) and no one called to tell me that I would get to play. The president of the Bandmasters Association said that it was too late for me get my horn. So... now I'm back at home while my friends are up at All-State. Doesn't that just stink?

FrodoFriend · 04-12-2002, 11:16 PM

Ahhhhh!! We have Golden Empire festival tomorrow! *smacks herself with a clarinet* And our stupid band sucks . . . the stupid freshmen don't play, they just sit there purposely squeaking and playing wrong notes and our band director can't keep time. Grrr!! Must I resort to wearing a paper bag on my head??

galadriel88 · 04-12-2002, 11:26 PM

Ouch, guys. Must be tough for both of you!

Khamul, my band director has been plying flute since she was in jr. high. She says that every year when she was in high school she would try out for all - state, and every year she was either first or second alternate. No one ever got sick. I feel so sorry for her (and you)!

You know you're a band geek when...
~You actually get that commercial for Domino's where the mom says "Girls, don't eat with you oboes on the table." And you can name each of the instruments in the scene before where all the kids are playing...

Carafin · 07-14-2002, 02:35 PM

I play violin, a tiny bit of piano, and I love to sing I have always wanted to play a band instrument just because bands always got to DO stuff. oh btw, I'm in gr.5 violin rcm and am struggling in gr1 piano rcm

***Khamûl*** · 07-21-2002, 11:59 PM

Arrgh. Another bit of musical venting here. Tomorrow is leadership camp where the leaders of the band get together and dicuss goals and stuff for the year with the director. Next week is regular band camp and the week after that, school starts. Well, I just found out yesterday that our band director has left us. The week before band camp and she just resigns.

As far as I know, we don't have a new director yet. Tomorrow we're supposed to go and meet with her and maybe things will get a bit clearer. It just kinda ticks me off that she would wait this late to leave and not give us any time to get a new director. If we can get a director in time, I will probably be the one to show him/her how we do things since I'm the band president. Right now I'm feeling betrayed.

Thanks for listening. Has anyone else had anything like this happen to them?

***Khamûl*** · 07-22-2002, 10:08 PM

Here's an update on the situation. Not that anyone really cares, but it feels better if I write it out. It turns out that she has a good reason to leave, so I'm not too mad at her anymore. Now I'm depressed because of the 4 loudest players in the band, 2 graduated and 1 quit. That leaves me. Most people brought their instruments today, and I hate to say it, but we don't sound so good. Another thing is that I'm worried about next year. About 1/4 of the band is made up of seniors and I wonder what's going to happen when we're gone. I guess I've got to help them make it through this year first. Sorry I made you read all this, but like I said, it makes me feel better to tell someone.

Rei · 07-22-2002, 11:27 PM

I can play the Piano, the Violin and the Saxaphone(alto). I'm probably the best at the piano. I'm currently learning how to play the drums, but I'm not very good at it.

Lossei · 07-23-2002, 03:39 PM

piano:5years

not much but atleast I play somthing

Radagast The Brown · 07-23-2002, 03:44 PM

Lossie do you like to play on a piano?

Rána Eressëa · 07-23-2002, 05:23 PM

I played the clarinet once, but soon after decided instruments are highly vexing and invidious. At least when it comes to playing them.

Sween · 07-23-2002, 06:54 PM

i once tried to learn the recorder but as the teach said to me 'my dear lad ur just tone deft its not such a bad thing' i cannot do music. I take great pleasure from a bit of singing but again im not very good but who cares bring on the karoke.

HobbitChick88 · 07-23-2002, 10:46 PM

I've played the flute for about a year, not very good yet. I play in a band with 15 people and only 2 other flutes, both of which are younger than me, which makes it pretty difficult.

***Earniel*** · 07-29-2002, 05:36 PM

I remember playing the flute in second grade. I could read the notes all right, but I never got the lowest tones right. My fingers just seemed to short. Every time I had to play a low note, I damaged somebody elses ears. I never touched a musical instrument afterwards, except a didgeridoo. Thank God that that has no holes to cover.

Not that I'm good at it. Far from it, I haven't even mastered circumar breathing. Need more practise.

HobbitChick88 · 07-29-2002, 06:11 PM

Pardon my asking, but what's a didgeridoo??

I don't think I've ever heard of it.

***Khamûl*** · 07-29-2002, 11:49 PM

A didgeridoo is an Australian Aborigine (sp?) instrument. It's a long, hollowed out piece of wood that makes a hard-to-describe sound. If you've watched Survivor, you've probably heard a didgeridoo.

If you succeed in learning how to circular breathe, Eärniel, please tell me how.

***Earniel*** · 07-30-2002, 09:07 AM

Khamûl is right. See the picture if you want to know how it looks like. I believe the correct aboriginal name is 'Yedaki', not sure on that one though. It has no holes to cover and no notes to play. The prefect instrument for some one like me with no musical talent.

You use your tongue and lips to make different sounds. The basic sound is a deep vibrating rumble.

You play it too Khamûl? I don't know if I ever be able to master circular breathing. I'm told it takes a great amount of practise. It's been too long since I've tried.

***Khamûl*** · 07-30-2002, 01:54 PM

No, I don't play it, but I've tried to circular breathe on my trumpet, and it's too hard. Maybe someday...

***Earniel*** · 07-31-2002, 02:15 PM

On your trompet?!

I thought it only worked on didges, never thought about other instruments. Funny but now you mentioned it, I guess it might be possible. Very original thinking.

***Khamûl*** · 07-31-2002, 02:43 PM

Yeah, it's possible. Wynton Marsalis can do it. I think that Kenny G might be able to do it too. For a good example of it by Wynton Marsalis, see if you can find Moto Perpetuo Op. 11. It's about 4 minutes long and he doesn't take a single breath during the whole song!

Starr Polish · 08-01-2002, 03:22 AM

Updating my instrument list, in order of how well I play them:
Voice
Alto Saxaphone
Clarinet
Guitar (very little)
Piano (very very little)

And I eventually want to try:
Violin
Possibly trumpet

04-11-2002, 05:22 PM	#41
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Can I vent for a moment? I went to All-State this week to accompany my friend on piano for his solo. I am an alternate in my district for trumpet. If anyone couldn't go I would get to go. Well, I get up there with all the All-State folks and my band director tells me that one of the trumpets in the White Band didn't go. That means that I would get someone to bring my trumpet at the last minute and I would get to play, right? Wrong. The guy canceled on Monday (3 days ago) and no one called to tell me that I would get to play. The president of the Bandmasters Association said that it was too late for me get my horn. So... now I'm back at home while my friends are up at All-State. Doesn't that just stink? __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-12-2002, 11:16 PM	#42
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Ahhhhh!! We have Golden Empire festival tomorrow! smacks herself with a clarinet And our stupid band sucks . . . the stupid freshmen don't play, they just sit there purposely squeaking and playing wrong notes and our band director can't keep time. Grrr!! Must I resort to wearing a paper bag on my head?? __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

04-12-2002, 11:26 PM	#43
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Ouch, guys. Must be tough for both of you! Khamul, my band director has been plying flute since she was in jr. high. She says that every year when she was in high school she would try out for all - state, and every year she was either first or second alternate. No one ever got sick. I feel so sorry for her (and you)! You know you're a band geek when... ~You actually get that commercial for Domino's where the mom says "Girls, don't eat with you oboes on the table." And you can name each of the instruments in the scene before where all the kids are playing... __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

07-14-2002, 02:35 PM	#44
Carafin Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: The warm (or West) coast of Canada Posts: 150	I play violin, a tiny bit of piano, and I love to sing I have always wanted to play a band instrument just because bands always got to DO stuff. oh btw, I'm in gr.5 violin rcm and am struggling in gr1 piano rcm __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo; a star shines on the hour of our meeting, - LotR (FotR) four be the things I'd be better off without, love, curiousity, freckles, and doubt Queen Guinevere? ... Though all to ruin fell the world, And were dissolved and backward hurled, Unmade into the old abyss, Yet were its making good for this, The dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea, That Luthien for a time shoud be ~ ~Beren: The Song of Parting

07-21-2002, 11:59 PM	#45
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Arrgh. Another bit of musical venting here. Tomorrow is leadership camp where the leaders of the band get together and dicuss goals and stuff for the year with the director. Next week is regular band camp and the week after that, school starts. Well, I just found out yesterday that our band director has left us. The week before band camp and she just resigns. As far as I know, we don't have a new director yet. Tomorrow we're supposed to go and meet with her and maybe things will get a bit clearer. It just kinda ticks me off that she would wait this late to leave and not give us any time to get a new director. If we can get a director in time, I will probably be the one to show him/her how we do things since I'm the band president. Right now I'm feeling betrayed. Thanks for listening. Has anyone else had anything like this happen to them? __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-22-2002, 10:08 PM	#46
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Here's an update on the situation. Not that anyone really cares, but it feels better if I write it out. It turns out that she has a good reason to leave, so I'm not too mad at her anymore. Now I'm depressed because of the 4 loudest players in the band, 2 graduated and 1 quit. That leaves me. Most people brought their instruments today, and I hate to say it, but we don't sound so good. Another thing is that I'm worried about next year. About 1/4 of the band is made up of seniors and I wonder what's going to happen when we're gone. I guess I've got to help them make it through this year first. Sorry I made you read all this, but like I said, it makes me feel better to tell someone. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-22-2002, 11:27 PM	#47
Rei Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hades....it's a tough job but someone's gotta do it Posts: 182	I can play the Piano, the Violin and the Saxaphone(alto). I'm probably the best at the piano. I'm currently learning how to play the drums, but I'm not very good at it. __________________ ______________________________ ------------------------------------------------ Seek for the Sword that was broken: In Imladris it dwells; There shall be counsels taken Stronger than Morgul-spells. There shall be shown a token That doom is near at hand For Isildur's Bane shall waken, And the Halfling forth shall stand. ______________________________ ------------------------------------------------ Whoo-hooo!!! I'm an Elven Warrior!!!!! Last edited by Rei : 07-22-2002 at 11:28 PM.

07-23-2002, 03:39 PM	#48
Lossei Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A lone hill in the field of Cormallen (ok, ok, Minnesota) Posts: 21	piano:5years not much but atleast I play somthing __________________ I know Claenoic. I have connections! Chip the glasses and crack the plates Blunt the knives and bend the forks That's what Bilbo Baggins hates- Smash the bottles and burn the corks Cut the cloth and trend on the fat Pour the milk on the pantry floor Leave the bones on the bedroom mat Splash the wine on every door Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl Pound them up with a thumping pole and when your finished if any are whole Send them down the hall to roll That's what Bilbo Baggins hates So carefully carefully with the plates

07-23-2002, 03:44 PM	#49
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	Lossie do you like to play on a piano? __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

07-23-2002, 05:23 PM	#50
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	I played the clarinet once, but soon after decided instruments are highly vexing and invidious. At least when it comes to playing them.

07-23-2002, 06:54 PM	#51
Sween im quite stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cockermouth Posts: 2,058	i once tried to learn the recorder but as the teach said to me 'my dear lad ur just tone deft its not such a bad thing' i cannot do music. I take great pleasure from a bit of singing but again im not very good but who cares bring on the karoke. __________________ Yeah god hes ok but i would rather be judged by a sheep than that idiot

07-23-2002, 10:46 PM	#52
HobbitChick88 Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sweet Home Alabama Posts: 237	I've played the flute for about a year, not very good yet. I play in a band with 15 people and only 2 other flutes, both of which are younger than me, which makes it pretty difficult. __________________ "Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars..." ~The Hobbit "And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whose you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." -Joshua 24:15 Step follows step, Hope follows courage. Set your face toward danger Set your heart on victory! "Where is Elizabeth?" "She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word, really....except for Elizabeth who is, in fact, a woman." ~Will Turner and Jack Sparrow, POTC fROdO LIVeS!!!!

07-29-2002, 05:36 PM	#53
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I remember playing the flute in second grade. I could read the notes all right, but I never got the lowest tones right. My fingers just seemed to short. Every time I had to play a low note, I damaged somebody elses ears. I never touched a musical instrument afterwards, except a didgeridoo. Thank God that that has no holes to cover. Not that I'm good at it. Far from it, I haven't even mastered circumar breathing. Need more practise. __________________ We are not things.

07-29-2002, 06:11 PM	#54
HobbitChick88 Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sweet Home Alabama Posts: 237	Pardon my asking, but what's a didgeridoo?? I don't think I've ever heard of it. __________________ "Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars..." ~The Hobbit "And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whose you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." -Joshua 24:15 Step follows step, Hope follows courage. Set your face toward danger Set your heart on victory! "Where is Elizabeth?" "She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word, really....except for Elizabeth who is, in fact, a woman." ~Will Turner and Jack Sparrow, POTC fROdO LIVeS!!!!

07-29-2002, 11:49 PM	#55
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	A didgeridoo is an Australian Aborigine (sp?) instrument. It's a long, hollowed out piece of wood that makes a hard-to-describe sound. If you've watched Survivor, you've probably heard a didgeridoo. If you succeed in learning how to circular breathe, Eärniel, please tell me how. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-30-2002, 01:54 PM	#57
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	No, I don't play it, but I've tried to circular breathe on my trumpet, and it's too hard. Maybe someday... __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-31-2002, 02:15 PM	#58
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	On your trompet?! I thought it only worked on didges, never thought about other instruments. Funny but now you mentioned it, I guess it might be possible. Very original thinking. __________________ We are not things.

07-31-2002, 02:43 PM	#59
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Yeah, it's possible. Wynton Marsalis can do it. I think that Kenny G might be able to do it too. For a good example of it by Wynton Marsalis, see if you can find Moto Perpetuo Op. 11. It's about 4 minutes long and he doesn't take a single breath during the whole song! __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

08-01-2002, 03:22 AM	#60
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Updating my instrument list, in order of how well I play them: Voice Alto Saxaphone Clarinet Guitar (very little) Piano (very very little) And I eventually want to try: Violin Possibly trumpet __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

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