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madbassoonist	Jul 14 2011, 01:43 PM Post #10531
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2212 Joined: 23-February 09 From: South Cambs Member No.: 56880	QUOTE(MusicalNitWit @ Jul 14 2011, 11:20 AM) QUOTE(madbassoonist @ Jul 14 2011, 10:40 AM) I really want a French horn (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Traitors should hand over their bassoons to those in need i.e. Babboon Boy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) It isn't my bassoon, it belongs to the music service...and anyway I still want to keep learning bassoon! Also, I found this on the internet: QUOTE The 10 Commandments of the Bassoon 1.Thou shalt play well, or thou shall be hit with thy own Bassoon. 2.Thou shalt play IN TUNE and with the correct embouchure 3.Thou must worketh on scales at least thrice a fortnight. 4.Thou must constantly increase their range from a low Bb to a HIGH D 5.One must immerse thyself in the art of Bassoonery. 6.One must be friends with a French Horn player, for Bassoons and French Horns have been friends since the beginning of time. 7.Thou must tryeth to get along with trombonists. They have been known to come to your aid in your time of greatest need. 8.One must appreciate the sound of an oboe. 9.If an individual calleth your Bassoon an oboe, you are legally entitled to curse at the person and hit them with the bell of your Bassoon. 10.Thou shalt make reeds constantly, and complain about the tribulations of making reeds. See number 6?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) Actually, I've seen several versions of this with slightly different rules, one of which was 'the low Bb shalt be thy favourite note on the instrument'. Anyway, off you go and tell your son to learn top D (IMG:style_emoticons/default/muahaha.gif)

jod	Jul 14 2011, 01:54 PM Post #10532
Maestro Group: Banned Posts: 9899 Joined: 14-January 05 From: Burwell, Cambridgeshire Member No.: 2939	QUOTE(madbassoonist @ Jul 14 2011, 02:43 PM) QUOTE(MusicalNitWit @ Jul 14 2011, 11:20 AM) QUOTE(madbassoonist @ Jul 14 2011, 10:40 AM) I really want a French horn (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Traitors should hand over their bassoons to those in need i.e. Babboon Boy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) It isn't my bassoon, it belongs to the music service...and anyway I still want to keep learning bassoon! Also, I found this on the internet: QUOTE The 10 Commandments of the Bassoon 1.Thou shalt play well, or thou shall be hit with thy own Bassoon. 2.Thou shalt play IN TUNE and with the correct embouchure 3.Thou must worketh on scales at least thrice a fortnight. 4.Thou must constantly increase their range from a low Bb to a HIGH D 5.One must immerse thyself in the art of Bassoonery. 6.One must be friends with a French Horn player, for Bassoons and French Horns have been friends since the beginning of time. 7.Thou must tryeth to get along with trombonists. They have been known to come to your aid in your time of greatest need. 8.One must appreciate the sound of an oboe. 9.If an individual calleth your Bassoon an oboe, you are legally entitled to curse at the person and hit them with the bell of your Bassoon. 10.Thou shalt make reeds constantly, and complain about the tribulations of making reeds. See number 6?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) Actually, I've seen several versions of this with slightly different rules, one of which was 'the low Bb shalt be thy favourite note on the instrument'. Anyway, off you go and tell your son to learn top D (IMG:style_emoticons/default/muahaha.gif) It's when people refer to my Cor Anglais as an Oboe I really object!!! Then say like an Oboe, but bigger -look this one has laid an egg and has it's own drinking straw! Given a bassoon looks like a bunch of fire-wood - Oh but I forgot that's why the Italians called them Faggotti - no offense meant it is a wonderful sound, and the Rite of Spring just would not be the Rite of Spring without the Bassoon Solo at the start!

MusicalNitWit	Jul 14 2011, 02:19 PM Post #10533
Unregistered	QUOTE(jod @ Jul 14 2011, 02:54 PM) QUOTE(madbassoonist @ Jul 14 2011, 02:43 PM) QUOTE(MusicalNitWit @ Jul 14 2011, 11:20 AM) QUOTE(madbassoonist @ Jul 14 2011, 10:40 AM) I really want a French horn (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Traitors should hand over their bassoons to those in need i.e. Babboon Boy! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) It isn't my bassoon, it belongs to the music service...and anyway I still want to keep learning bassoon! Also, I found this on the internet: QUOTE The 10 Commandments of the Bassoon 1.Thou shalt play well, or thou shall be hit with thy own Bassoon. 2.Thou shalt play IN TUNE and with the correct embouchure 3.Thou must worketh on scales at least thrice a fortnight. 4.Thou must constantly increase their range from a low Bb to a HIGH D 5.One must immerse thyself in the art of Bassoonery. 6.One must be friends with a French Horn player, for Bassoons and French Horns have been friends since the beginning of time. 7.Thou must tryeth to get along with trombonists. They have been known to come to your aid in your time of greatest need. 8.One must appreciate the sound of an oboe. 9.If an individual calleth your Bassoon an oboe, you are legally entitled to curse at the person and hit them with the bell of your Bassoon. 10.Thou shalt make reeds constantly, and complain about the tribulations of making reeds. See number 6?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) Actually, I've seen several versions of this with slightly different rules, one of which was 'the low Bb shalt be thy favourite note on the instrument'. Anyway, off you go and tell your son to learn top D (IMG:style_emoticons/default/muahaha.gif) It's when people refer to my Cor Anglais as an Oboe I really object!!! Then say like an Oboe, but bigger -look this one has laid an egg and has it's own drinking straw! Given a bassoon looks like a bunch of fire-wood - Oh but I forgot that's why the Italians called them Faggotti - no offense meant it is a wonderful sound, and the Rite of Spring just would not be the Rite of Spring without the Bassoon Solo at the start! You have let yourself down Jod by comparing a bassoon to fire wood! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) It is simply the most beautiful looking instrument in the world! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

HelenVJ	Jul 14 2011, 02:29 PM Post #10534
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 948 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 1265	Bassoon solo from 'Rite of Spring' : ' I'm not an English Horn, I'm not an English Horn, it's far too high for me, I'm not an English Horn. No. '

Cyrilla	Jul 14 2011, 02:30 PM Post #10535
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 11911 Joined: 9-November 03 From: Croydon, South London/Surrey Member No.: 99	QUOTE(dotted quaver @ Jul 14 2011, 02:42 PM) Sometimes it's better to say nothing and be thought an idiot than to speak and remove all doubt (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

maggiemay	Jul 14 2011, 02:41 PM Post #10536
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 18097 Joined: 12-January 04 From: S E England Member No.: 413	I couldn't (on a quick look 6 pages back) find the pedants' thread, so am posting it here ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14130854

jod	Jul 14 2011, 03:09 PM Post #10537
Maestro Group: Banned Posts: 9899 Joined: 14-January 05 From: Burwell, Cambridgeshire Member No.: 2939	QUOTE(HelenVJ @ Jul 14 2011, 03:29 PM) Bassoon solo from 'Rite of Spring' : ' I'm not an English Horn, I'm not an English Horn, it's far too high for me, I'm not an English Horn. No. ' It doesn't sound like an English horn or even a wanna be English horn It is the most amazing sound up there! I gasp whenever I hear it. Fagotti -firebood-bundle- bundle of sticks all double entendres

janexxx	Jul 14 2011, 04:53 PM Post #10538
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 5049 Joined: 22-January 05 From: Sunny Derbyshire UK Member No.: 3016	QUOTE(HelenVJ @ Jul 14 2011, 03:29 PM) Bassoon solo from 'Rite of Spring' : ' I'm not an English Horn, I'm not an English Horn, it's far too high for me, I'm not an English Horn. No. ' Hehe....I'll be singing that every time I near it for now on. Like the tune from Schubert's 8th. "This is the symphony, that Schubert wrote and never finished..."

andante_in_c	Jul 14 2011, 05:08 PM Post #10539
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 10321 Joined: 15-November 03 From: Hampshire, UK Member No.: 130	QUOTE(janexxx @ Jul 14 2011, 05:53 PM) QUOTE(HelenVJ @ Jul 14 2011, 03:29 PM) Bassoon solo from 'Rite of Spring' : ' I'm not an English Horn, I'm not an English Horn, it's far too high for me, I'm not an English Horn. No. ' Hehe....I'll be singing that every time I near it for now on. Like the tune from Schubert's 8th. "This is the symphony, that Schubert wrote and never finished..." Or the allemande from the Bach Partita for solo flute: A purple cow is in the field, a purple cow is in the field... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

maggiemay	Jul 14 2011, 05:11 PM Post #10540
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 18097 Joined: 12-January 04 From: S E England Member No.: 413	..and the Bach fugue subject (one of the '48, but I forget which one offhand) John Sebastien Bach sat upon a tack, but he soon got up-again --- with a howl!

barry-clari	Jul 14 2011, 06:40 PM Post #10541
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 40577 Joined: 10-January 06 From: South East London Member No.: 5804	Oh no! It's Demis Roussos!!!!!! runs...

corenfa	Jul 14 2011, 06:53 PM Post #10542
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4222 Joined: 28-March 10 From: Here Member No.: 95861	QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Jul 14 2011, 06:08 PM) QUOTE(janexxx @ Jul 14 2011, 05:53 PM) QUOTE(HelenVJ @ Jul 14 2011, 03:29 PM) Bassoon solo from 'Rite of Spring' : ' I'm not an English Horn, I'm not an English Horn, it's far too high for me, I'm not an English Horn. No. ' Hehe....I'll be singing that every time I near it for now on. Like the tune from Schubert's 8th. "This is the symphony, that Schubert wrote and never finished..." Or the allemande from the Bach Partita for solo flute: A purple cow is in the field, a purple cow is in the field... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Or Till Eulenspiegel: This French horn player This French horn player This French horn player is really going to _____ it up.

barry-clari	Jul 14 2011, 07:51 PM Post #10543
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 40577 Joined: 10-January 06 From: South East London Member No.: 5804	Oh (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) bye Celeste (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

HelenVJ	Jul 14 2011, 08:06 PM Post #10544
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 948 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 1265	Italian Symphony: ' Spaghetti is ready to eat, everyone. All the cognoscenti know ' al dente' means that it's done' (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

muzikalbadger	Jul 14 2011, 08:31 PM Post #10545
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1426 Joined: 18-May 09 From: Scotland Member No.: 65753	QUOTE(barry-clari @ Jul 14 2011, 08:51 PM) Oh (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) bye Celeste (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Has she left?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

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