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| What Brass Instrument To Learn? |
| hello_cello |
 Feb 14 2008, 10:00 PM
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Virtuoso  Group: Members Posts: 3529 Joined: 29-April 07 From: Near Cambridge :) Member No.: 10993  |
Hey there guys (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
i want to learn a a new instruments, a brass one hopefully, but im not sure what i want to do. i really like the trombone, because i think it would be good for playing jazz / blues being able to slide it and all that, and more fun than most other brass instruments. i really dont want to learn french horn. Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) so who voted for the serpent.... :@ lol |
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| Sergeant_Chronos |
Feb 14 2008, 11:58 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 203 Joined: 11-May 07 From: ark town Member No.: 11229 |
QUOTE(hello_cello @ Feb 14 2008, 04:00 PM)  Hey there guys (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) i want to learn a a new instruments, a brass one hopefully, but im not sure what i want to do. i really like the trombone, because i think it would be good for playing jazz / blues being able to slide it and all that, and more fun than most other brass instruments. i really dont want to learn french horn. Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) so who voted for the serpent.... :@ lol Play Trombone if you like it, don't play it because its an jazz instrument though. Pick an instrument you know you like because of the sound, you can usually find music you like after that. |
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| hello_cello |
Feb 15 2008, 12:10 AM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3529 Joined: 29-April 07 From: Near Cambridge :) Member No.: 10993 |
well the jazz part was a bonus, i just think its interesting / cool. but i lkinda like the tuba, because its not as common as the otheres (i think) and would be great, because no one else at school plays it, i could play it in the orchestra without feeling really bad at it! then again i guess its the same with the trombone
oh god a stalmate! |
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| sarah123 |
Feb 15 2008, 12:13 AM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 6471 Joined: 27-July 07 From: Cambridge Member No.: 13655 |
Play the french horn (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| hello_cello |
Feb 15 2008, 12:17 AM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3529 Joined: 29-April 07 From: Near Cambridge :) Member No.: 10993 |
oh god no not the french horn!!
*Throws up all over a french horn shop* |
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| kerioboe |
Feb 15 2008, 09:00 AM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3217 Joined: 29-January 06 Member No.: 6007 |
QUOTE(hello_cello @ Feb 15 2008, 01:10 AM) well the jazz part was a bonus, i just think its interesting / cool. but i lkinda like the tuba, because its not as common as the otheres (i think) and would be great, because no one else at school plays it, i could play it in the orchestra without feeling really bad at it! then again i guess its the same with the trombone oh god a stalmate! Can you try both tuba and trombone and then make up your mind? My daughter's teacher teaches both and at the beginning of the year he had a new pupil who already played the piano, wanted to learn an orchestral instrument and was hesitating between the tuba and the trombone. The boy spent about a month trying out both in lessons (and just taking a mouth piece home to practise on) and eventually opted for tuba. My daughter learns the trombone and one of the things which attracted her was the slide. |
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| nickjones8 |
Feb 15 2008, 10:44 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 906 Joined: 8-October 07 From: Leicester Member No.: 17610 |
QUOTE(kerioboe @ Feb 15 2008, 09:00 AM) QUOTE(hello_cello @ Feb 15 2008, 01:10 AM) well the jazz part was a bonus, i just think its interesting / cool. but i lkinda like the tuba, because its not as common as the otheres (i think) and would be great, because no one else at school plays it, i could play it in the orchestra without feeling really bad at it! then again i guess its the same with the trombone oh god a stalmate! Can you try both tuba and trombone and then make up your mind? My daughter's teacher teaches both and at the beginning of the year he had a new pupil who already played the piano, wanted to learn an orchestral instrument and was hesitating between the tuba and the trombone. The boy spent about a month trying out both in lessons (and just taking a mouth piece home to practise on) and eventually opted for tuba. My daughter learns the trombone and one of the things which attracted her was the slide. TUBA! And if in doubt listen to some of the New Orleans Brass Bands with funky tuba bass - The Rebirth Brass Band, The Dirty Dozen or (for those more into hip hop) The Youngblood Brass Band (from Winsconsin, I think) nick |
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| skylark |
Feb 15 2008, 10:59 AM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 10024 Joined: 8-August 06 Member No.: 7336 |
QUOTE(hello_cello @ Feb 15 2008, 12:10 AM) well the jazz part was a bonus, i just think its interesting / cool. but i lkinda like the tuba, because its not as common as the otheres (i think) and would be great, because no one else at school plays it Sousaphone! This is a picture of a sousaphone being played at a jazz festival I went to last year...(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) and this is a youtube clip of the same band (IMG:http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q293/happyjazzy/music%20forum/IMG_0436.jpg) |
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| captaintau |
Feb 15 2008, 12:17 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 3-August 07 From: Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire Member No.: 13982 |
Tuba is fun, but a hassle to take anywhere.
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| Maizie |
Feb 15 2008, 12:22 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2546 Joined: 5-February 07 From: Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire Member No.: 9360 |
Contrabass Bugle! Just to be obscure, and develop a one-sided humped-back (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
(IMG:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Contrabugle.jpg) |
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| nickjones8 |
Feb 15 2008, 01:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 906 Joined: 8-October 07 From: Leicester Member No.: 17610 |
QUOTE(Maizie @ Feb 15 2008, 12:22 PM) Contrabass Bugle! Just to be obscure, and develop a one-sided humped-back (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Contrabugle.jpg) Well THAT is just a tuba with pretensions...and the sousaphone is just a white curly tuba so TUBA! (btw, I play saxophone mostly...) Nick |
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| hello_cello |
Feb 15 2008, 05:47 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3529 Joined: 29-April 07 From: Near Cambridge :) Member No.: 10993 |
LOL ive seen that sousaphone picture a couple of times on here now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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| skylark |
Feb 15 2008, 06:32 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 10024 Joined: 8-August 06 Member No.: 7336 |
QUOTE(hello_cello @ Feb 15 2008, 05:47 PM) LOL ive seen that sousaphone picture a couple of times on here now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) What about this pink one instead then... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q293/happyjazzy/music%20forum/amblersxmassteps.jpg) |
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| briantrumpet |
Feb 16 2008, 01:50 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 551 Joined: 24-June 07 From: Exeter Member No.: 12403 |
A few guidelines (working from the bottom up, as 'twere):
tuba - not the easiest embouchure to master; type of music played can be limited (oom-pah molto); rather large to carry about; players normally have a taste for beer trombone - cheap to buy; very wide repertoire; relatively easy embouchure (and is forgiving of wonky teeth); real shortage of players; players need a sense of humour & need to know how to do 'vulgar' french horn - expensive instrument; needs good ear; gets to play sublime music, including Mozart; players inclined to be temperamental (only joking, probably) trumpet - cheap to buy; wide range of music; difficlut embouchure to master (and not forgiving of wonky teeth); players need to be confident (if not to say show-offs) On the serious side, one of my sayings is that 'there are no part-time trumpet players'; it's something you either do seriously and regularly, or not at all, as the embouchure needs regular maintenance (practice!) - the larger-mouthpieced instruments (trombone & tuba) are somewhat less critical in this regard (apart from at the higher levels, of course), so are a better choice if regularity of practice might be an issue. |
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| musicfreak |
Feb 17 2008, 07:28 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: 10-January 08 Member No.: 22920 |
Cornet would be good if you have transport issues getting to school (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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