related words:
absurdity
antics
bunk
clowning
craziness
folly
foolery
foolishness
fun
giddiness
horseplay
ridiculousness
shenanigans
silliness
carrying-on
funny business
high jinks
joking
kidding around
ludicrousness
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:54 am
by Three Valves
Monkeyshines.
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 6:41 pm
by Doc
Chicanery
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:40 am
by bloke
sarcasm
Also, tuba players are really great at grumbling about others not being able to execute their parts particularly well, when tuba players' parts are - nearly always - incredibly easy (and - whether volunteer or paid) those struggling with challenging parts are paid no more than the tuba player(s).
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 1:07 pm
by Mary Ann
I have to admit that as horn players we often chuckle at trumpets' attempts to play off beats. And I have seen string players who can't play an onbeat when someone else has the off beats. I think tuba players may not appreciate that it really does take some sort of moxy to play a strong onbeat when others are whacking away at offbeats, because they have always had to do it. Going from offbeat horn to onbeat tuba was a bit interesting.
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:23 pm
by bloke
The second movement of Paul Hindemith's "Tuba Sonata" makes light of his observed tendency of tuba players to turn the beat around when playing polkas and marches in small combos.
Buglers' Holiday for snare drum (if truly up to tempo)
challenging
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 6:34 pm
by Jperry1466
bloke wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:23 pm
Buglers' Holiday for snare drum (if truly up to tempo)
challenging
As well as The Downfall of Paris on clarinet...
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:20 pm
by Mary Ann
Hora Staccato on tuba. I bet Oystein could do it, and maybe Daniel.
Oh btw the tuba word of the week is SLOBBER.
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 1:20 pm
by bloke
Mary Ann wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:20 pm
Hora Staccato on tuba. I bet Oystein could do it, and maybe Daniel.
Oh btw the tuba word of the week is SLOBB̸E̸R̸.
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 1:54 pm
by Three Valves
Speak for yourself!
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 2:29 pm
by arpthark
Hora Staccato
Hora? I barely know'a.
Re: tuba section word of the week:
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 4:32 pm
by Mary Ann
When I was young and starting to study violin, I got a record for Xmas that was Heifetz playing encores, and this was on it. I was totally hooked. I never did work up that kind of speed on staccato though, had to play it spiccato but didn't care because it sounded close enough for ME.
I recently bought a pair of drumsticks (7A) because it seems so many groups need percussion and snare is one thing I haven't learned. My right hand has quite reasonable control but my left --- stupid thing is all over the place. I finally realized it's not because I'm right handed but because I have a lifetime of controlling a violin bow with that hand, which is, um, a stick (see Heifetz above.) Then I realized that almost all others starting out on snare have TWO hands that are flailing about instead of just one, and that's why "beginner sticks" are so heavy.
