July 5, 2010 by Bruce Hembd
Archived under: Random
Random Monday: Makeovers, Secrets and Experiments
Beware of itinerant musicians!
- Getting a makeover
I am very excited to have sent off a stock Yamaha horn to be customized and upgraded by Patterson Hornworks. This will be a topic for future articles, of course…
- Opera horn player turns conductor
Dick Hillyer reveals a secret that is something others might try to hide – he is deaf in one ear.
- Can you put a plunger in a horn?
Another Yahoo Answers question with mixed results, especially the answerer who flatly states that the horn is not a jazz instrument:
You can do it, but a plunger mute is famously used for jazz. Horns are not jazz instruments.
- Concert etiquette
Holly Mulchay sums up two-part series with the rules of public behavior at concert events starting from 1929. (Here is Part I.)
- The Cowboy Band
A community summer tradition in the Black Hill since 1931 includes this tidbit:
It’s a family legacy for French horn player Jeannine Rude of Apple Valley, Minn. Her uncle, Wayne Shuck, helped reorganize the ensemble in 1983, with Fondy’s help. Shuck died in December.
Rude, who has been playing with the band off and on for the past 25 years, said she keeps coming back because of her family link to it, her love of music and her desire to keep the band together.
- Shared practice journals
An experiment at David Thomas’ blog looks very interesting. It basically amounts to an online social group for practice journaling.
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