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WillyTrombone
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posted 12-06-2004 09:09 PM

I really want one of these

There's probably no way I'd be able to afford one before the end of summer, let alone before the end of basketball season.

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Cacophonous
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posted 12-06-2004 09:15 PM

I doubt it would help with your game anyway. It would probably just slow you down on the court.

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mynameisxanthan
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posted 12-06-2004 09:25 PM

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Originally posted by Cacophonous:
I doubt it would help with your game anyway. It would probably just slow you down on the court.

haha

cool instrument willy, i was going to make a joke about how you're full of hot air but I've got nothin'.

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WillyTrombone
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posted 12-06-2004 11:25 PM

hehe.

I suppose the basketball season comment was a bit of a non-sequitur.

Elucidation? My old St. Pete is getting all dinged and smashed. Still plays well, but it's kind of awkward to maneuver.

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AcidWarp
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posted 12-07-2004 01:01 AM

Man. . . I'd like to have that Tuba too Willy, but I'd need to learn to play it first. I'll just stick with my Tenor Sax. . . oh wait, I don't have that anymore. .

*gets all depressed and sits in the corner*

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WillyTrombone
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posted 12-07-2004 03:33 AM

you wouldn't be able to learn to play it until you have it, though. And even then, it wouldn't take more than a few weeks. Tubas are pretty easy to learn. With the right warmups, you could be screaming all the way up to middle C within a few months. The hardest part of playing tuba, IMHO, is the need for a consistent internal rhythm. The physical mechanics come really naturally. The embechure is so loose, you could play it for hours on end and the fingerings are all based on harmonics, so you really only have to know the 7 basic combinations and maybe the 5 extra alternates a fourth valve allows.

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Snag
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posted 12-07-2004 09:53 AM

hmmm...WillyTuba? sounds pretty good

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Mute
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posted 12-07-2004 12:11 PM

Willy ~ I know how you feel. There's a very special tenor sax I've been coveting.

Selmer Model 84

I sold my Selmer alto for some money to get a sampler several years ago, but I've been aching to belt out some blues lately. I just wish good instruments didn't cost so much.

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Mad Max
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posted 12-07-2004 12:21 PM

In response to "I wish I had money", I recently sold my car to some guy in New Hampshire. He had mentioned in conversation that he had a new hot tub. They couldn't afford one at the time so he went into business selling stuff on eBay until he did have enough. Cigars and things like that. He did it part time. So, who knows, maybe your wishes can come true?!??!

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FS
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posted 12-07-2004 01:42 PM

I want a contrabass =(

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Wow, I can't believe I'm agreeing with FS on this one

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WillyTrombone
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posted 12-07-2004 02:33 PM

I thought about that, max. but they don't let you sell organs on ebay anymore.

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Mad Max
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posted 12-07-2004 04:58 PM

I'm sure it's just a matter of wording Willy.

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FS
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posted 12-07-2004 05:40 PM

Just say it's a pig's kidney.

You won't even be lying. much.

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Wow, I can't believe I'm agreeing with FS on this one

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Snag
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posted 12-07-2004 10:00 PM

rofl

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AcidWarp
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posted 12-08-2004 12:55 AM

Just make sure that it's some other pig's kidney.

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burble
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posted 12-08-2004 01:56 AM

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Tubas are pretty easy to learn

i've tried on multiple occasions, unsuccessfully, to play a trumpet. even with coaching, i can't make a sound with a brass instrument.

i think it's like that inborn thing where some people can't fold their tongue like a taco. or something.

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FS
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posted 12-08-2004 03:36 AM

Of all the brass instruments, I play the brass knuckles the best.

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Wow, I can't believe I'm agreeing with FS on this one

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Mute
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posted 12-08-2004 03:34 PM

FS - I've heard of percussion instruments, but I think that one would have to be classified as a concussion instrument.

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WillyTrombone
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posted 12-08-2004 03:48 PM

burb - that's exactly what I was talking about. I can barely get a sound out of a trumpet, and I have trouble getting out of the basic registers on a trombone. But on a tuba, the sound just comes easy, and I can play high enough that it starts to sound like a french horn. The frequency of buzzing in your lips is WAY lower on a tuba, and way easier to manage, IMO.

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