As trumpets, trombones, horns, tubas and the other brass instruments are made up of lots of different parts, it’s best to dismantle them and wrap each part separately. Cover and tape each part with plenty of bubble wrap as protection, then put them directly into the packing crate, incl...
"Charlie, I'm pregnant and living on 9th Street," begins the Christmas card narrative in which a woman writes to an old flame, reporting how much better things are going since she quit drugs and alcohol and found a trombone-playing husband. Waits' signature early career piano-plinking and...
I'm pregnant and living on 9th Street," begins the Christmas card narrative in which a woman writes to an old flame, reporting how much better things are going since she quit drugs and alcohol and found a trombone-playing husband.
Gwen: “At the start we were too scared to make much noise. We were much more folky. No pedals or anything. I was playing a mandolin and for ages I had an acoustic guitar that had a pick-up sellotaped and that was falling off it. It was a hodgepodge.” Hollie: “We kind of gr...
A key characteristic of brass instruments apparent to almost everyone is that they are all very loud. However, their loudness varies with the pitch because it requires much more energy to force the tube to resonate at the higher harmonics. Miking Techniques for Brass (trumpet, cornet, tro...
Much to everyone who has ever seen me play bass I wouldn’t spin it or play it behind my head. Looping synths.. I was enjoying the synths, then realized I would have to actually have to learn. to play piano to get any better than one fingered melody. I had a go, playing the ...
“Songs For Childhood” is specifically aimed at children, “This Is How We Grow” less so, but the concept of childhood is still very much at its core. Like “Soldiering On” it addresses a variety of subjects as Clarkson explains in his album liner notes; ...
For something more akin to a trumpet or trombone, which uses valves or slides to change the effective length of the tube, the same ‘rules’ would lead you to a different decision because, while some sound is emitted from the resonating metalwork, the vast majority of it comes from the ...
Bass trumpets, which are pitched the same as a trombone, are most commonly tuned to C or Bb. Music for the instrument is written in the treble clef, but sounds one octave (C bass trumpet) or a major ninth (Bb bass trumpet) lower than written. While the slide trumpet isn't a common...
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