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Yeah, I was in band from sixth grade all through high rschool. Played rthe trombone. These are some of my favorite pieces that I rremember rplaying during those seven years. Band was a lot of fun, respecially rtour. Can't decide which I enjoyed more...Canada's East rcoast in rgrade ten with my old school or Seattle in grade twelve rwith the high rschool I graduated from. | | 1 | Percy Grainger
Children's March
If this song doesn't get stuck in your head, I don't know one that will. So much
fun to play! Did a research project on Grainger...interesting guy. | | 2 | Karl L. King
Trombone King
Possibly my favorite. (Duh, I played the trombone!) The euphonium player and
the other trombonist and I used to play the trio during warmup/setup time and
the percussionists would join in and pretty soon it became routine. | | 3 | Gustav Holst
Second Suite in F
The E flat suite was also pretty fun to play. We played a lot of Holst actually...he
has a lot of great pieces. I played this one in grade nine with the concert band
at my old school and then again in grade twelve at my other school. Probably
more fun the second time around because I was playing first trombone instead
of third haha. | | 4 | Ralph Ford
Royal Canadian Sketches
Played this one in grade nine. I remember going to a Seniors' Residence by my
school and during the main trombone part I reached too far for seventh position
and my slide fell (quite loudly) to the floor. It was all the other trombonist could
do to finish the part without laughing. | | 5 | Pierre Leemans
March of the Belgian Paratroopers
Or was it Parachutists? I can't remember...all I know is this one was a lot of fun
to play. | | 6 | Composer??
Agnus Dei
I'm not actually sure if I got a lot of the composers right, but this one I can't
even make an educated guess. This piece was absolutely beautiful...at the time
we played it, I thought the notes were really high, so every time I hit them I
was just thrilled. | | 7 | John Williams
Medley
The piece wasn't actually called Medley, but it was a mashup of a bunch of John
Williams pieces. Star Wars...Indiana Jones...all that good stuff. It was hard for
me being in the high school band when I wasn't actually in high school, but it
was a great piece. Shoot, what was it called?? | | 8 | John Philip Sousa
Sempre Fidelis
Every single class, my teacher would spell Sempre as "Semper" on the board
and I would correct him because it drove me crazy. I think after a while he
started doing it on purpose because he knew it bothered me. | | 9 | Gary P. Gilroy
Spitfire!
This one was awesome because I got to play percussion for the first time.
Usually there aren't enough trombonists so a trumpet player gets to play
percussion when there aren't enough, but this time I got to and was SO
excited. We played it in concert and I remember that time was particularly
bad...I contributed to the mess by hitting the gong four beats early. Fortunately
it's the type of piece where no one really notices, but still...I beat myself up
about it for weeks. | | 10 | Larry Clark
Cartoon Symphony
The Pink Panther, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Animaniacs, The Simpsons and
more. | |
KimmsightMatters
11.26.10 | We also did a lot of Disney songs/medleys. And all the Christmas ones for our Christmas concert...gotta love the Christmas music. Pirates of the Carribean was another favorite. Not technically difficult...just a lot of fun.
Who else was in band? Anyone play these songs? | climactic
11.26.10 | Yeah we played Gustav Holst. Great stuff | KimmsightMatters
11.26.10 | Holst is the best! What instrument did you play? | qwer7yfreak
11.26.10 | Uh-oh, I'm an Orch Dork. We have to fight for supremacy now. | climactic
11.26.10 | Percussion, I think I played timpani on "The Bleak Midwinter" and the other one (can't remember the name) | KimmsightMatters
11.26.10 | Nice, you a drummer? | climactic
11.26.10 | yes ma'am | fr33convict
11.26.10 | I'm a keyboar warrior, fighting for truth and justice. | KimmsightMatters
11.26.10 | I wish I played drums. My exboyfriend tried to teach me a little but I'm not very good haha I prefer to just listen to him. I would love to be more musically talented, but I guess not all of us can be. | fr33convict
11.26.10 | I can keep a simple beat on drums and play in c major on a piano. | KimmsightMatters
11.26.10 | Always wanted to play the piano. | fr33convict
11.26.10 | C Major is just all the white keys though haha. | climactic
11.26.10 | I can play a little piano, bass, and I'm a pretty good guitarist | fr33convict
11.26.10 | I thought you were a drummer climmy | iamnotchan
11.26.10 | you ever play a rusty trombone? | KimmsightMatters
11.26.10 | Noooo... | climactic
11.26.10 | I am
guitar, piano and bass are my alts | Yazz_Flute
11.26.10 | I played drumset for 9 over the summer. | KimmsightMatters
11.26.10 | Speaking of alts, who is Tinkrbell or whatever? I heard about him/her but apparently you can't search users so I have no idea how to find him. | iamnotchan
11.26.10 | who was speaking of alts?
anyway click on "my profile" go up to your browser remove YOUR username and enter the username you want to see | fr33convict
11.26.10 | He said the other instruments he plays are his alts. | iamnotchan
11.26.10 | yea i just saw that fr33 | KimmsightMatters
11.26.10 | Thanks chan. | iamnotchan
11.26.10 | no prob Kimm
now about that rusty trombone... | Jaskolkaaa
11.26.10 | OMG
Spitfire is so fucking rad.
I played last year, had like 5 differet drum parts at once.
So cool. | KimmsightMatters
11.26.10 | Yeah me too!
I had the vibraslap, the chimes, the crash cymbals, suspended cymbal, and of course, the GONG. Such a fun piece. | Jaskolkaaa
11.26.10 | I think I had the snare, the floor toms, the hi hat and then the triangle/ride bell hits. Shit was so cool with the solos and time signature switches. | KimmsightMatters
11.26.10 | Yeah the 5/4 bars made it really interesting. Too bad there are SO many people who can't count. | Jaskolkaaa
11.26.10 | HAHA I know. Half the kids couldn't keep time | Jaskolkaaa
12.08.10 | what's a rush? |
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