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Plum (Matt) there is nothing embarrassing about a piccolo - it sang along with Tubby the Tuba a long time ago - and a very god lip technique is required!
Jude Comber (nee Kelynack) 5's 5.38 1975-1980 Herts. To Learn - read, to Know - write, to MASTER - Teach
Jude wrote:Plum (Matt) there is nothing embarrassing about a piccolo - it sang along with Tubby the Tuba a long time ago - and a very god lip technique is required!
Rory wrote:Also - there's a very important piccolo bit in one of the marches we used to play - it might have been towards the end of colonel bogey?????
Actually, the piccolo seemed to have a lot of twiddly bits...
It has a lot at the end of Stars and Stripes if I remember correctly.
Bassoon had boring bits whatever march we played, thank goodness for bass clef euphonium music. I used to like Belphegor and Standard of St George ... we actually changed notes a few times in those
eloisec wrote:It has a lot at the end of Stars and Stripes if I remember correctly.
Bassoon had boring bits whatever march we played, thank goodness for bass clef euphonium music. I used to like Belphegor and Standard of St George ... we actually changed notes a few times in those
The bassoon is like a didgeredoo playing alto parts an octave (or two) below!!
Sorry JR, haven't got around to uploading Tubby the Tuba yet - will try to stay awake or concsious enough to do so in the next week (that's providing they don't come and cart me away tee hee ha ha la la.... anyone else want Tubby the Tuba? (It has the piccilo in it...and violins, and a bullfrog and a conductor......
Jude Comber (nee Kelynack) 5's 5.38 1975-1980 Herts. To Learn - read, to Know - write, to MASTER - Teach
Jude wrote:now there's a thought!! hold onto to it JR - we may end up performing it as it only requires one on each instrument - and some can double up!!!!
I see a double entendre' in there somewhere, Jude.............
............but I'm to much of a gentleman to.................