#Brass band

[1eldiablo6]

[dumbshitmusicianssay]

I’m so glad that the 1 brain cell that the whole trumpet section shares has clocked out today

- Tenor sax

[thatdamhobbit]

Ok I realise literally no-one wants to listen to my little band kid ramblings but I realised that the 5 stages of grief map onto your reaction when you get a difficult piece in band.

Denial: “No, this can’t be what we’re playing! I mean look at it! What are those 7/8 bars doing there?”

Anger: “Screw this piece. Screw whoever wrote the dumb thing. Screw it’s stupid accidentals and chromatics and weird time signatures. It sounds weird anyway” *scribbles devil horns onto the composer’s name*

Bargaining: “Please can we not play this? I will play anything else, just not any more of this!” (bonus points if this is to the conductor, who naturally ignores it)

Depression: “I’ll never get this piece right.” *stares at music with empty eyes*

Acceptance: “Oh whoa, it’s actually not that bad once you know how it goes. Sounds pretty nice too”

Anyone else? Or am I just dramatic?

[constermonster]

Commission I did of me n one of my best friends in our old band uniform for his dad!! We’ve been friends for about 18 years now!! Woaaaaa

[a-suspicious-lack-of-bagel]

attempting to make this post before @srijellyfishtempura steals the idea from me:

picture the back row of a wind band. the brass section. most of them are sensible instruments for sensible musicians, right? they've got valves to send you effortlessly (citation needed) to the right notes, and some nice complicated and compact tubing. they're the corvids of the brass world.

and then... you have the trombones. your basic trombone build is one big ass S-bend of pipe. no complicated bends, no valves, and a big old clown-ass tuning slide that they made extra large so you can play all the notes. it has a specific marking for 'fun' - glissando. the trombone is a kea in the sea of corvids that are the valved members of the brass family.

it's silly. it's frivolous. it makes no attempt at Not being a slide whistle on steroids. and there it is, being a fully functioning instrument and Instrumenting well with the rest of em!

[robthepensioner]

Fleetwood Old Boys Band on Tram Sunday at Fleetwood. A lot of the band are very old boys, and some of them are ladies, as is the modern way.

[lejournaldupeintre]

Brass bands make a comeback

Their rousing sound raised the spirits and exercised the lungs of coal miners and factory workers, bringing sweet music, gleaming instruments and uniforms with shiny buttons to hard working communities up and the down the land. At their peak, brass bands were part of the fabric of town and village life, providing entertainment and something for the men to do that didn’t involve the pub, offering…

[quinn-fucks-shit-up]

I love nepotism (incredible violence, screaming, destruction)

[save-the-data]

aogeba toutoshi | s01e08

Japanese Drama - 2016, 8 episodes 6/100 Dramas Completed in 2023

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[lesser-known-composers]

The Severn Suite by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

[davidbeardmusic]

https://audiojungle.net/item/o-come-all-ye-faithful-2/49625552

A bright, intimate arrangement of the traditional Christmas Carol ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ for a small Brass Band https://audiojungle.net/item/o-come-all-ye-faithful-2/49625552

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[constermonster]

Commissioned redraw of an old illustration of Guttz for Dobcross Youth Band

[agrownupgeekgirl]

Lucky Chops with Leo P!?!? Fuck! I love them all so much and Leo is just brilliant🥰🥰🥰🥰!

This is me freaking out about one of my hyper-obsessions.. sorry lol

[saltwaterandstars]

This is what folk music is for - it's music of and for the folk, telling ordinary, working people's stories. I find the Unthanks version of The King of Rome exceptionally touching. When Becky sings "come on down, your majesty," giving life to Charlie Hudson's gratitude to his racing pigeon for making his dreams come true, I just want to cry.

The Unthanks are supported here by the Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band, their beautiful sound evoking northern english working people's struggle and pride.

I should add that June Tabor also does a great version of Dave Sudbury's wonderful song, but for now, here's the Unthanks.

[robthepensioner]

A festive brass band playing in front of the electricity substation and over a huge wastewater tank in Anchorsholme Park, Blackpool. Merry Boxing Day!

[darya-torres]

Rehearsal of the band "Brass Light" 🎹

And I do photography at our rehearsals, and I play on cymbals😉