[Menvi-discuss] [braille-music-chat] Cross posted question about trumpet fingering

Wed Feb 1 13:36:36 EST 2012

I played trumpet all the way through school.  There were 3 of us gals  
and the rest  were fellas.  Suffice it to say we never sat first, and  
it had nothing to do with our playing ability.  I got second one time  
playing Basin Street Blues.  They did not speak to me the rest of the  
school year.
Funny,
Susan Binks
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On Feb 1, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Bettie Downing wrote:

> Well, be careful how much psycho-analysis you try to put on trumpet  
> players because when I was in high school I dated a trumpet player  
> for a long time and his buddies were also in the trumpet section.   
> In private some of them were the most insecure people I had ever  
> met, yet they had chosen an instrument that was way OUT there, so  
> they were fearful people who were brave enough to put themselves in  
> frightening situations.  They were tight-wire walkers.  I relate  
> them to actors.  Insecure, frightened, yet so brave and willing to  
> put themselves at risk.  And that's just the ones I knew.
>
>
> On Feb 1, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Bill wrote:
>
>>> Hard to believe trumpet players are so conceited.  Are they just  
>>> joking?
>>
>> Yes, that was a joke but, like most jokes, it is funny because we  
>> can relate
>> to it on some level.  There is a certain personality that  
>> gravitates toward
>> playing that trumpet. Of course, seriously speaking, some of the  
>> nicest
>> people I have ever known are trumpet players.  But, to varying  
>> degrees, we
>> share a common personality trait of, let's say, having a certain  
>> presence.
>> Hard to explain because I'm not sure I understand it all myself.   
>> I'll bet
>> somebody has done some research on the influence of personality on  
>> which
>> instruments people choose to play.
>>
>>
>> Bill McCann
>> Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
>> www.DancingDots.com
>> Tel: [001] 610-783-6692
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org
>> [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Bettie Downing
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:23 PM
>> To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
>> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] [braille-music-chat] Cross posted  
>> question
>> about trumpet fingering
>>
>> Hard to believe trumpet players are so conceited.  Are they just  
>> joking?
>>
>>
>> On Feb 1, 2012, at 10:34 AM, Bill wrote:
>>
>>> Glad you liked the jokes but apologies for veering seriously off- 
>>> topic.
>>> I'll try to reform.  I don't get to play trumpet much these days  
>>> but I
>>> do remember some things about it like you are supposed to blow into
>>> the small end, right?
>>>
>>> Uh, so much for reforming.  OK, I will stop now.  But, attempting to
>>> come back closer to the stated purpose of our list here, it would be
>>> interesting to conduct a study to find out if the percentage of  
>>> blind
>>> people who take up the trumpet is significantly higher than that of
>>> sighted musicians.  It is my most unscientific and, as yet,
>>> un-provable theory the percentage actually is higher.  Or maybe it's
>>> just that we trumpet players tend to make more noise than everyone  
>>> else?
>> Oops, there I go again.
>>>
>>> But you have to admit that it's hard to forget somebody who you are
>>> just meeting for the first time who says something like:
>>>
>>> Hi, I'm a trumpet player too and I'm better than you!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill McCann
>>> Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 www.DancingDots.com
>>> Tel: [001] 610-783-6692
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org
>>> [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Bettie Downing
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 11:01 AM
>>> To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
>>> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] [braille-music-chat] Cross posted  
>>> question
>>> about trumpet fingering
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill, I loved your 2 jokes and passed them on to our orchestra  
>>> director at
>>> church and the lead trumpeter.  I have never heard either one  
>>> before.
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