Trumpet Meme

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 04/29/2020 at 15:00 • Filed to: None

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Or any brass instrument for that matter.

Yes, I thought of this all by myself. Can I © it and make a million dollars?

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:04

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Trumpets : I need a few more hours of practice

Woodwinds: Just blow and press the buttons lol how do you not get this

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 04/29/2020 at 15:06

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The joke’s on the woodwinds. When we play, nobody hears them anyway.

jminer > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:18

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I played trombone through college and always called it a spit valve and will never call it anything else since it is a valve that lets my spit out of the instrument

The Ghost of Oppo > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:18

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You either don’t get it or you trumpet

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > jminer 04/29/2020 at 15:19

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Does the warm air from your breath condensing against the cooler instrument walls count as spit or water though?

ttyymmnn > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 04/29/2020 at 15:20

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It’s water, which is why it’s called a water key .

jminer > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 04/29/2020 at 15:24

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Since it still accumulates when it’s above 90 outside, it’s not condensation from a temperature difference it’s spit.

Gone > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:27

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Was snare lol

Thomas Donohue > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:29

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True Story: I have seen that meme (well, those two pictures) in over 10,000 memes, and I have no idea what the reference is. No clue.

I kinda enjoy the fact that I’ve managed to avoid the source for so long, and I will not be reading any replies to this post.

Thank you.

jminer > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:30

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It is water yes (among other things) , but blown out of my mouth in raspberries into a brass instrument which in any other context would be saliva/spit so it is a valve to drain pit, so a ‘spit valve’

In all seriousness though that is the most carefully worded wikipedia article I think I’ve ever read. It reads like someone at a country club explaining this and it makes me laugh .

Also I am still a teenager at heart and giggle when things happen like a hairy woodpecker lands at one of my bird feeders so I wouldn’t take anything I’m saying seriously at all :)

WilliamsSW > Gone 04/29/2020 at 15:30

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Lol that’s awesome.  As a trumpet player back in the day, some instruments always struck me as being really boring.  Drums and the big horns were at the top of that list.

SmugAardvark > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:32

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Former trumpet player here, and I always called it a spit valve. I don’t care if it is incorrec t, which sure, it is .

I do sort of wish I still played, or at least had photo/video from the years I was playing.

ttyymmnn > Gone 04/29/2020 at 15:32

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A quote from one of my grad school music professors: I never understood what is up with the tympani player. He’s back there, tapping and tuning, tapping and tuning, tapping and tuning, tapping and tuning.  Then he hits it and it goes “BOOM.”

ttyymmnn > jminer 04/29/2020 at 15:41

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But it’s not raspberries. That implies you are sticking your tongue out. You are actually forming your lips into a membranophone, and the air (and its attendant moisture) are making them vibrate.

ttyymmnn > SmugAardvark 04/29/2020 at 15:43

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TBH, nobody calls it a water key. It’s just some useless bit of trumpet trivia to drop on your students. 

Future next gen S2000 owner > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:43

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Psht. Silly b rass instruments and their spit valves.

#Woodwinds4lyfe

SmugAardvark > Thomas Donohue 04/29/2020 at 15:45

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Not even this one?

Gone > WilliamsSW 04/29/2020 at 15:46

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It’s funny because I’ve heard that before. For marching season I wouldn’t have wanted to do anything else; especially in parades, pep rallies, etc . But oh man c oncert season was like a death sentence. Paying attention to the director, trying to not miss queues, having to control volume, and whatnot . Ugh lol.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:47

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Urine is mostly water, but we have a different name for it as well...

Gone > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:48

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lol

No one understands or like s drum corp except drum corp. Sounds about right.
*makes loud drum noises*
*recei ves dirty looks from band  and director *

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/29/2020 at 15:52

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Touché.

Ssfancyfresh > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 15:56

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Ugh. 6 years of clarinet here including 3 years of marching band.

Can relate.

ttyymmnn > Ssfancyfresh 04/29/2020 at 15:58

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I’ve got a son in HS marching band, and rising 7th graders who play euphonium and bass clarinet. The bass clarinet knows full well that he will be filling a space on the field and will never be heard. I did three years of marching band in high school (not even close to competitive) and I was done. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Gone 04/29/2020 at 15:59

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One of our percussionists had the magic touch when it came to pissing off our director. Nobody else in the band could get him as angry.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 16:02

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The lone exception to that rule is the piccolo. Nothing can mute  the piercing notes emanating from that tiny instrument.

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 16:04

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I teach it as a water key, and I tell my brass sections, “empty out your water.” I know that’s it’s more commonly called a spit valve, but like anything else, I’m trying to brain wash them. I WANT them to habitually empty them. But in 6th grade, they hear “spit,” it’s instantly “Ew gross mister no ew why it’s on the floor ew he did it next to my chair ew ew ew!” And fighting THAT drama on a daily basis is burned instruction time. So I explain the condensation concept to everyone, and explain that it’s water, and they need to relax, and I never ever call it a spit valve...and by 7th grade, no one even bats an eyelash when it happens.

Happens to woodwinds, too. On the rare humid days, it feels like my clarinet is bleeding. It was worse when I marched alto sax in the cold, because the metal definitely forced way more condensation than a plastic clarinet. 

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/29/2020 at 16:08

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Can confirm. Probably why they used fifes on the battlefield. You could hear those damn things over the din of combat.

ttyymmnn > Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious 04/29/2020 at 16:10

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I started teaching middle school trumpet lessons this year. It’s been fun, but a whole lot different from teaching HS or undergrad. Then again, I haven’t taught seriously in 15 years. So, I know exactly what you mean about spit vs. water.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > ttyymmnn 04/29/2020 at 16:14

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Ive seen the whole movie which is great but this is a good clip about percussionists. The timpani part is about 2:20

ttyymmnn > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 04/29/2020 at 16:20

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I can make out some of the French, and can guess the rest. Conductors can be such pricks. As my teacher used to say, “The baton doesn’t make any noise at all, now isn’t that right?”