"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
10/08/2018 at 12:15 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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“ An etude for Trumpet and Lump Hammer that explores a corner of improvisation that challenges the preparatory resources of the instrumentalist, thanks to to an evolving instrument that itself is becoming less and less playable with each hammer blow.”
I’m going to program this on my neck recital.
punkgoose17
> ttyymmnn
10/08/2018 at 12:21 |
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Interesting, disappointing, and a waste of a trumpet.
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ttyymmnn
> punkgoose17
10/08/2018 at 12:26 |
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As I replied to my trumpet-playing friend who sent this, I get that it’s a gag (hopefully), but I die a little bit inside seeing any playable instrument destroyed.
My bird IS the word
> ttyymmnn
10/08/2018 at 12:37 |
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Fortunately, art is in the eye of the beholder. And Lo! I behold A Dumb Pile o’ Shit!
I mean seriously.
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ttyymmnn
> My bird IS the word
10/08/2018 at 12:44 |
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There are a lot of trumpet players who would find this hilarious, and it is funny, to a certain degree, at least as a trumpet player. While I didn’t see this, I know a guy who had a road crew flatten his trumpet with a steam roller because he was having a bad day. That instrument ended up hanging on the wall of his teacher’s studio, who likes to say, “It plays a little flat.” This same guy also threw a trumpet off of a balcony for similar reasons. Great player, but had some anger issues.
Defenders of this will likely point out that it’s probably a “bad” horn that he picked up at a pawn shop. Perhaps, but that horn was completely playable, and could have been used by somebody. My final trumpet teacher, the late great Ray Crisara, used to quote his teacher, Ernest Williams, one of the great trumpet teachers of his era: “I never met a bad player who, when given a good instrument, suddenly became a good player. Likewise, I never met a good player who, when given a bad instrument, suddenly became a bad player. It’s 90% the man.”
So yes, there are bad horns, but that doesn’t mean they need to be destroyed.
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My bird IS the word
> ttyymmnn
10/08/2018 at 12:58 |
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For me, it isn’t about the waste. It’s about that whole “modern art, art for the sake of art it’s just supposed to be weird” thing. Frankly, I think art is supposed to be beautiful, or have some inherent value. If enjoyment is to be derived from novelty, which I do, there seems to be more effective means than this.
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ttyymmnn
> My bird IS the word
10/08/2018 at 13:20 |
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I honestly don’t believe that there is any intention of art here. I think it’s entirely a gag aimed at the trumpet community, many of whom will find it hilarious.
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My bird IS the word
> ttyymmnn
10/08/2018 at 13:24 |
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Fair enough.
Nom De Plume
> ttyymmnn
10/08/2018 at 16:45 |
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This is one of those rare times I’d wish to communicate a set of thoughts privately. Lest they be dispersed in a negative fashion.
Thank you for posting this. While lacking in most reasonable adult actions it does serve as an educational demonstration of how the trumpet works. I’d show no hesitation towards playing this for a group of young musicians as part of a lesson on wind instruments and how they have evolved to their present form.
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ttyymmnn
> Nom De Plume
10/08/2018 at 17:37 |
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If you’d like to do so, you can email me at my screen name @ gmail.
I was having the same thoughts about the natural trumpet when watching this. But as I said elsewhere, a little bit of me dies inside when I see a playable instrument wantonly destroyed.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> ttyymmnn
10/08/2018 at 21:57 |
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“...I die a little bit inside seeing any playable instrument destroyed.”
I feel the same whenever I see someone smash a guitar. I’m not much of a player, but seeing so much potential rendered into splinters is painful.