I played the Trombone from 5th to 11th grade, then I stopped playing. 11th grade was about 17 years ago. For reasons that don’t really make sense, I have recently acquired a 1960′s vintage Conn Director Trombone from Craigslist. It’s beat to hell, dented and crusty.
I have already heard all the “I got a Rusty Trombone from Craigslist” jokes, so please no more.
Despite its battered condition, I’m sure it’s capable of producing satisfactory music in the hands of a more competent musician than me.
In my hands, it makes sounds that are pretty awful.
For your listening pleasure, and because I don’t have much else of interest to blog about at the moment, I have recorded my pitiful attempts to make music.
[audio:http://bonius.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/yesterday.mp3]
Enjoy.
That disturbed my dog.
Perhaps your dog would find Bavarian Polka music more to his liking?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUv76QcT_5c
Actually, not as bad as I thought it would be.
Interesting song choice…. whoa…. Paging Dr Frued…
I picked it because this girl posted sheet music for it on youtube. Most of it is well above my range, so I thought it would be a good workout for my range.
I’m working on some of the Super Mario Brothers Music she posted, too.
I thought that was pretty good. Congrats!
Suddenly the “Bone” moniker all makes sense…
This may be the motivation I need to dust off my trumpet. I think I can (after some practice) play the French horn version of that song (the trumpet version is too high for me). I have an old trombone I bought awhile back on ebay, but I don’t know the slide positions well enough yet.
Jim, she posted an “easy” version of the trumpet part for Hey Jude. That might work for you. I can play the easy version of the Trombone part without too much trouble.