14 December 2024
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This afternoon I’ll be playing my tuba as part of an ensemble performing in the Carillon Centre in Loughborough (2pm – 3:30pm), supporting the local Lions organisation in their fundraising. I’m not actually plugging my tuba into an amplifier but … Continue reading
28 September 2024
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My lips feel well exercised tonight after the Training Band gig. Overall, it went very well. On the tuba end, my performance wasn’t flawless but both my duet with Jane and my tuba solo were decent. It was a good … Continue reading
26 September 2024
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This Saturday, Charnwood Training Band are doing their first independent gig in quite a while. We’re on at St Mary’s church, Stanton Under Bardon (LE67 9TN). Tickets are £4 on the door, including refreshments and doors open at 6:30pm for … Continue reading
13 July 2024
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For today’s sing around (in the hall at All Saints Thorpe Acre with Dishley), I took two instruments – my banjo and my tuba. I used the banjo for my opening and closing contributions. My first song was Spencer the … Continue reading
1 July 2024
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I’m now officially finished in my role at ASTAD but I’ve got one more session with the toddlers’ group to do, which was one of my voluntary activities. Next term they will be carrying on with their “numbers” theme but … Continue reading
6 February 2024
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One of the things I picked up early in my tuba-playing journey was the information that it is important to put the valves in the proper order. I must have placed them down out of order after practising on Sunday … Continue reading
8 January 2024
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I’ve experimented a little with this in the past but the simple expedient of dropping something soft down the bell of my tuba (in my case, a small silk rug!) seems to work reasonably well at dropping the level down … Continue reading
6 January 2024
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I think I need to get back into the habit of more frequent tuba practise. I’ve not done a lot over the Christmas period and, starting back today, I got a very good sense of why brass players speak about … Continue reading
25 November 2023
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I was finding one of the pieces we’re playing with the Training Band, a medley called “Christmas Swings”, harder than it ought to have been and, yesterday, I discovered why. Jane suggested I practise with a version published on YouTube … Continue reading
21 October 2023
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It was a fairly full folk session at The Plough Inn this afternoon and with some longish songs bought to the table (album length versions of both Stairway to Heaven and Layla!) so my turn to lead only came round … Continue reading