HornsUp Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I'm getting acquainted with forum lingo...ergo...ummm..."I resemble that remark" Hey Toots, I saved a photo YOU posted: 1978-aag-horns2-a.jpg If you'll repost it here our readers can see Girl Corps Grip applied to a P-R baritone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindap Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 (edited) Hey Toots, I saved a photo YOU posted: 1978-aag-horns2-a.jpg If you'll repost it here our readers can see Girl Corps Grip applied to a P-R baritone. a chronicle with some stats ‘cause i taught m&m/guard most winters in the 70’s for 7 groups of which 2 were all girls (ventures & aag)…eag-1966-1969 as marching band, then a split to 2 all girls group in 1 city, 1970-1980 aag as a drum corps, 1977-1988 aag as a winter guard, 1988-1991 aag as a stage band, 1992-2004 aag as a show band. Eag also had drum corps and winter guard but i don’t know their chronicle. Highlights-aag had Jr. (avg. age 13) and Sr. (avg. age 16) corps for 8 years. In 1974 there were 125 members in Jr. and Sr. = 250. In 1975, 535 local girls auditioned. Mike Duffy was aag’s music director for 6 years including 78. My 78 photo below may be a rehearsal or audition, a new member, maybe 11 or 12 years old and learning to read music as they all did. Btw, of the 11 summer seasons i marched in drum corps, 6 as drum major, I can’t imagine how many times I may have said, “HornsUp” :-) edit: oh...toots...i like it, flattered...been decades since someone called me toots :-) Edited February 3, 2009 by lindap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDale Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Just depends on how YOUR corps did it--thumb/ thumb or thumb/ 1st finger. Our corps was taught thumb/ 1st finger, because it looked cleaner (the staff came from Marion Cadets). I was a contra, so was taught thumb/ 2nd finger! You could see some corps with younger horn players still using this upside down grip in the '80's, with their 2 pistons. Troopers come to mind as one example. I am sure there were more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorNik Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I was taught thumb/first finger,,, on sop,,, mello, bari.. on contra it was thumb /2nd finger but i see you, in your pic,, are doing the look ma no hands grip on that contra.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDale Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I was taught thumb/first finger,,, on sop,,, mello, bari..on contra it was thumb /2nd finger but i see you, in your pic,, are doing the look ma no hands grip on that contra.. No doctor, that is a early 80's 2v, so it does not count! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornsUp Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 i see you, in your pic,, are doing the look ma no hands grip on that contra. "Valves??? We don' need no steenkin' valves !!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorNik Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 ah,, practicing Cavies note bending,,,, good ,, very good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I was taught thumb/first finger,,, on sop,,, mello, bari..on contra it was thumb /2nd finger Westshores Bari line was about evenly split on thumb/first finger until we got a new asst horn instructor who got PO'ed that us "thumb users" were wrong. He then had the thumb users (like me) run thru the start of "Granada Smoothie" (16 note runs) to "show" that it was impossible to use the thumb that fast. When everyone played it clean his jaw hit the ground..... Then we clued him in that this was the second year for the song so half of us were used to playing it "wrong" (but cleanly) and it was too late to change now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDale Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 "Valves??? We don' need no steenkin' valves !!!" Yep Kenny, and unless some joker writes me a Db, I'm OK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlooContraGuy Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Just do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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