Bamboo “Trombone”

[HawaiiTromboneGuy]

Saw this in the library at the local university and thought it was pretty neat!

[HawaiiTromboneGuy]

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[Mamaposaune]

Very cool artwork!

[Kbiggs]

Wooden you like to play it?

[haydenlance]

How well does it play? Or does It play at all?

[harrisonreed]

The placard says you hum into it like a kazoo. It's not a real instrument

[jacobgarchik]

There's a track of a Philipines bamboo band on the CD that comes with the book "Brass Unbound".

[ghmerrill]

I'm skeptical about how resonant that bell is.

[harrisonreed]

There's a track of a Philipines bamboo band on the CD that comes with the book "Brass Unbound".

Exquisite

[ghmerrill]

Yes, but it does seem to lack some bass.

[harrisonreed]

Yes, but it does seem to lack some bass.

Hmmm....

I think the bass level is also exquisite.

[ghmerrill]

I think the bass level is also exquisite.

There may be some linguistic dissonance going on here.

[harrisonreed]

I think the bass level is also exquisite.

There may be some linguistic dissonance going on here.

It's artistic integrity. They aren't bowing down to what the mainstream thinks of as "good" -- big bass and trap beats. This is the real music

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[Posaunus]

There's a track of a Philipines bamboo band on the CD that comes with the book "Brass Unbound".

The trombone was O.K., but I preferred the sound and timbre of the bamboo saxophone.




















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[ghmerrill]

This is the real music

I don't know ... there's just something about the basket-weave bell that doesn't seem right.