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Now, I graduated in 1978 and a lot has changed in the music scene over these 45 years, but WTH is "Bloated"?

Fill up your stomach with air 'til you feel constipated then play like you're trying to hold in a fart.

sungfw wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:52 am Fill up your stomach with air 'til you feel constipated then play like you're trying to hold in a fart.

So just play normally, eh?

You gotta play it phat

Brought this term up with my professional trumpet playing buddy. He said that’s usually reserved for trumpet music; it would be referring to their egos.

I think it has something to do with the open bar.
I mean, you do have a fully stocked open bar at each session per the AFM bylaws, right?

Just recently I had a score from a Danish arranger, where the drummer was supposed to "go to whiskers"......

I guess that when these unusual and/or totally gibberish instructions show up, they most often are the result of "false friends"-interpretations and translations.

Digidog wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:10 am Just recently I had a score from a Danish arranger, where the drummer was supposed to "go to whiskers"......

Uh ... "whiskers" are a specific type of nylon brush. Regal Tip (an American company, by the way)–among others-specifically call their version of said brush whiskers.

sungfw wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 8:22 am

Digidog wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:10 am Just recently I had a score from a Danish arranger, where the drummer was supposed to "go to whiskers"......

Uh ... "whiskers" are a specific type of nylon brush. Regal Tip (an American company, by the way)–among others-specifically call their version of said brush whiskers.

Yeah, I've since learned from a drummer that "whiskers" really is a legit term, but I nevertheless laugh when I see it.

officermayo wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:34 pm Now, I graduated in 1978 and a lot has changed in the music scene over these 45 years, but WTH is "Bloated"?

Now; what I really dislike about that picture, is the beamed eigth-notes with rests within the beam. The song isn't fast in this example, but at higher tempos such writing makes for sight reading problems. If I held a note writing class, I'd fail the student doing that.

I'd much prefer, and recommend, single 8ths and ditto rests, to better separate the beats.