Why did you choose clarinet?
So originaly I wanted to play the flute but a friend who played the flute convinced me out of it. She said I should play the french horn since it was a beautiful instrument. Well In the fifth grade you could not play the french horn, you either had to play flute, clarinet, or trumpet first (dont ask me why, it just was that way). Well my friend convinced me out of flute and I knew I could never play trumpet (already got that Clarinet mentality), so I settled with the clarinet. It has been over 10 years and I still play the clarinet along with the alto clarinet, bass clarinet, and contra-alto clarinet. Been part of 8 different bands ranging from elementry school all the way up through college.My contra-alto clarinet.I do not regret a thing and now have a goal to play every type of clarinet.
Why is his french horn not shiny like most of them?
It is older and has a patina. Unlike a new polished and lacquered instrument, this polish has worn off the instrument and the natural brass is showing. @josh - I never said the lacquer wore of, indeed it was probably never there. The patinia/polish worn off is a function of aging. I am sure that when the instrument was new it was polished on a buffing wheel.
How much would you pay for a good used French horn?
A good one? As in a used second hand (but still very much functional with only a couple of tiny dents and scratches and a little bit of lacquer wear) full professional double Bb/F Horn? A lot of money. It's a Horn. It's expensive. I would happily pay over $4,000 for a good used one. You must remember that good professional Horns are difficult and expensive to make. The amount of tubing on both sides, along with a flared (sometimes detachable) bell, the complex design and engineering, the rotary valves (you can see the price difference with piston valves when looking a price lists for tubas and trumpets) and the low demand compared with other brass instruments make a Horn, whether new or used, quite expensive.I would pay a lot. Not too much, but a fair price nonetheless. So should you if you're serious.
What can you use to make a saxophone shiny?
I advise against trying to polish or make your saxophone shinier. A good way to keep your horn clean is to use synthetic cloths to clean off spit, dust or other residues that build up with time. Most (new) saxophones have a lacquer, which is there to keep the horn shiny and looking "new". If you use abrasive materials to clean the horn, you will remove the lacquer and the horn will loose it's shininess over time. If you're not using the horn as an instrument, but rather for novelty or decoration, you can use a cleaner similar to "Brasso" to clean the metal. Brasso, will dissolve a small amount of the metal when you apply it, leaving a fresh unoxidised layer. But of course, over time, the horn will begin to loose its shine because there's no lacquer protecting the metal from the oxygen in our air.
How to make a brass instrument REALLY shine?
If you horn is lacquered, do not put metal polish on it. I am assuming it is lacquered because that is by far the most common for student level french horns. Go the the store and buy some lemon pledge (the wipes are really easy to use) If you find the pledge wipes just use them, if you get an aerosol can spray some pledge on a rage then wipe the horn. It is designed to take fingerprints off furniture and keep them off, but it works well for lacquered instruments too. Most repair shops actually do this after any work, just to make your horn look shiny.
Why do you play an instrument?
The baton raises.A quick, sharp, collective breath.And we’re off.The flutes take it over, a quick, light melody that kisses the audience’s ears, making them come to the edge of their seats as the oboe joins in, its robust, full sound carrying over the rest of the band despite its small stature, pushing the tempo faster so it threatens to pull away from the conductor.The low brass part is revealed, a thumping, rich melody that consistently stays just beneath the one of the flutes.The melody is passed off to the clarinets, who race up and down the staff, hitting sharps and flats and accidentals all along the way to produce a foot-tapping rhythm that gives way to a broad trumpet fanfare, accented with pounding bass drum and snare drum rhythms.The melody slows into a soft euphonium serenade, with the french horns joining in in a slow, sad, sweet legato movement that calms the anxious tension in the theatre.The french horn brings it home with a bone-shaking rip, soaring above the rest of the band with a beautiful but dangerous eighth note composition that brings them out, a hidden voice in a crowd.The trombone unexpectedly glissandos, rattling the stage. The flute and clarinet melody lifts to the ceiling for a grand climax, and it’s a frenzy of song, of dance, of movement, of joy.Of passion.The song slows and returns to the original melody, with a muted trumpet voice carrying to the back of the balcony, the flutes in a low, honeyed octave, and the clarinets in a slow, neutral pitch that rises and falls with the flutes.A long, beautiful chord.The baton lowers.Applause.xo, AJ Jadeja
Why is a joint cone shaped?
not all joints are cone shaped. some look like cigarettes. but to answer your question, joints are rolled in cone shape to make the last half of it more potent. as you smoke it from the small end, you pull the smoke through the weed towards your mouth. this leaves resin deposits on the weed as it is smoked. this happens with each hit. the cone shape concentrates the resin in the small end so as the joint is smoked it gets more potent with each hit so the last few hits are more powerful. I hope this makes sense, I am typing this while stoned.
How do you distinguish between the different brass instruments?
It's actually not difficult distinguishing them as most brass instruments are differently sized and shaped differently from other brass instruments. The trombone, for example, is elongated and hasn't any valves (or buttons, which are pushed down to make different notes) and instead is a single, long tube which slides back and forth to make sound. A trumpet, on the other hand, is, though still elongated, much shorter and does have valves. An F horn (french horn as it is know to the public) is more circular and played with the bell facing backwards, and so forth. As far as distinguishing sounds (which may have been the intended meaning of this question anyway), it simply takes time. In general a trumpet is going to be the highest pitched brass voice at any given time just as the tuba will be sounding the lowest pitch. However, these are not hard and fast rules as not every instrument is necessarily playing at the same time as all the others. However, one learns to hear the difference in tone of each instrument as one listens more and more. Generally, a fat sounding middle voice will be an F horn, a strong low voice will be either a tuba or a trombone in its lower register. A higher, more punchy and sometimes shrill sound is almost certainly a trumpet, though sometimes F horns are this way as well if the piece calls for such a sound. Again, listening is the best way to learn, these are just helpful hints to get you started; go forth and indulge your ears with some wonderful music!