Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 27, 2013

Looks more like clumptiy notes. Do oboe’s have crumb valves?

I love it when Petey channels his inner Coltrane.

Next: Flight of the Stumblebee.

I wonder if Thompson has Synesthesia? I do, and the mental picture of sound in frame 2 is similar to how I see it.

Makes me think of my daughter’s dumping the “water” out of her horn (French horn, for the noncognoscenti), a practice which entails lowering it out of the audience’s line of vision and executing a half-turn to dump the stuff onto the floor. Yargh.

Yes Petey, the crackers will help. (NOT) :-D

Now that would be REALLY funny! Poor Petey.

Spit valves. A good reason to avoid sitting on the carpet in a school band room. Ewwwwwww.

What I hate is the “bubbles” when I’m in the middle of a long passage with not enough rests to empty my horn. But, as ottod said, it IS condensation, not spit. The worst thing in it is a bit of oil from the valves and slides.

The reeds have to be kept moist anyway.

Oh, Alice – did you undress your Barbie?

“Mr. Barr, it is not as they say, considered couth to empty your spit valve in the middle of the performance and especially not on the foot of the person sitting next to you.”

Mr. Holland