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Post by wenonah4th on Nov 19, 2013 14:36:26 GMT -5
Likely the tuba was actually a baritone horn.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Sept 30, 2020 19:47:04 GMT -5
I thought it was pretty unrealistic that each child/group of children would be taken out of class for a private music lesson. Talk about annoying for the teacher! Lots of class time would be missed and because it would be various kids missing it at various times, it would be really hard to catch up. This wouldn't happen in real schools. They'd most likely have a designated music period and stick to that. I grew up playing the clarinet from 4th grade on and this is how we did music lessons in school, a few of us would meet for a private lesson with our band teacher during a period. Most of the other teachers weren't too fond of it LOL. I owned this LS book, I got it in a boxed set of LS books for Christmas one year. As someone who was in band from 4th grade all the way through high school and college, this one pains me because it's SO inaccurate! First of all, a tiny 2nd grader would not be given a tuba. When my grade began band, the kids playing the lowest instruments were given the baritone horn, which is slightly smaller and lighter. They didn't switch to the tuba until maybe 7th grade. Also, it wasn't "first come, first served" with instruments. In 3rd grade at my school, if we wanted to try out for band, we picked our top three instruments. Then, the music teachers would try us out on those and whatever ones they thought we were a good match for, we were assigned to. Like my first choice was the saxophone because I wanted to be like Lisa Simpson LOL. But I couldn't get any good sound out of it! So I ended up with the clarinet. It was sweet they surprised Ms. Colman with Here Comes the Bride though. Those kids really loved her so much!
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Post by sparklymouse on Jun 10, 2022 16:54:22 GMT -5
^First of all, I love your Lisa Simpson aspiration. I'm sorry that it didn't happen.
I was pleasantly surprised by this re-read. Karen messed up by forgetting her permission slip. It was her fault that she got the last instrument instead of what she wanted. She was so positive about the whole thing! Instead of pouting she decided that she was going to become a great tuba player. She practiced for an hour when she was told to practice for 20 minutes. She felt good about her "private" lessons when no other students played the tuba as well. She was insulted when the teacher wanted her to switch to a tambourine because the tuba was her instrument that not just anyone could play. This was a maturity that I didn't know she had in her, lol.
Sam sounded like an all-around stud. I want to know what 3 instruments that he played. He didn't seem that involved with David Michael, but he was always up in Karen's business.
Karen was so hyper at the concert after-party that Watson had to tell her to calm down. She was like "maybe some cookies and brownies will settle me down" and grabbed a whole handful.
That chapter with David Michael and Linny was random and funny. They dressed up as a bride and groom to get married so that the girls would stop practicing the wedding song.
The "Blarin' Karen" nickname came out of nowhere.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Jun 15, 2022 9:52:16 GMT -5
It's ok, I ended up with the clarinet and like Karen with the tuba, I made it my own And yeah, Blarin' Karen really came out of nowhere, didn't it? I'm still not over having Karen play the tuba. A 2nd grader doesn't have the lung capacity for that and it's just too heavy!
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Post by oldhickory on Jun 16, 2022 9:08:26 GMT -5
I haven't read this book so I'm just talking as a former school musician. They make small versions of other instruments for young beginners, so she probably had a child-sized tuba. I love the visual of her lugging around something bigger than her though.
The lung capacity question is still valid. I play the oboe and one time took trombone lessons. That was a hard day.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Jun 19, 2022 10:52:21 GMT -5
I haven't read this book so I'm just talking as a former school musician. They make small versions of other instruments for young beginners, so she probably had a child-sized tuba. I love the visual of her lugging around something bigger than her though. The lung capacity question is still valid. I play the oboe and one time took trombone lessons. That was a hard day. When my class began band in 4th grade, the lowest instrument was the baritone, which is slightly smaller and lighter. Maybe she had that? I remember the one boy who didn't quit band switched to the tuba later on, maybe in 7th grade? I do agree with you that the visual of her trying to carry something that heavy is hilarious. I never tried picking one up but considering how heavy I found my brother's trombone, I can only imagine!
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