Summer term 2019 music

Thanks folk and mini. The children were 7 or 8 so I suppose a full sized flute might be a bit much!

Fiddle; it’s getting annoying now isn’t it!
I am optimistic it will be on Friday. Did you make the entry yourself?
I didn’t so I’m guessing I won’t necessarily hear immediately.
In the mean time, have some 🍰 for breakfast!

Getting extremely impatient will we be getting grade 5 theory results this week do you think? Would really like to know before we head off on holiday next Saturday

That's right - I think they call them a 'curved head joint'. My dd had one to start with.

@QueenMabby they are flutes with a u-bend for kids with little arms 😊

Hope someone could help me identify this instrument for me - at our school concert there was a group of children plying what looked like flutes— but with a “U” bend! What are they please? I had no clue!

Dd2 started with flute and added double bass..... ds is a percussionist ...... dh is considering replacing his car with a van

Hi Kashali, yes I know who you are. All well here!

Hello all I'm back.
I'm a nc with a dc i've posted about for years. I'm not allowed to post much anymore as my child recognised themselves on here and doesn't like me posting anymore.
Hope everyone is well, it's a shame when we feel like we can't discuss stuff due to them being recognised, just because all kids are different and could be identifying info.
Mine is finished school tomorrow, could be tonight after Mahler concert but staying until tomorrow. I'm not going as the thought fills me with dread. I do go to many others though.
Hello Raspberry, hope you recognise me, and all is good with you and yours.

NYO inspire has just opened applications for the next day in September, in Sheffield this time. Can't link on my phone.

Anyone who doesn't know - it's a free workshop for 13 - 19 year olds playing Grade 6 and above. Well worth it

@margiastevens, tuba and cello here too, plus Bari sax, two trombones and a clarinet and associated stands.

One DC only these days, dropped to one instrument. It rattles around in the boot (not literally!)

Ha - her saturday centre offers it as an 'orphan instrument' or whatever you call it - so I think you get to borrow one if you start. It's possibly the only place you regularly hear a 'bassoon quintet' at the lunchtime concerts. Dd therefore thinks lots of bassoons is quite normal because there are always a few around. Ditto percussionists - including some of her best friends.

I think they may be unlikely to offer bassoon to a tiny junior with two instruments already though - no matter her love for the thing. I'm not sure it's compatible with flute, and it's definitely not compatible with the train trip up every week. £2.5k is enough to ensure I won't be encouraging her, horseymum

It's not a bigger car you need for a bassoon, they don't take up much space, it's a second mortgage! A mini one is about £2.5k!!! ( We borrow one or could never gave started). There are so few sold there are no economies of scale. ( I know a guy who is a rep and he sold about 20 last year). You only get 3 sizes I think, mini, and full size with short reach keys and full size with normal keys.

Mini I've heard the flute described as many things but never "entry level drug" . Probably because it's big and expensive there's a real shortage of young bassoon players. She'd be welcomed with open arms into so many ensembles. My DS started playing at County level when he was just 8 as they were so short of Perc!

@raspberryrippleicecream my parents do that with cars too! DM plays cello and tuba, so boot space is essential!

Boyskeepswinging, I fear the flute, while convenient, has simply acted as an entry-level drug for my dd. She has added a cello and talks longingly of a bassoon. I may yet need a bigger car.

Thanks for the welcome horsey and well done to your ds - 28 is an epic performance score - sounds like his merit was well-deserved.

Well done to horsey s DS! Love the idea of choosing a car by the size of the instruments! I have perfected the art of arranging instruments/belongings around DSs French horn on orchestra morning..

My DS was rather upset to learn that Practical G8 Dist gets 30 points and Theory only 10 points. G8 Theory is really hard

Thanks! He does piano. It can't have stressed him too much as he is currently tinkling away learning some new stuff. I think the pieces are out of 30, the aural out of 21!!

When we bought our current car we took instruments with us as there were multiple large instruments for three children that needed to be fitted in. The salesman thought we were very odd

That’s great Horsey mum’s DS! , well done (I have forgotten which instrument though) 28 is a fantastic mark! (I’m not sure if higher exists)

Hi mabby! Sounds like your DD enjoys her music and gets lots of opportunities. It's perfectly normal to skip some of the exams, they're expensive and actually slow progress down for some children, spending so long on just three pieces. ( Plus it's really boring for everyone if they start them too soon) They should be playing loads of repertoire and studies etc to challenge them and broaden their experience s. If an exam fits in with that, grand. My DD has not done any exams on oboe but is probably going to do gr 5 in the autumn. She had played several grade 5 pieces in passing without knowing it so her teacher will just choose 3 to polish nearer the time. Scales are just part of what she does so knows all of them anyway. It's much less stressful that way, rather than cramming. On the subject of cramming ( DS s preferred method!) He got a merit in his gr 4 inc 28 for one of his pieces!! ( But 10 in the aural !) We were all very relieved.

I was wishing this week that DS had chosen a smaller instrument. I used to have a car with a massive boot but switched to a much smaller car once I was looking at insuring an 18 year old on it. Earlier this week I was playing packing Tetris with a small boot, the contents of a student flat and a large brass instrument. My thought was that it would have been so much easier if he'd chosen the cornet. Next year I might just pay to have two suitcases picked up from the flat and delivered here so I can get the instrument in the boot rather than on the back seat.

Fun fact - there are no UCAS points for a music diploma because it's a level four qualification and the tariff table goes up to level three.

Lots