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Does Bunbury have an orchestra?

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SelfPortraitWithEels · 07/05/2021 14:41

(Also, can just anyone start a Bunbury thread or do you have to be a Weighty Feminist? Apologies if so, I will retreat tugging my forelock.)

Someone mentioned the cornet. Can I bagsy the kettle drum?

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Faffertea · 07/05/2021 16:55

I used to play the clarinet but I’ve always wanted to be a pianist. If I identify as a pianist that’s good enough right?

Thelnebriati · 07/05/2021 16:50

I think I could manage the triangle.

DialSquare · 07/05/2021 16:49

I'd offer to play the spoons but they'd just make me hungry.

Chersfrozenface · 07/05/2021 16:48

@Kotatsu

I can only echo Flibberty here WHAT! A harp has pedals!

I actually know a harpist, very elegant lady, exactly, does weddings (and funerals), but our kids are in the same class. I will now have to ask her next time I see her.

Concert harps have pedals. Then there are lever harps, which are smaller - they can be floor harps or lap harps.

I did once ask in a specialist shop about learning the harp. They asked whether I played the piano. I said that as a child I'd got as far as starting two hands and given up. Sharp intake of breath and advice to try something simpler.

HenriettaBadger · 07/05/2021 16:41

Longtime lurker de-lurking to suggest something in the strings section. The orchestra is a little percussion-heavy. Or maybe we could copy this high school choir (robes optional) - no musical ability required...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=pRhjWdr-LAA

Sophoclesthefox · 07/05/2021 16:37

Tubular bells for me, please Grin

I am all about ethereal and haunting bingbonging.

Notagain20 · 07/05/2021 16:32

#primaryschool

WarriorN · 07/05/2021 16:31
Igneococcus · 07/05/2021 16:30

Evelyn Glennie playing James MacMillan's Veni Veni Emanuel with the NZ symphony orchestra was the first concert dp and I ever went to together.

Notagain20 · 07/05/2021 16:27

[quote AssassinatedBeauty]@FlibbertyGiblets I know! I like a challenge though.

Maybe we could get Evelyn Glennie to come along and give a percussion workshop for all the keen glockenspielers?[/quote]
Yessssssss!! punches air

AssassinatedBeauty · 07/05/2021 16:24

@FlibbertyGiblets I know! I like a challenge though.

Maybe we could get Evelyn Glennie to come along and give a percussion workshop for all the keen glockenspielers?

FingonTheValiant · 07/05/2021 16:23

I can play the saxophone, but if we’re a percussion ensemble I’ve always wanted to try the hang drum...

FlibbertyGiblets · 07/05/2021 16:23
Grin
Kotatsu · 07/05/2021 16:23

I can only echo Flibberty here WHAT! A harp has pedals!

I actually know a harpist, very elegant lady, exactly, does weddings (and funerals), but our kids are in the same class. I will now have to ask her next time I see her.

Notagain20 · 07/05/2021 16:21

@PopperUppleton

I'm not sure I can play an instrument but I'm much in need of a safe space to sit and cry today, can I sit here?
You can sit and marvel at my glockenspieling skills, and I will cue you in to blow your nose at theatrical intervals Flowers
FlibbertyGiblets · 07/05/2021 16:21

WHAT?!

AssassinatedBeauty · 07/05/2021 16:17

@FlibbertyGiblets

Surely the harp is all about the player making elegant hand swoops, up up up and then down, etc. Not complex at all, no I am quite sure of that. [grimace at my ignorance here]
It's got pedals as well as strings....
FlibbertyGiblets · 07/05/2021 16:15

Surely the harp is all about the player making elegant hand swoops, up up up and then down, etc. Not complex at all, no I am quite sure of that.
[grimace at my ignorance here]

FlibbertyGiblets · 07/05/2021 16:12

@PopperUppleton

I'm not sure I can play an instrument but I'm much in need of a safe space to sit and cry today, can I sit here?
Sit by me, just be with us, no need to do. You can have a go at folding the paper round my comb if your hands want to be busy.
AssassinatedBeauty · 07/05/2021 16:10

I think I'd like to try the harp, even if it does seem frighteningly complex.

thinkingaboutLangCleg · 07/05/2021 16:07

Popper, sit and have a chat, or just enjoy the company. It'll be a while before they sort all the instruments out.

R0wantrees · 07/05/2021 16:05

PopperUppleton Flowers

It will be a while before we start playing.

thinkingaboutLangCleg · 07/05/2021 16:05

I always wanted to play the drums. I reckon there's enough in a good orchestra for all us wannabes to have one each.

Kotatsu · 07/05/2021 15:59

I played the flute as a kid, but if we're going for percussion, I'm bagseying the washboard and thimbles. Nice and lady-like too :)

PopperUppleton · 07/05/2021 15:59

I'm not sure I can play an instrument but I'm much in need of a safe space to sit and cry today, can I sit here?

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