KangaBoy has his Grade 1 ...... Trumpet exam ....on saturday.....Any tips ......please help

[RTKangaMummy]

It is on saturday

Have any of your DS or DD done their Grade 1 Trumpet???

Please tell us any tips you can think of

How good does he have to be?

Sometimes it is better than others

He has gone for a practise with the guy who is accompianing him on the piano this afternoon

Please tell us any tips

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Hey, Kanga - DS2 got his exam result this weekend! (Teacher rang us up on Saturday to tell us it had come in the post, DS2 was at grandma's then and insisted on going to fetch it as soon as he came home yesterday )

He did really well, his score was 123 which is a merit, and he even passed the sight reading (shows how much I know!) which is a first for him - well chuffed all round

His exam was 3 days before yours though, so your result might not have come through yet.

Fantastic, JanH! Congratulations to your clever DS2!

Thank you, hunker

RT!

has your ds ever "bathed" his instrument? This might solve the sticky valve problem once and for all...

Dismantle the instrument, laying all the bits out so you know where they go, as each valve has to go back in the right slot.

Fill a bath with warm water and a dab of fairy. Use a soft cloth, and run the warm water all the way through the instrument. Lay it on a towle to dry naturally.

Then wash all the bits, again in the water with the soft cloth.

You will probably be shocked at how much dirt comes out!

When you put the valves back in, oil them with special valve oil first. WD40 doesn't cut it here.

Make sure you 'work' the valves to evenly distribute the oil.

Many apologies if I'm teaching my Grandmother to suck eggs here....

HTH

wow well done DS2 JanH!
any news yet kanga?

Hey, Yorkiegirl... have you lost weight?

just a bit ellbell!

DEFFO BRILL

His teacher has phoned up and KangaBoy has PASSED

DH took the call so no idea how many marks he got but at least he passsed

CONGRATS to your DS Jan DEFFO BRILL

I think we will try giving it a bath

Yes, we do oil it

Yay! Congrats KangaBoy! Deffo brill
(Ooh, I like saying that... think it might be infectious KangaMummy!)

Wish I could lose some weight Yorkiegirl. Sadly I have the appetite of a hippo (a 'normus pottamus' as my dd2 calls them) and the willpower of a gnat.

Thanks ELLBELL

Yes deffo brill is deffo infectious

even those who say they don't like me saying it sometimes put deffo or brill in their own posts

Well done YG

Deffo Brill, KangaBoy

Thanks WWB

he is really pleased, as are we, we have to wait til next term for his certificate

well done Kangaboy!

Go KangaBoy, go!

my ds failed his!!! but still smiling and blowing !!!

Well done

Gosh, how absolutely marvellous for Kangaboy. And JanH's DS too.

Thanks YTG and madmarchare and mandy

for your DS mandy

Thanks soupy

No way on earth are those words^ passing my, er, fingers.

SD

I am sure will catch you out one day

Ah, Soupy, sometimes they're the only words that will do the job

DEFFO BRILL WWB

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