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Mole
On audition
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 Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:47 am Post subject: How many instruments can you audition with. |
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Just wonder if there is any limit, or is it a case of choose say 2 for example or do you tell the board what ones you play and they ask you to play the ones they are interested in?
I ask this because i play, Guitar, Side Drum, dabble in tuned percussion, and about to start learning trumpet and pick up the bugle again.
I also have grade 4 theory if that helps at all.
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Wee Mac
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Maybe you will be the first Direct entry PDM ?
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:56 am Post subject: |
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You can tell the careers office what you play and will be put forward on whatever instruments are required. I suggest you read the 'Thinking of joining' link at the top of this page.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:35 am Post subject: |
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As a percussionist can you imagine auditioning on this lot?
Tuned percussion
Celesta
Chimes (a.k.a. tubular bells)
Clavinet
Triangle
Crotales
Gong
Glass harmonica
Hammered dulcimer
Handbells
Hang
Lithophone
Marimba
Marimbaphone
Metallophone
Orchestra bells (a.k.a. glockenspiel or bell lyre)
rototoms
Skrabalai
steel drums
Timpani (a.k.a kettle drum)
Vibraphone
Xylophone
Xylorimba
Untuned percussion
Bass drum
Bell tree
Bones (instrument)
Chime tree (a.k.a. mark tree)
China cymbal
crash cymbals
Cymbal
Gong (has a definite pitch, but is not often tuned)
Hi-hat
Kick drum (see drum kit)
Pogo cello
Ride cymbal
Sizzle cymbal
Snare drum
Splash cymbal
Spoon (musical instrument)
Suspended cymbal
Tabla
taiko drum
Tamtam
Tenor drum
Tom-toms
Auxiliary percussion
Agogo bells
anvil
dayereh zangi
Doyra
Frame drum
Finger cymbals
Flexatone
Glass harp
Jam blocks
Lagerphone
Marching machine
mendoza (a.k.a. monkey stick)
ratchet
rattle
Sand blocks
Siren
Sleigh bells (a.k.a jingle bells)
Slide whistle
Tambourine
Taxi Horn
Temple blocks
Thunder Machine
triangle
Typewriter
Vibraslap
whip (a.k.a. woodcrack or slapstick)
Whistle
Wind machine
Wood block
Latin/Afro-Caribbean percussion
Atabaque
Bàtá
Bongo drums
Brake drum
Cabasa
Castanets
Cajón (box drums)
Claves
Conga
cowbell
Cuíca
Djembe
Güiro
Jawbone
Maracas
Pandeiro
Scraper
Shekere
tambora
Timbales
Zill
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Hornblower
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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Bob - your knowledge is awsome and I don't feel worthy to be in the same forum as you!
And the way you think alphabetically defies belief!!!
You're the man...
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Mr Bass Trombone
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BoB, You missed out the Bird Whistle and the Cuckoo,( Sorry)
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Mr Bass Trombone
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And what do they call dem things that look like Skulls????
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2nd Clarinet
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Sorry everyone.......................... 
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Well - you had me.
Cruel man MBT. 
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Mole
On audition
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| admin wrote: | | You can tell the careers office what you play and will be put forward on whatever instruments are required. I suggest you read the 'Thinking of joining' link at the top of this page. |
Cheers, I did give it a gander.
Though I have heard of a couple of instances where people have auditioned hoping to be a guitarist/bassist and got given cello/euph.
Can this happen?
Forgive me but I do get easily confused 
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:36 am Post subject: |
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| Mole wrote: |
Though I have heard of a couple of instances where people have auditioned hoping to be a guitarist/bassist and got given cello/euph.
Can this happen? |
Yes of course it can happen... you audition on all sorts of instruments and may be offered any from the list below (although the list is NOT exhaustive). If you show musical aptitude, you may be offered instruments you are not familiar with but FULL training is given.
OFFICIAL instrument category:
Oboe / Cor Anglais (Bass Drum Cymbals on parade)
Solo Clarinet
Clarinet / Violin
Clarinet / Viola
Bassoon (Bass Drum Cymbals on parade)
French Horn
Solo Cornet
Cornet / Piano
Cornet / Violin
Trombone
Clarinet / Piano
Euphonium / Violoncello
Basses (Tuna, String Bass and Bass Guitar)
Flute /Bb Saxophone
Saxophone / Violin
Percussion
Bugle / Drum
I WANTED to be be a bugler but on my audition I tried Euphonium, Violin and also Bugle and Drum.
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Mole
On audition
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:54 am Post subject: |
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That's pretty amazing.
Did you play either Euph or violin before hand?
Thanks , that has given me much more confidence. :)
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Wee Mac
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I wanted to play the SLR but I was not old enough.
By the time I was, I had already been seduced by the Dark side of the RMBS. 
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:09 am Post subject: |
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| Mole wrote: | | Did you play either Euph or violin before hand? |
Play them? I didn't even know what they were!!!
Mac, the dark side was the winner in your case
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Mole
On audition
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:14 am Post subject: |
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I'm going to make the assumption the dark side is more fun :)
That seems like a very unique auditioning process.
But obviously is works.
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