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18 Oct 09 - 09:42 PM (#2747649) Subject: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Rapparee Really. 12 or 20 or any other gauge. You play it (or any other pipe) like a bugle, creating the notes by lip and air control, and you can only do this with barrels removed from the gun or on breakaction guns. Old Timers used to use this to signal to each other. It is HIGHLY desirable to unload the damned thing before commencing the concert. |
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18 Oct 09 - 09:51 PM (#2747654) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: frogprince Can't you get a nice deep tone by blowing over the barrel with it closed, like jug playing? Wonder if Spaw has ever tried a personal adaptation of the technique?... |
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19 Oct 09 - 12:05 AM (#2747703) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Luthier2b The problem with playing shotgun is that he holes do not always get placed where you want them. There used to be a duo in the Washington DC area called "side by side" which I confirmed was not named after a shotgun. For versatility I would thing that a Drillings would be preferable to a shotgun musically and otherwise. But I geuss we all need to start with a student model and work our way up to a professional grade instrument. -- Eric |
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19 Oct 09 - 02:06 AM (#2747726) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Ernest So, tell us about your greatest hits! |
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19 Oct 09 - 06:13 AM (#2747779) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: terrier Just can't get the right calibre of musicians these days.. might trigger off a whole new genre of folk music.. Brings to mind Gerard Hoffnung's Concerto for hosepipe and strings, with Dennis Brain playing solo hosepipe. |
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19 Oct 09 - 02:11 PM (#2748083) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Azizi I used to play "Shotgun" too-and I really could "get down" dancing to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnhI_ECOAK4&feature=related Jr Walker & Allstars - Shotgun [This video is from the 1966 American tv show "Hullabaloo".] |
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19 Oct 09 - 06:32 PM (#2748300) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: bubblyrat You can't have " a Drillings"----but you can have "a Drilling" (pronounced Dry-Ling) ....a German idea( and word),of course ; two shotgun barrels with a rifle barrel between,usually (but not always) on top. Formidable,but probably rather heavy to carry about all day. The rifle barrel,used with a cornet mouthpiece,would be very suitable for playing something like the "Post Horn Gallop", which I have seen & heard played by six British Marines using Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield .303 rifles....very impressive !! |
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19 Oct 09 - 06:38 PM (#2748308) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: John MacKenzie If you forget to unload it before the concert, you risk being disconcerted, I should think. JM |
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19 Oct 09 - 07:30 PM (#2748352) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Bill D It would be very useful for marching bands who want to do "The 1812 Overature". |
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20 Oct 09 - 01:49 AM (#2748499) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Ernest bubbyrat: the rifled barrel usually is BELOW the 2 shotgun barrels, not on top of them - and the word is pronounced Drilling like in drilling a hole. Best wishes Ernest |
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20 Oct 09 - 09:15 AM (#2748650) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Rapparee Yes, it's a whole new way to gauge a concert -- and NEVER a bore! |
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20 Oct 09 - 09:26 AM (#2748655) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: John MacKenzie Shotguns are like sex, side by side, or over and under. So I assume you would play an overture to start with, followed by a legatto over, a quick glissando, ending with Crescendo. JM |
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20 Oct 09 - 09:31 AM (#2748659) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Rapparee And the whole concert ends with a bang. |
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20 Oct 09 - 09:39 AM (#2748665) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: John MacKenzie I haven't finished playing the introduction yet mate ! |
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20 Oct 09 - 10:22 AM (#2748681) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Severn We'd love for you to give it a shot in public. I'm sure the audience would be blown away! Bring your "owl's head" to the next hoot! So roll out the barrels! We'll have loads, that is to say TWO barrels, of fun! If something goes wrong, some of us at least will see you in a Pellet Court. Is this where the modern NRA meets Roosevelt's National Recovery Act? |
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20 Oct 09 - 10:46 AM (#2748694) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: gnu Sniff... I have a single barrel. |
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20 Oct 09 - 11:56 AM (#2748747) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: John MacKenzie And you don't use it |
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20 Oct 09 - 11:59 AM (#2748750) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Tug the Cox What have we done to trigger this? |
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20 Oct 09 - 12:14 PM (#2748758) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Bill D (I was working on some comment about a muzzle loader, but I think I'll let it pass) |
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20 Oct 09 - 12:15 PM (#2748760) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: JohnInKansas I haven't attempted to play a shotgun, but used to give the kids each one fired (empty) .38 Special, .410, 12 ga, or '06 cartridge case to use as a signal whistle when wandering around primitive campsites. The cartridge cases generally produce a pretty shrill tone that carries for a long distance, and it's easier for most people to tell the direction a sound comes from when higher pitches are used. With the larger sizes, overblowing to 2d & higher harmonics gives a selection of notes or note combinations that can be used to signify "just lost," "in trouble," or "come and see the rotting 'possum corpse, I just found," but the kids never conformed well to our prearranged codings. I toyed with the idea of "pan pipes" made with cartridge cases of selected sizes, but never accumulated a sufficient collection of different sized cases to make much of an instrument. (I did find my souvenir 105 Howitzer casing a bit difficult to blow. It would perhaps be better suited for use in a king-sized glockenspiel(?).) John |
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20 Oct 09 - 01:08 PM (#2748793) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: gnu GLOCKenspiel |
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20 Oct 09 - 01:20 PM (#2748803) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Stringsinger Instead of swords into plowshares, guns into musical instruments. Sounds like a plan. |
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20 Oct 09 - 01:47 PM (#2748822) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego I tried this when I was a kid on the ranch, but I hated the taste of burnt gunpowder on my lips. Also, the moisture is bad for the chamber unless you clean it right away. The sound I got was something like a flute on steroids. I played cornet at the time, so I was accustomed to a mouthpiece, not the thin, hard steel of a 12 gauge barrel end. It was hard on the embouchure. I probably should have used a .410. |
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20 Oct 09 - 04:22 PM (#2748950) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Severn Is there anyone here that can play "Here Comes The Bride" on one? |
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20 Oct 09 - 04:55 PM (#2748964) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Severn: Would that be for an upcoming....wedding? |
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20 Oct 09 - 04:55 PM (#2748965) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: John MacKenzie Ya got them over a berrel on that one Sev. You're smooth, and not a bore, there's no one to rifle you. Never use a stock remark, when you have a better one in sight. I hope your knees are improved after the cartridge trouble. Still; no problem to an old buck like you. JM |
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20 Oct 09 - 05:33 PM (#2748989) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Tangledwood Could be a useful instrument to add to a Salvo's band - Winchester Cathedral might be an appropriate tune. |
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20 Oct 09 - 06:05 PM (#2749006) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Severn Not yet that I know of, TJ! I wouldn't read too much into it..... |
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21 Oct 09 - 09:42 AM (#2749416) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: Rapparee Sure. You can play "Here Comes The Bride" on any instrument once you understand its range. |
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21 Oct 09 - 08:59 PM (#2749884) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: GUEST,bs this needs to go in bs you stupid clones |
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10 Feb 26 - 07:40 PM (#4235639) Subject: RE: I can play the shotgun and I'm proud! From: GUEST Rapparee, did you learn that in 'Nam? Shotgunning |