DUMB QUESTIONS
1) "How do you you know where the notes are?" (-we've all heard this)
2) "How can you play with your eyes closed?"
3) (referring to jazz soloing) "How do you come up with
ideas?"
and
4) "Is it hard to improvise?"
5) "Why don't you use the plunger all the time?"
6) "Why do you blow the spit out on the floor? That's
gross."
7) "Have you ever heard of Glenn Miller? He was a great
trombone player."
8) "Can you play some Duke Armstrong?"
9) "Do you like playing the trombone?"
10) "Do you know that song that goes
'da-da-da-DA-DA------da-da-da-DA-DA'?"
11) (to a trb/tuba/banjo combo) "Why don't you guys
play some rock and roll?"
12) "How can you play without music in front of
you?"
13) "What's the highest note you can play?"
14) "Why don't you get a valve trombone?"
15) "Did you play in school?"
16) "My uncle used to play guitar. Have you ever heard
of him?"
17) "Is it okay if my son plays with your horn for a
minute?"
18) "Do you play other kinds of music, or just this
stupid stuff?"
19) "Do you know any Harry Connick songs, like, you
know, 'It Had To Be You'?"
20) "Can you play "Flight of The Bumblebee for
us?"