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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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1. That Piccolo Trumpet Is Awesome!

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Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:58 PM

Jan 11

As I recall it, Paul heard it played in an orchestra on BBC & asked George Martin if there was a way to use it.
So, George wrote this out & got the guy from the opera house to play it.
He got paid about $40 for the session!

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That Piccolo Trumpet Is Awesome! ProfessorGAC Jan 11 #1

I did not know that and did know of such an instrument . I suppose that's because I was in band for 6 years and surfered Jan 11 #2

I'm Sure They Wouldn't ProfessorGAC Jan 11 #3

He explained "the hook" to them. When they returned with "Please, Please me," he told them they had their first #1 song surfered Jan 11 #4