Now when many of us when we hear the term “woodshed”, what first comes to mind is someone being taken out back and fearfully awaiting the punishment of choice….along with the relief that it is not YOU being the one that is trotted off to face the reckoning.
Well much like the shed building itself, the meaning of woodshed has changed over time. It has changed from a place where images of medieval torture occur to someplace hip, inspirational,where talent grows. Consider the following, courtesy of the Urban Dictionary:
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To lock oneself away with a musical instrument and practice, either a particular piece or in general, until the player has improved greatly or can perfectly play the piece he has been practicing.Due to the many hours he spent woodshedding, Jon became a better guitarist. |
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To practice a musical instrument. The woodshed is where you go to sharpen your axe.“Can’t go out tonight – I’ve gotta woodshed.” |
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To beat an opponent comfortably. In soccer terms, its equivalent to a goal difference of 4 between teams.‘haha,you got taken to the woodshed!!! ‘
‘lol he got woodsheded!’ |
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An allusion to being corporally punished, where the victim would be sent to the woodshed to await his punisher. The woodshed was a popular location, because it was remote from the rest of the family, and there was abundant material there for fashioning a paddle or a switch.Get to the woodshed boy – your pa is gonna tan your hide when he gets home from the mill. |
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AKA shedding, woodshedding is one of the most ambiguous jazz terms around (but the version I learned from old time players will be posted here). Shedding is the act of intensely practicing your instrument after being publicly humiliated by your bad playing. This humiliation might be from a terrible solo or from not knowing the key the piece is played in (not being able to improvise in all keys). Shedding usually includesThis is derived from getting your *** beaten (with scraps from a woodshed).I went down to a jam session at —– about a month ago, and this other tenor player just tore my *** UP. So I shedded every day since, and I’m finally confident and able enough to play in public again.
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