forum We Angrily Scream about High Clefs because High Clefs Are NOT FUN (All Band People Welcome!)

Started December 06, 2018 by Deleted user

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Same with our band director
He practically teaches band to fifth graders and all the way through to high school. So… He knows most of us personally, which is great.

YASSSS BASS FLUTE
My band has piccs glares angrily at the screechy bois and normal flutes, and occasionally an alto flute if there's a part written for it, but never have we ever had a bass flute cries
In my opinion, if we have to put up with demon instruments such as piccolos and soprano effing saxophones, we deserve some bass flute

i think piccolos are awesome XD

Yree
We have the occasional soprano sax but thats sorta it
Maybe a contra bass clarinet if we're lucky
Or an english horn
But otherwise that's all we have as far as oddities

i think piccolos are awesome XD

When they're played well and their part is written well then sure, but that's a rarity

We only have two bass clarinets. And a bassoon

Piccolos

Are

Hell

when they're played by multiple people and have awful tuning….
But being played by one person isn't all that bad.

Yeah
The entire bass section of our band consists of one bass clarinet, one trombone, one euphonium, one tuba and one bassoon
We have 51 people in total

We have like 140 members total
But we have two separate classes between like the more musically advanced players and… The not so musically advanced.

We have like, 121 total I think.

We have schools nearby with over like 200 members
It’s crazy.

Oof

Yehs

We have millions of small bands

HMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm….

…What?

I just don’t know what else to say.
….
Do you have that one member that thinks they’re the best in the world but is actually terrible at playing?

Me

:0 no, I’m talking about faking it ‘til you make it kinda thing….
I’m sure you aren’t a terrible player….

I just don’t know what else to say.
….
Do you have that one member that thinks they’re the best in the world but is actually terrible at playing?

Probably not
Because our band is selective

101 band students. They have us split up between 9/10 and 11/12 now though.

We split into two classes based on skill
But freshmen always have to take the class for the technically less skilled no matter what

We have two major wind/brass bands, with high and low level, a couple of jazz bands, a couple of string orchestras, literally a chamber music ensemble for every instrument there is and a couple of trio/quartets

We split into two classes based on skill
But freshmen always have to take the class for the technically less skilled no matter what

We do that too, although freshmen can audition into the top group. We've had freshmen come in being the best players in their sections, which is a little insane.