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

Yeah same.
But they have to audition, and then they can take the higher class the next year.

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I just had mine five seconds ago.
It was okay
Play an etude thing
Play three major scales from memory
Play a minor scale (not from memory)
Play chromatic from your lowest note ascending only
And that's it.

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That's kinda nice.
But if we arent happy with our chair placement, we can "challenge" people to get a higher chair.

@Wry_Wyvern

Oh yeah; the school I used to go to had challenges, but at the school I'm currently at we have chair tests in the fall and then again in the spring and the placements are fixed. All the incoming band freshmen audition in the spring before they start high school and everyone in the lower group auditions in the spring too (people in the top group don't have to re-audition). Groups are decided then but not chairs; we have chair tests really early in the school year which kinda sucks.

@Wry_Wyvern

Challenges are when you and the person ahead of you basically re-audition and the band director decides who's better and adjusts chairs accordingly