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I read this book that had a comment in it with band geek stereotypes. Tuba- bouncer. Bass guitar- manwhore. Flute (girl)- you get all the guys. Flute (guy)- you get all the guys. Triangle- your skills are not nearly as impressive as you think they are.
I chuckled.
In my band, it's more like this:
Flutes - huge gossips.
Clarinets - smart, and good musicians.
Saxophones - quiet, but really weird.
French Horn - the biggest b**** you'd ever meet, and horrible at music too.
Trumpets - think they're the best (they're not), and really obnoxious.
Low Brass - inappropriate.
Percussion - stupid.
Hehehe, I do. But it's true. Last year, 3 out of 6 of our section made it to All-State Band. None of the other, much larger, sections even made it to auditions.
In my middle school, clarinets were the elitists, trumpets were the kids with swag, tubas were those kids that looked like they were seniors even though they were like 12, flutes were the chicken-headed girls who airily tittered at everything, percussionists were the quiet ones, saxophones were the ones who had no musical talent whatsoever, and the ones who played those obscure instruments no one cares about (eg bassoon) were the hipsters.
Sorta similiar to alsatt's but a little different in my band:
Flutes: ditzy
Clarinets: annoying
Saxophones: lazy
Trumpets: obnoxious
French horns/Mellophones: conceited
Low brass: Pervy
Drumline: EXTREMELY laid back
Pit: Kinda weird
In my school it's
Flutes: Talkers (although I play flute and barely talk)
Trumpets: Slackers
Clarinets: Know-it-alls
Low Brass:Ditzy
Saxophones: Class Clowns
Percussion: In their own world
My band-
flutes: Soft spoken, quiet
clarinets: quiet but play the best
Trumpets: think they're the best but don't know how many times the band director gives the clarinets back up parts for them
Saxophones: loud and obnoxious
Tuba/low brass: laid back
Perc: dumb as fuck
Pit guys are ALWAYS really creepy...
In my band the flute girls are the smart type, the percussion are either extremely cool and funny or dumb douches, the clarinets never talk, the brass is obnoxious, and the colorguard is the hard-working section.
We probably have the most fun, too, but that's when we have sectionals. When the whole band's together our main goal is to show up the instrumentalists, I guess. :)
My band:
Saxophones - Loud and and dorky but very friendly (my section)
Trumpets - slackers and extremey obnoxious
Flutes - quiet and extremely nice
Low brass - hilarious
Mellos - creepers
Clarinets - smartypants
Drumline - funny but stupid
Pit - all the hot guys are in pit
Flutes are the ditsy ones
Clarinets don't give a crap
Saxophones try hard but get covered up
low brass try just a little too little
Colorgaurd are mainly sluts
Trumpets are show-offs
And the drumline is overly cocky
I'm gonna follow the trend and say what it's like in my (marching) band:
Flutes- giggle a lot, smart and fun to talk to
Clarinets- either really annoying or know-it-alls.
Saxes/low reeds- super funny & random, perverted and weird
Mellos- spontaneous and the cool kids
Trumpets- wannabe Mellos
Trombones/baritones- not very loud and don't have much personality
Tubas- loud and rambunctious (sp?) but cool/funny
Pit- in their own world
Drumline- perverted and also in their own world.
Not separately, but as a whole. There are a lot of exceptions..
My band-
flutes: Popular, girly girls
clarinets: Annoying nerds
Trumpets: Think there the best but they arn't
Saxophones: loud, obnoxious and lazy
Tuba/low brass: Laid back
Perc: Dumb
the addition of freshmen to the band has changed it quite a bit
trumpets: either complete slackers or very knowledgeable musicians. either way they think they know everything
trombones: never talk ever.
saxes: liked by nearly everybody, and are always very on top of things.
flutes: all the girly girls
clarinets: voted the worst section 7 years running, has all the people who aren't serious about marching band
(I'm a clarinet and this is very frustrating because band is very important to me. That's why I'm oboe for concert band!)
mellos: they're all charismatic and really close with each other
sousas: kind of big-headed but talented in general
baritones: weird. weird weird weird.
battery: utter douchebags.
pit: the best word to describe them would be "band-hipsters"
flutes: annoying, loud, girlish
clarinets: mostly smart, usually knows what they're doing, can be annoying
saxes: lazy, always confused
oboes: awful musicians. hated by everyone else.
percussion: either dumb douches or smart and knows what they're doing
low brass: never pays attention, in their own world
trumpets: loud. obnoxious. thinks they're hilarious but is actually annoying everyone else.
Flutes: We like to talk. A LOT.
Clarinets: Biggest section in the band; don't really have a stereotype...
Trumpets: Full of themselves. Obnoxious. Uncivilized. Think they're the biggest/best section.
Trombones/Baritones/Low brass: Loud. Loud loud loud.
Saxes/Low reeds/Mellophones: Just kinda there...
Drumline/Pit: If they hear one good thing about them, they get cocky and never let you forget that you said something good about them.
Okay. I actually like everyone and my band, and think almost everyone plays pretty good. The only people I don’t like would be some of the clarinets. Before anyone says anything, I happen to play clarinet. I’m actually going to switch to bass clarinet either this week, or the next, though. I find that most clarinets are either quite or annoying. I’m that one person who is both. Flutes are really sweet in my band. Trumpets are loud, but they are still cool. Our bassoon is super chill. Our saxophones are totally smoking weed, but, so am I. (Its a joke.) The trombones are actually super quite, so I can’t say much about them. We only have two French horns. I’m actually good friends with half the band, and so I’m friends with one of the French horns. He’s a total meme. Tubas are calm and cool. Our percussion people are either good or bad. We have about 3-4 good percussionists. The other half is... needing a bit of improvement.
oh yeah, and our percussion is as cocky as hell
they are the only people who have ever made our band director yell
(I'm a poet and I didn't even know it)
For our band this is what it's like:
Flutes-Almost always laughing or talking
Clarinets-Most of us are either quiet or have serious attitude problems
Saxophones-Cockiest woodwind section, always showing off how fast they can play
Trumpet-Obnoxious, loud, and cocky
French Horns/Mellophone-Always goofing off, but really good players
Trombones-Either really loud and perverted or so quiet you forget that they're in band
Euphonium/Baritone-Quiet
Tubas-Always bragging about being a tuba and always playing. Probably the most dedicated section
Pit-Really awkward and weird
Drumline-Good-looking, but also jerks. The motto of the girls in band is "Never date a drummer."
Color guard-overly-dramatic and emotional
The clarinets are absolutely insane, french horns seem to have the most fun, and the trombones are completely dependent on their section leader. Those are the only stereotypes that everyone in the section fits.
flute- girly, extremely nice, love to laugh and talk
trumpets- huge egos but really funny
bass clarinets- i know this shouldn't be a seperate section but the bass clarinets that we have are so bossy they think they rule the band ( no offense to any bass clarinet players it may just be these girls)
trombone- obnoxious but really funny at times and they are also loud but hey we love'em
clarinets- girls- really quiet but they can play really good guys- just amazing :)
percussion- really loud and sort of the clowns in the band
saxophones- really good at improve but sometimes really annoying
tubas- tubas like flute players and they are also perfectionists but they are strong because they have to lug that big thing around
violin- they are just sassy people
Clarinets - very talkative but very quiet when playing.
Flutes - extremely talkative and rude and are probably the best group in our band
Frenchhorn - mess up (one's a trumpet player and the other's a flute player, only 2 frenchhorn players) constantly but try their best, quiet.
Trumpets - VERY COMPETETIVE and a tad bit annoying.They have the two most popular people in the band and joke alot, but they don't know the definition of the word ' SHUT UP'
Saxophone - very wierd and in their own world. Pervy and all that other stuff. Their fun to hang around.
Low Brass - LOUD and are complete douches.
Percussion - wierd and pervy. They can't shut up. Very cocky.
Melodics - (I'm in this group) Quiet and barely heard (only two people) We're always in our own world.
Flutes: Quiet and prim, but also huge gossips amongst themselves. I swear, they whisper and titter so much and never get caught.
Clarinets: They all act like family and will shank you if you mess with one of their own. Also, gay pride central of the bandroom. :D
Bass Clarinet: Consists of a single guy. Can't march, squawks a lot, socially awkward. And basically only talks to the band director. Everyone hates him for some reason... Maybe because he's cocky, but isn't actually too good?
Trumpets: SHUT UP, MY GOD. First and second chair argue a lot. Last chair freshmen are awkward and quiet. Arrogant as all hell and practices "quietly" even when the director is talking. But, honestly, they get the most solos because they're that good.
Saxophones: Cool, but uptight hipsters. Will play notes over and over and OVER again until they sound perfect. Superiority complexes are common.
French Horns: A pair of epic people who are mostly into anime. Actually, I think their whole lives are anime and band.
Trombones: HELL YEAH, MY PLACE OF DWELLING. Pokemon cards falling into puddles of spit, inappropriate joke about certain parts of the male anatomy, and slides colliding with stands to create flying sheet music. We get yelled at for talking even though the band director is way up at the front of the room playing piano. I think he just assumes we're always talking. Sheet music is frequently lost and all seven of us crowd around my stand (because I'm usually the most responsible). Famous procrastinators we are, who doodle random shit in our practice books when we should be writing notes over parts we have trouble with. Oh, what a lovely home.
Baritones: Get trombone parts when we're laughing too hard and can't get our shit together enough to play correctly for the director. There are three of them and all are weird beings who play loud but sound awful.
Tubas: The hugest people you will ever meet. Mostly upperclassmen and all take things too seriously. Seem to enjoy stacking and sliding things when loading up the trailer and always yell at people to hurry up. Terrifying when they are back-stepping toward you at a fast pace. I've prayed so many times for no rocks or holes to appear beneath their feet.
Drum line: Cocky. Studs. Can't back step to save their lives. Talk too much.
Pit: Odd, but likable people. Mostly talk amongst themselves.
Guard: Terrifyingly uncoordinated, but can do cool shit. Tension runs rampant and cat fights always feel inevitable. Hog the band room's single bathroom before competitions to do makeup, even though there's a line of kids who need to rid themselves of Gatorade and Taco Bell.
my band.
Flutist: Sensitive yet gossipy feminine figures (nice at one point but mean the next)
piccolo: literally a flute
clarinet: conserved but generally good, preferable to be with out of band
saxophone: there is only one and he is good so i'll go off of the middle school steriotype. Memes.
french horn: (only me, has only been me for years) confused and cries with joy whenever I get something right. is bad in middle school but then suddenly and miraculously improves when in highschool. replacement for the mellophones when there are none in marching.
Trumpet: egotistical but when good they are GOOD, to the point where the egotistic attitude is admirable.
trombone: VROOOM VROOOOOMM, either doesn't work at all or is an overachiever, generally layed back, (all of my friends are trombonist)
Baritone/euphonium: quiet usually, sometimes memey but mostly just there. usually not to good at playing but are not irritating so that is ok.
Tuba: perverts and memes.
Percussionist.. there are only two and one is half time baritone, the full time one is quiet spoken but good at what he does. middle school band just wants to hit everything.
color guard: White girls but funny ones, Often pretend to have jousting battles. look like hoes but aren't really.
everyone is egotistical in their own way, everyone thinks they are the best. or at least their instrument.
Trombones aren't quiet people normally, just a close group that at times may be more cult-like than the band in general. A chill group that is greatly underappreciated within most bands so more likely to keep the energy and insanity within the trombone section, keeping the rest of the band clueless and also under the impression that the trombone section is a quiet group of people. Nah. We're crazy.
Well that is true, but they can have opposite personalities depending on whether they are playing fast happy music or slow sad music e.g. the violin, it can be slow and pessimistic or happy and enthusiastic
well that's more orchestra, but yeah. Like our trumpets are obnoxious, our trombones are smart and quiet, our flutes are all girly-girls, our clarinets are stupid, and our french horns are awesome.
Almost the same in my band, except the flutes are not as girly and more spontaneous and our trombones are far from quiet. It seems to be a thing for French horn players to be awesome. XD
Then you've gotta admit that your original comment fits into that perfectly :P I mean nothing against any trumpet players (I'm good friends with quite a few) I just think it's funny
Your name is frenchhornist, so I would assume you play french horn, which also means you play trumpet, as they are almost the same thing, just a different mouthpiece and shape, but same fingerings. I've played french horn a bit too, sat in back room with one of the school's during a student leader cookout for my band.
Well props to you and I encourage you to keep learning horn! I know quite a few trumpets that refuse to try but knowing horn and trumpet is a good set of skills to have :)
The first day of school I am going to the back room and getting the flugelhorn down from the loft.
Then I'll sneak one of the bad frenchhorns to keep in my locker as well.
Just one question: Doesn't the shape of the case anger you? A bunch of my friends and I were tased with putting all the school instruments into the back room loft, which included about 5 french horns, and we could not for the life of us get them stacked in properly.
Oh believe me, there is no proper way to stack French horns haha. They are also difficult to walk long distances with because the case always manages to hit some part of your knee. They actually make ones with detatchable bells that are really nice, but totally not in my budget unfortunately. Maybe someday tho...
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I read this book that had a comment in it with band geek stereotypes. Tuba- bouncer. Bass guitar- manwhore. Flute (girl)- you get all the guys. Flute (guy)- you get all the guys. Triangle- your skills are not nearly as impressive as you think they are.
I chuckled.
that's the best. totally true as well.
Percussionists: Perverted, horny, and don't give a shit about anyting or anyone besides other percussionists. Also, weed.
In my band, it's more like this:
Flutes - huge gossips.
Clarinets - smart, and good musicians.
Saxophones - quiet, but really weird.
French Horn - the biggest b**** you'd ever meet, and horrible at music too.
Trumpets - think they're the best (they're not), and really obnoxious.
Low Brass - inappropriate.
Percussion - stupid.
I'm just gonna take a wild guess and say you play the clarinet
Hehehe, I do. But it's true. Last year, 3 out of 6 of our section made it to All-State Band. None of the other, much larger, sections even made it to auditions.
In my middle school, clarinets were the elitists, trumpets were the kids with swag, tubas were those kids that looked like they were seniors even though they were like 12, flutes were the chicken-headed girls who airily tittered at everything, percussionists were the quiet ones, saxophones were the ones who had no musical talent whatsoever, and the ones who played those obscure instruments no one cares about (eg bassoon) were the hipsters.
Sorta similiar to alsatt's but a little different in my band:
Flutes: ditzy
Clarinets: annoying
Saxophones: lazy
Trumpets: obnoxious
French horns/Mellophones: conceited
Low brass: Pervy
Drumline: EXTREMELY laid back
Pit: Kinda weird
In my school it's
Flutes: Talkers (although I play flute and barely talk)
Trumpets: Slackers
Clarinets: Know-it-alls
Low Brass:Ditzy
Saxophones: Class Clowns
Percussion: In their own world
Low brass, ditzy?
In my school anyway.
My band-
flutes: Soft spoken, quiet
clarinets: quiet but play the best
Trumpets: think they're the best but don't know how many times the band director gives the clarinets back up parts for them
Saxophones: loud and obnoxious
Tuba/low brass: laid back
Perc: dumb as fuck
Pit guys are ALWAYS really creepy...
In my band the flute girls are the smart type, the percussion are either extremely cool and funny or dumb douches, the clarinets never talk, the brass is obnoxious, and the colorguard is the hard-working section.
Hahah, I'm in colorguard. We're taken as a joke by most of the band but I think we have the most fun.
We probably have the most fun, too, but that's when we have sectionals. When the whole band's together our main goal is to show up the instrumentalists, I guess. :)
Percussionists are just misunderstood!
My band:
Saxophones - Loud and and dorky but very friendly (my section)
Trumpets - slackers and extremey obnoxious
Flutes - quiet and extremely nice
Low brass - hilarious
Mellos - creepers
Clarinets - smartypants
Drumline - funny but stupid
Pit - all the hot guys are in pit
Flutes are the ditsy ones
Clarinets don't give a crap
Saxophones try hard but get covered up
low brass try just a little too little
Colorgaurd are mainly sluts
Trumpets are show-offs
And the drumline is overly cocky
I'm gonna follow the trend and say what it's like in my (marching) band:
Flutes- giggle a lot, smart and fun to talk to
Clarinets- either really annoying or know-it-alls.
Saxes/low reeds- super funny & random, perverted and weird
Mellos- spontaneous and the cool kids
Trumpets- wannabe Mellos
Trombones/baritones- not very loud and don't have much personality
Tubas- loud and rambunctious (sp?) but cool/funny
Pit- in their own world
Drumline- perverted and also in their own world.
Not separately, but as a whole. There are a lot of exceptions..
My band-
flutes: Popular, girly girls
clarinets: Annoying nerds
Trumpets: Think there the best but they arn't
Saxophones: loud, obnoxious and lazy
Tuba/low brass: Laid back
Perc: Dumb
but who is cockier, Lead Trumpets or Snare Line?
the question of the century, my friend.
the addition of freshmen to the band has changed it quite a bit
trumpets: either complete slackers or very knowledgeable musicians. either way they think they know everything
trombones: never talk ever.
saxes: liked by nearly everybody, and are always very on top of things.
flutes: all the girly girls
clarinets: voted the worst section 7 years running, has all the people who aren't serious about marching band
(I'm a clarinet and this is very frustrating because band is very important to me. That's why I'm oboe for concert band!)
mellos: they're all charismatic and really close with each other
sousas: kind of big-headed but talented in general
baritones: weird. weird weird weird.
battery: utter douchebags.
pit: the best word to describe them would be "band-hipsters"
percussion ftw.
my band:
flutes: annoying, loud, girlish
clarinets: mostly smart, usually knows what they're doing, can be annoying
saxes: lazy, always confused
oboes: awful musicians. hated by everyone else.
percussion: either dumb douches or smart and knows what they're doing
low brass: never pays attention, in their own world
trumpets: loud. obnoxious. thinks they're hilarious but is actually annoying everyone else.
Good to know I'm an awful musician.
Flutes: We like to talk. A LOT.
Clarinets: Biggest section in the band; don't really have a stereotype...
Trumpets: Full of themselves. Obnoxious. Uncivilized. Think they're the biggest/best section.
Trombones/Baritones/Low brass: Loud. Loud loud loud.
Saxes/Low reeds/Mellophones: Just kinda there...
Drumline/Pit: If they hear one good thing about them, they get cocky and never let you forget that you said something good about them.
Okay. I actually like everyone and my band, and think almost everyone plays pretty good. The only people I don’t like would be some of the clarinets. Before anyone says anything, I happen to play clarinet. I’m actually going to switch to bass clarinet either this week, or the next, though. I find that most clarinets are either quite or annoying. I’m that one person who is both. Flutes are really sweet in my band. Trumpets are loud, but they are still cool. Our bassoon is super chill. Our saxophones are totally smoking weed, but, so am I. (Its a joke.) The trombones are actually super quite, so I can’t say much about them. We only have two French horns. I’m actually good friends with half the band, and so I’m friends with one of the French horns. He’s a total meme. Tubas are calm and cool. Our percussion people are either good or bad. We have about 3-4 good percussionists. The other half is... needing a bit of improvement.
oh yeah, and our percussion is as cocky as hell
they are the only people who have ever made our band director yell
(I'm a poet and I didn't even know it)
For our band this is what it's like:
Flutes-Almost always laughing or talking
Clarinets-Most of us are either quiet or have serious attitude problems
Saxophones-Cockiest woodwind section, always showing off how fast they can play
Trumpet-Obnoxious, loud, and cocky
French Horns/Mellophone-Always goofing off, but really good players
Trombones-Either really loud and perverted or so quiet you forget that they're in band
Euphonium/Baritone-Quiet
Tubas-Always bragging about being a tuba and always playing. Probably the most dedicated section
Pit-Really awkward and weird
Drumline-Good-looking, but also jerks. The motto of the girls in band is "Never date a drummer."
Color guard-overly-dramatic and emotional
EVERYONE on drumline is a douche.
The clarinets are absolutely insane, french horns seem to have the most fun, and the trombones are completely dependent on their section leader. Those are the only stereotypes that everyone in the section fits.
For my band
flute- girly, extremely nice, love to laugh and talk
trumpets- huge egos but really funny
bass clarinets- i know this shouldn't be a seperate section but the bass clarinets that we have are so bossy they think they rule the band ( no offense to any bass clarinet players it may just be these girls)
trombone- obnoxious but really funny at times and they are also loud but hey we love'em
clarinets- girls- really quiet but they can play really good guys- just amazing :)
percussion- really loud and sort of the clowns in the band
saxophones- really good at improve but sometimes really annoying
tubas- tubas like flute players and they are also perfectionists but they are strong because they have to lug that big thing around
violin- they are just sassy people
Clarinets - very talkative but very quiet when playing.
Flutes - extremely talkative and rude and are probably the best group in our band
Frenchhorn - mess up (one's a trumpet player and the other's a flute player, only 2 frenchhorn players) constantly but try their best, quiet.
Trumpets - VERY COMPETETIVE and a tad bit annoying.They have the two most popular people in the band and joke alot, but they don't know the definition of the word ' SHUT UP'
Saxophone - very wierd and in their own world. Pervy and all that other stuff. Their fun to hang around.
Low Brass - LOUD and are complete douches.
Percussion - wierd and pervy. They can't shut up. Very cocky.
Melodics - (I'm in this group) Quiet and barely heard (only two people) We're always in our own world.
Flutes: Quiet and prim, but also huge gossips amongst themselves. I swear, they whisper and titter so much and never get caught.
Clarinets: They all act like family and will shank you if you mess with one of their own. Also, gay pride central of the bandroom. :D
Bass Clarinet: Consists of a single guy. Can't march, squawks a lot, socially awkward. And basically only talks to the band director. Everyone hates him for some reason... Maybe because he's cocky, but isn't actually too good?
Trumpets: SHUT UP, MY GOD. First and second chair argue a lot. Last chair freshmen are awkward and quiet. Arrogant as all hell and practices "quietly" even when the director is talking. But, honestly, they get the most solos because they're that good.
Saxophones: Cool, but uptight hipsters. Will play notes over and over and OVER again until they sound perfect. Superiority complexes are common.
French Horns: A pair of epic people who are mostly into anime. Actually, I think their whole lives are anime and band.
Trombones: HELL YEAH, MY PLACE OF DWELLING. Pokemon cards falling into puddles of spit, inappropriate joke about certain parts of the male anatomy, and slides colliding with stands to create flying sheet music. We get yelled at for talking even though the band director is way up at the front of the room playing piano. I think he just assumes we're always talking. Sheet music is frequently lost and all seven of us crowd around my stand (because I'm usually the most responsible). Famous procrastinators we are, who doodle random shit in our practice books when we should be writing notes over parts we have trouble with. Oh, what a lovely home.
Baritones: Get trombone parts when we're laughing too hard and can't get our shit together enough to play correctly for the director. There are three of them and all are weird beings who play loud but sound awful.
Tubas: The hugest people you will ever meet. Mostly upperclassmen and all take things too seriously. Seem to enjoy stacking and sliding things when loading up the trailer and always yell at people to hurry up. Terrifying when they are back-stepping toward you at a fast pace. I've prayed so many times for no rocks or holes to appear beneath their feet.
Drum line: Cocky. Studs. Can't back step to save their lives. Talk too much.
Pit: Odd, but likable people. Mostly talk amongst themselves.
Guard: Terrifyingly uncoordinated, but can do cool shit. Tension runs rampant and cat fights always feel inevitable. Hog the band room's single bathroom before competitions to do makeup, even though there's a line of kids who need to rid themselves of Gatorade and Taco Bell.
my band.
Flutist: Sensitive yet gossipy feminine figures (nice at one point but mean the next)
piccolo: literally a flute
clarinet: conserved but generally good, preferable to be with out of band
saxophone: there is only one and he is good so i'll go off of the middle school steriotype. Memes.
french horn: (only me, has only been me for years) confused and cries with joy whenever I get something right. is bad in middle school but then suddenly and miraculously improves when in highschool. replacement for the mellophones when there are none in marching.
Trumpet: egotistical but when good they are GOOD, to the point where the egotistic attitude is admirable.
trombone: VROOOM VROOOOOMM, either doesn't work at all or is an overachiever, generally layed back, (all of my friends are trombonist)
Baritone/euphonium: quiet usually, sometimes memey but mostly just there. usually not to good at playing but are not irritating so that is ok.
Tuba: perverts and memes.
Percussionist.. there are only two and one is half time baritone, the full time one is quiet spoken but good at what he does. middle school band just wants to hit everything.
color guard: White girls but funny ones, Often pretend to have jousting battles. look like hoes but aren't really.
everyone is egotistical in their own way, everyone thinks they are the best. or at least their instrument.
Trombones aren't quiet people normally, just a close group that at times may be more cult-like than the band in general. A chill group that is greatly underappreciated within most bands so more likely to keep the energy and insanity within the trombone section, keeping the rest of the band clueless and also under the impression that the trombone section is a quiet group of people. Nah. We're crazy.
Well that is true, but they can have opposite personalities depending on whether they are playing fast happy music or slow sad music e.g. the violin, it can be slow and pessimistic or happy and enthusiastic
I meant the people.
ohhhh, do you mean like the violinists are snobby, the cellists are dramati etc....
well that's more orchestra, but yeah. Like our trumpets are obnoxious, our trombones are smart and quiet, our flutes are all girly-girls, our clarinets are stupid, and our french horns are awesome.
Almost the same in my band, except the flutes are not as girly and more spontaneous and our trombones are far from quiet. It seems to be a thing for French horn players to be awesome. XD
Horn players are pretty awesome ;)
I'm guessing you're a french horn player??
no, actually. I'm a clarinet, and one of the two exceptions to the section's stupidity.
thanks tho :)
Switch around trumpet and trombone and this is true.
Um, I would think french horns would be ridiculous, because french horns are ridiculous.
Trumpets- God in instrument form
That only proves the trumpet stereotypes even more haha
All stereotypes are based on something
fair enough... i have seen from experience that the trumpet stereotypes fit, and that was just another example. you're a trumpet player arent you?
Yeah, I'm my school's lead trumpet
How did you guess?
You do know the typical stereotype for trumpet players right?
Yes I do
Then you've gotta admit that your original comment fits into that perfectly :P I mean nothing against any trumpet players (I'm good friends with quite a few) I just think it's funny
I'm well aware that it does.
And must I remind what instrument knocked down the walls of Jericho?
What instrument did Gabriel play at the birth of Jesus?
( That is assuming those events occurred as the Bible says, which is up for debate on other posts, not here)
Hey I'm not bagging on trumpets here! I play trumpet!
Your name is frenchhornist, so I would assume you play french horn, which also means you play trumpet, as they are almost the same thing, just a different mouthpiece and shape, but same fingerings. I've played french horn a bit too, sat in back room with one of the school's during a student leader cookout for my band.
Were you playing on a single or double?
A double, my school has one really nice french horn, so I decided to pick it up for a bit, and just kept playing.
Well props to you and I encourage you to keep learning horn! I know quite a few trumpets that refuse to try but knowing horn and trumpet is a good set of skills to have :)
Thanks!
The first day of school I am going to the back room and getting the flugelhorn down from the loft.
Then I'll sneak one of the bad frenchhorns to keep in my locker as well.
Just one question: Doesn't the shape of the case anger you? A bunch of my friends and I were tased with putting all the school instruments into the back room loft, which included about 5 french horns, and we could not for the life of us get them stacked in properly.
Oh believe me, there is no proper way to stack French horns haha. They are also difficult to walk long distances with because the case always manages to hit some part of your knee. They actually make ones with detatchable bells that are really nice, but totally not in my budget unfortunately. Maybe someday tho...