#high brass

[juniperr-248]

dear dci/marching band people…

if you are/were a drum major, what instrument did you play prior or aside to being a drum major? If you know a drum major feel free to answer for them as well! i’m trying to see who is most likely to become a drum major.

Feel free to specify your instrument/experience in a comment/reblog too!

Also, please reblog and share so we can get a good result!

Thank you! :)

(p.s. i applaud those who have no instrument experience… how did you do it?)

What instrument did/do you play as a drum major?

Flute/piccolo/Clarinet/oboe

Sop/Alto/Tenor/Bari sax

Trumpet

French Horn/mellophone

Euphonium/baritone

Trombone

Tuba/sousa/bass guitar/upright bass

Drumline/snare/quads/bass drums

Front ensemble/pit/mallets/aux

Color guard/majorette/dance line

Orchestra/stringed instruments

No instrument experience/went straight to conducting

Voting ended onOct 22, 2024

[ridleysr]

If gangle were in a band, what instrument would she play?

High woodwind (Flute, oboe, piccolo, etc)

Medium woodwind (clarinet, saxophone)

Low woodwind (bassoon, bass clarinet)

High brass (trumpet?)

Medium brass (French horn)

Low brass (Trombone, euphonium/baritone)

Bass (tuba)

Percussion

Other (say in comments)

Voting ended onFeb 14

[synthesis-music]

Looks a lot worse than it really is. 3rd slide is bent up a bit but otherwise the damage is limited to just the bell. Going to unsolder it, knock the dents out, straighten the bends, and solder it back on.

[eggowafflee]

We played kahoot on the bus last week

[marchingband-memes]

I’d like to see them try to march a nine minute show, body and all

[amellophone]

FUN FACT

My mellphone, which used to belong to last year's section leader, was severely vibe checked by a guard flag a few days ago

Please just let me die hhhh

[satisfictiion]

Hey if you remember the post about the tv show idea for a marching band then PLEASE READ THIS

So some of you remember (I hope) my post about a tv about a marching band. The original post with the idea for it has BLOWN UP, way more notes than I ever imagined, and I want to thank you guys for that! Unfortunately, because there are so many different ideas attached to most of the notes, I haven't been able to see or reply to all of them, and I'm really sorry, because the ideas are all amazing! Shortly after that post I made another (poorly) outlining the first episode. It only got a few notes, and I'm not even sure a lot of people saw it. The problem is that I really love the idea for this show, and I really want to post more about it. But I don't want to post it if no one is going to see it and respond to it. Finals are finally over, so I'm now able to post episode outlines on a (semi-) regular basis. I'm going to start posting some in a few days if any of you are interested in reading. But I need your opinion! I don't want to post something you guys might hate, so please send an ask to my ask box and tell me if you'd rather read the show in the style of a script or if you'd rather read it like its a book. (If that makes since? Probably not.) I have so many ideas and I want to share them all, so if you can, please spread the word and reply to this. I'm sorry to bother you guys, but I really just want to make everyone happy while also throwing out this crazy idea. Thank you!

[marchingfluterino]

brass don't fear death, god, or band directors getting mad at them for wearing their instruments as hats

of course french horns and mellos are the exception. and euphonium. they're literally the only instruments i haven't seen doing that, except sousa/tuba, but like theyre not much better than the baritones

they don't get up to the same amount of Instrument Tomfoolery as the rest of brass (except for french horn/mello & euph) bc their instruments are so big, but like i've watched abby let ava stick her flute into the bell and apparently on the  bus ride back from the competition last week mendelson fucking. looked up max's address and found it

according to ravi the trumpets regularly put their mouthpieces on other people’s trumpets and play em like that. and i’ve seen the section leader kick over his own trumpet, and try to hold a trombone but immediately drop the slide

and ive seen all four guy trombones wear their instruments as hats. one while telling a trumpet to just kick his case out of the way

and the baritones regularly play way above ten degrees on purpose

but like the only time ive ever seen a french horn or mello doing Dumb Things with their instrument is when hannah used ravi and ava’s heads as mutes