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 Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 3:31 pm
So I'm in a high school marching band. I'm in colorguard, and currently playing french horn. Lately, I've been being harassed about learning mellophone to march next year. It's appealing. I like how it sounds, and it's moderately easier than horn... but I love guard! I'm looking for someone who has left guard for horn, or vice versa and if they've regretted it... I don't mind hearing stories of other instrument switches, but I just don't want to make a decision I'll later regret... Thanks!
Note: Right now, it looks like I'll march guard and play the mellophone for homecoming and in the stands, possibly parades... :3 the best of both worlds maybe?
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 6:34 pm
Well, unfortunately my band is too small too have a real colorguard so we have to use band members who don't really play much to do the colorguard for us (mostly woodwinds). But, I would say do what you want to do and you'll have no regrets biggrin
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 6:55 pm
Well I would do both for a year if you like that keep doing it but if you want to cut it back to one again I would choose the one you enjoyed doing more
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:46 pm
As a fellow french hornist and a mellophone player I say that you should do mello for at least one year of marching. I switched from flute to french horn my freshman year and I totally fell in love with it. But I mean ultimately it's your choice. But remember, once you go brass you never go back. smile
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 1:41 pm
I regret not getting ready for my concert a half hour ago.... ahgfgsgerlgt !!!!!!!! WHERE ARE MY DRESS PANTS AND SHIRT!!!!!!!
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 6:21 pm
If you have a winter season, maybe you could play mello for marching band, horn for concert band, and do Winterguard? That's what two of the boys in band did this year. They played flute / sax during marching season, then did concert season on their respective instruments while participating in the Winterguard.
But, as always, do what you really enjoy doing. Maybe try mello out, see if you like it. If it's not something you wanna do for a few months, by all means, do guard! :]
(And I totally disagree with rock_greenday_lover. I'm a flute player, but I learned mello for corps this year and horn for orch because we were so short. I definitely prefer flute, haha! =P)
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 11:29 pm
Guard. I'm biased. I hate mello and it messes up your embouchure razz
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 9:51 am
Haha, I actually played flute in 5th grade and for a trip Freshman year.... but I hated the thing 3nodding
I think I'm going to stick with Colorguard as the main thing. The BD is letting me play mellophone in the stands and he's really appreciative of me voolunteering to do that. But both he and our isntructor said I needed to stay with Guad. Her opinion is biased though XD
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 12:56 am
one of my friends is a flute and she decided to do guard this year, so she marched guard and did flute in concert. it worked out pretty well, too smile
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 3:43 pm
in my opinion you should not regret anything in your life especially music its a passage way to ones soul and it is very important in ,y life and meny other ppl in the world feel the same way without hesiation so dont regret just live for ones self and make the lost out of life
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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:49 pm
Mother_Brother_Dog Guard. I'm biased. I hate mello and it messes up your embouchure razz I've never had a problem with mello messing with my embouchure, but then, I've always used an adapter so I could use my french horn mouthpiece.
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