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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:03 am

Band definitions [in my school anyway]
Trombones: instrument played by those who can't count rhythm, play rhythm or dynamics
E flat horn: Not a proper horn and doesn't sound that good anyway
Clarinets: Mostly played by those who can't count (so always comes in late) or can't playing dynamics
Flutes: No sense of key signature (Yes I just bashed my own section but i can't help but wince everytime someone forgets theirs)
Trumpets: Definiton of dynamics in the section is fortissimo forte = piano
Oboes: Noise of duck squawking (when played by the new and inexperienced)

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:39 am

Baritone Sax: A Annoying saxophone. D:< Can be very loud even when 'mf' is marked on their page. -.-

Trumpets: 4 or more people who normally forget to play. [The brainless ones act like pokemon in my band. confused ]

Trombones: Can be annoying, and normally want Baritone solos.

Tuba: The section that pwns. 3nodding

Flutes: Are only good listeners in Jazz band[Me + Manny], never in Symphonic band. Are talkative. -.-

Comfy seats: The seats that the Horns normally have.

Un-comfy seats: The seats normally everbody has except the horns.

Music Stands: Can be evil, and wobbily. The newer 'Wenger' ones are better. The top can fall off sometimes.

Tuba Mirror: This happens when girl clarinets sit next to me, the Tuba.

Stare/Look: When a section or person is directed to play with another person or themself and are normally looked at, especially by the Flutes.

Musically Challenged: [noun] A person who thinks the lower woodwinds/brasswinds are sailboats. ._.

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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:23 pm

Percussion Terms =]

Drummer: What percussionists become the the BD when they get creative with the boring music.

Bass Drum: A whore. It can be banged on both side, in multiple positions.

Clickety-Clacks: Slang term for the castanets

Purple d***o (PD): Name of a cadence

That Shiny One: An indication of what to play. Usually involves a gesture such as a point, though no one can tell what they're pointing at.

Percussionist: Boring person who does what they're told when they're told. See also weener.

STFDSUP: Shut The Friggin Drumset Up Please!

Bad Band Jokes: Jokes that the DB tells that are NOT FUNNY. Ex: How do you get a drummer to play in time when you want to go slow? You fire the drummer and get a metrinome instead. Haha. stare

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:35 pm

::Orchestra Terms::

"Stop texting"~ When spoken by a BD, usually means "Don't worry, we aren't playing anything important. You can keep textiong people as long as they are in this room"
Violin~Shrill; annoying when they show you how high they can play
Guitar~NOT AN ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENT!
Viola~The donkey biggrin *Inside joke, we had to play a song and there's this whole solo section where the violist sounds like a braying donkey*
Upright Bass~The instrument no one hears and is mostly there for looks. It keeps the other players in time and it doesn't really matter if they play the correct notes
Cello~Bettereer than all the others biggrin

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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:49 pm

Flip-flops v. The act of turning around in circles every 8 counts while going down hill. Or uphill. Most commonly done when one is bored and their marching pride has been challenged.

Trumpet Section n. Apparently perfection in it's most purest state, despite the fact that they couldn't play quietly even if someone took a music stand and bashed them over the head with it.

Baritone Saxophone n. Best instrument in the world, a cross between a Tuba and a clarinet. With some baritone and alto in there as well. Will sound like a fog horn, no matter what you do, and is somehow always broken.

Rim Shot v. Something a percussionist does when angry or annoyed. Or bored. Usually ends up deafening those within a ten mile radius.

Trombone Players n. Anyone who plays a trombone. Most easily distinguishable by their lack of ability to tell the difference between E and Eb. (Inside joke in my band)

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:14 am

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To do: v. to fasten the collar clasp of another band member (ex: "do me!")

PRID - "Have prid" our BD said HAHAHAHA. not to be mistaken with pride

hooker - n. the person who does the hooking of the collar. (ex. insert name here is my hooker.)

chickens - n. the fuzzy, feathery thing that goes in ones shako.

shako check - v. to hit freshmen's shako pretending you have to check it.
(also one may tell a freshman that thier chicken is backwards. lol)

flute cleaning rod - n. directors baton. can be a deadly weapon while director is conducting if it slips out of his hand. (ouch my eye!)

trumpets - n. annoying insrtument played by people with egos bigger than a whale.

drummers - n. the people who have drum sticks AT ALL TIMES and WILL NOT quit drumming

bo-han-togetta - v. term meaning quit playing the piano with one hand its a two handed instrument!!!

hot wing - n. very good but very short sax player

hoboe - just a term for oboe

Most of these are inside jokes in my band so if you don't get it its okay! <3

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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:17 pm

Freshman Trumpet- The person that looses their folder constantly.

Megacon- Expression of how loud you are supposed to play. (Ex. Megacon Oboe)

BBQ- Expression of how good(delicious) you are supposed to play.

Transformer Duck- The tenor sax.

Clarinet- The one instrument that is the creator of all sexual innuendoes in band.

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:09 pm

Tuba Players~ Annoying stand partners who apparently think it;s ok to pluck all of the strings on a bass as hard as you can and but the end of the tuba against the bridge but it isn't ok for the bassist to hold the tuba...

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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:32 pm

crescendo - an excuse for horn players to blow harder and percussionists to bang harder
tenor sax - the slightly larger saxophone no one seems to know about
stick - percussionists weapon and play toy they use while the teacher isn't looking (at least in my band)

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:58 pm

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dr. beat : 2. the device used by the directors to torture the band.

first chair: most annoying musician in the section, who think that they are always right.

section leader: the band directors pawns. they are used mainly during marching season to "control" their section. 2. powerhungry leaders who punish the section by running while they watch.

I'll second that one and add to it,

section leader: members of the band that are given "power" by the band director so they can go off and sit in their office, section leaders all have the common misconception that they actually have some authority and cannot figure out why no one ever listens to them.

band TA: very similar to the section leader, they are assigned "tasks" so that the band director can go sit in the office, band TA's have a similar misconception just like the section leaders, that what they do actually gives them some power and is actually helping out.

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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:47 pm

High Notes: the ear piecing noises that come from clarinents that can give headaches.
Reed: The piece of wood that woodwinds use to make noise that gets all moldy when u overuse it.
Mezzo Piano: The volume that trumpets do not know of.
Piano: Look above
Octave key: The one key on a saxophone or oboe that makes the notes ear piercing and annoying eveb though the saxophones are cool.
Alto Saxophone: The best instrument in the band!!
Presto: When a trumpet player decides to follow the beat.
Largo: A way of torture using a painfully slow beat.

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:50 pm

squeak: The sound that comes out when ur bad at ur instrument. Commonly found with reed players. If ur a brass player or percussionist and u squeak................. U suck more than normal!

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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:05 pm

Oboe - Hopefully few in a band. Sounds like a duck when played wrong, but beautiful when played right.

Flute - Icing on the band.

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:10 pm

Crescendo: An excuse for trumpet player to play louder

Conductor: The person at the front of the band that waves thier hands like idiots trying to get the band's attention and trying to get them to follow a beat

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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:21 am

piccolos- a way to lower your hearing ability in 3 measures of moderato

reeds- a way to freak your parents when you come down and your lickin it like an ice cream cone

drumstick- 1. something a percussionist uses to throw of the entire band
2. something the bd throws at those of us who are being inadequate

dynamics- something that brass tends to ignore, as well as percussion.

sleigh bells- thats when you know that your bd thinks you're bad at percussion

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