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 Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:51 pm
oggywoggy222 Durza the Shade oggywoggy222 But the mouthpiece is so SMALL! Plus, the mellophone's hell to march. Big flared bell... blaugh Is it really? Because it seems that everytime someone at my school wants to march, but doesn't play a marching instrument (other than french horn), like oboe, they play mellophone in marching band. There was a bass clarinetist who played Bb clarinet for two years then switched to mellophone, too. O.o That's...odd. And, it'd never happen at my school, since all the people that play oboe/bassoon play them as a secondary instrument, and started on clarinet. Well, except for our bassoon player last year, but he was drum major... <.< >.> Well, maybe I was exaggerating a bit; it doesn't happen very often, after all. One oboe I know was in guard her freshman year, switched to mello her sophomore year, and isn't even in marching band now because of tennis; another oboe played flute his freshman year, was seduced by winter drumline, and is in pit now; and there's the aforementioned bass clarinetist who played clarinet for two years, then switched to mello for reasons unknown. Maybe I spoke to soon. I don't know the personal reasons of the players and my director, but I thought I saw a connection. Now that the facts are all layed out here, I'm not so sure . . . confused
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:07 pm
yaaay! horn section...i just got a brand-new conn 8d (i think it's 8d...the professional horn...or whatever...) it's the coolest thing ever...it's silver and shiny and NOT DENTED!!! yeah. so. i play french horn too (if you didn't notice...) and it's the greatest instrument ever.
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 1:14 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:34 pm
I used to play horn, but then I got to highschool. Now I play Mello and Bassoon. crying I miss the horn.
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:17 am
... mello is the marching form of F Horn... I think it still counts...*shrugs* confused
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:06 am
aieren yaaay! horn section...i just got a brand-new conn 8d (i think it's 8d...the professional horn...or whatever...) it's the coolest thing ever...it's silver and shiny and NOT DENTED!!! yeah. so. i play french horn too (if you didn't notice...) and it's the greatest instrument ever. awesome! i don't have my own horn yet, but i'm saving up for a Holton Farkas... my mom has one that i've been using and it plays really well!
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:15 pm
Aryah ... mello is the marching form of F Horn... I think it still counts...*shrugs* confused Yeah, but I don't play horn during the concert season, so I only play mello.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:31 pm
*dashes through, changing the thread topic to conform to accepted BNG standards*
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:34 pm
Masquanade I went with trumpet becuase the case was easier to carry. xp That's horrible . . . I know whee Yet..it makes perfect sense to me *glares at giant sousa case*
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:59 pm
Skye of Thunder Masquanade I went with trumpet becuase the case was easier to carry. xp That's horrible . . . I know whee Yet..it makes perfect sense to me *glares at giant sousa case* One of the many reasons why I stopped playing french horn after a two-month "test" period.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:17 pm
oggywoggy222 Skye of Thunder Masquanade I went with trumpet becuase the case was easier to carry. xp That's horrible . . . I know whee Yet..it makes perfect sense to me *glares at giant sousa case* One of the many reasons why I stopped playing french horn after a two-month "test" period. But french horn is a relatively small instrument
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 4:13 am
oggywoggy222 *dashes through, changing the thread topic to conform to accepted BNG standards*
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:11 am
Skye: Do you know what hell it is to walk home with a French Horn case? Every flipping day?
Ary: I was just making all the sectional threads look the same, so it's [Section name] Section. Just for readability.
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 8:17 pm
oggywoggy222 Skye: Do you know what hell it is to walk home with a French Horn case? Every flipping day? Ary: I was just making all the sectional threads look the same, so it's [Section name] Section. Just for readability.
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:28 am
I play te horn and I love it. I'm not sure if I really want to do marching band in highschool if I'm going to have to play mellophone. One of the girls in my pointe class plays one, and she says it's the most annoying instrament she's ever heard. I'm technically the section leader right now, but competion's all of one other girl. It's not like it really matters anyway, for the moment it just means I have my pick of top or bottom line on split peices. I wish I could play something that roughly resembles melody. I'm stuck with harmony most of the time, which means I get to play the downbeat on marches. Woo...
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