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 Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:35 pm
I am a flute and sax player myself, and disagree with you all. Yes, the flute is quite hard to do slides with, especially if you have a brass tech (who's never touched a woodwind in their lives..) in your ear yelling at you to do the slide better.
I would have to say CONTRA would be the hardest to march with. Never marched it myself, but its just like a tuba on steroids, but on your shoulder....while marching. The difference between the contra and sousaphone would be at attention. The sousaphone, you keep on your shoulder, but the contra you have to snap down...and I mean this is like a full sized tuba that you are expected to do a snap with and stay at attention with, lifted off the ground using just your arms....thats why I think it'd be harder than a sousa.
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:46 pm
Pretty Needle The bands that literally have shoulder-propped tubas.
My band has sousaphones, but I've seen tubas that rest on shoulders.. Ow.
In my band, though, I'd have to say the baritone. It's the biggest instrument held upright, like a trumpet. :3 now ive seen shoulder tubas but i thought they were just for pep band not marching band. but the tuba/sousaphones are the hardest by a land slide having that much weight on your shoulder for a long period of time grrrrrrr it hurts.
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:38 pm
Bassoon. No question. I don't do it, but I've seen it. Mine is 4'5", and weighs a lot. It's hard to do when sitting! You can't play if you bounce at all (emboucher must be very exact). Not to mention that the bocal makes it very possible to impale yourself. 3nodding gonk
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:03 pm
Annabele_Lee Im sticking by my choice...clarinet. I have found that they are the most tempermental instrument. You can't tune them in cold weather, you can barely hear them, and if it is cold enough or wet enough they just shut down altogether. Really they shouldn't be marched with. I don't know why I am marching with it! I am a band geek
Plus if you trip of something your choke on it gonk I'm not even Marching band and I know that one!
Got a PROBLEM with that?!
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:58 pm
bari sax by far bari sax.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:08 pm
I'd have to say sousaphones, I held one because our sousa player is also in drumlines and likes to take my cymbals and the s**t is heavyyyy
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:27 pm
i agree with all of yall about flutes and tubas but from my own experience i think the mellophone is hardest to adjust to. when you first learn horn it goes on your leg. no physical work whatsoever. then i get the mellophone thrown at me and i can barely even hold it up. then again i am quite lacking in the muscle department but still.
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:01 pm
Blckpanthr13
I would have to say CONTRA would be the hardest to march with. Never marched it myself, but its just like a tuba on steroids, but on your shoulder....while marching. The difference between the contra and sousaphone would be at attention. The sousaphone, you keep on your shoulder, but the contra you have to snap down...and I mean this is like a full sized tuba that you are expected to do a snap with and stay at attention with, lifted off the ground using just your arms....thats why I think it'd be harder than a sousa.
I've seen those at Area Marching Contest and I want to march with them so bad! It does sound painful, but the tuba players that had them looked so cool with them on their shoulders. I envy them.
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:21 pm
I Am The Milkman Blckpanthr13
I would have to say CONTRA would be the hardest to march with. Never marched it myself, but its just like a tuba on steroids, but on your shoulder....while marching. The difference between the contra and sousaphone would be at attention. The sousaphone, you keep on your shoulder, but the contra you have to snap down...and I mean this is like a full sized tuba that you are expected to do a snap with and stay at attention with, lifted off the ground using just your arms....thats why I think it'd be harder than a sousa.
I've seen those at Area Marching Contest and I want to march with them so bad! It does sound painful, but the tuba players that had them looked so cool with them on their shoulders. I envy them. We use contras, whereas a lot of our competition use sousas. The contra evidently has much better tone, but it's harder to work with.
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:30 pm
I would personaly hate to carry a tuba around.
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:51 pm
I'd have to say tuba. We ony have one, but to have a hunk of metal sitting on your shoulders all day kills. When we rest he even puts it on his head! I can relate though cuz I play 1st bass drum. It's only like 10 pounds but I hardly ever get to take it off so by the end of a 3 hour pratice you can't feel your shoulders or back anymore. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:01 am
Wind of Fenrir I Am The Milkman Blckpanthr13
I would have to say CONTRA would be the hardest to march with. Never marched it myself, but its just like a tuba on steroids, but on your shoulder....while marching. The difference between the contra and sousaphone would be at attention. The sousaphone, you keep on your shoulder, but the contra you have to snap down...and I mean this is like a full sized tuba that you are expected to do a snap with and stay at attention with, lifted off the ground using just your arms....thats why I think it'd be harder than a sousa.
I've seen those at Area Marching Contest and I want to march with them so bad! It does sound painful, but the tuba players that had them looked so cool with them on their shoulders. I envy them. We use contras, whereas a lot of our competition use sousas. The contra evidently has much better tone, but it's harder to work with. Which is exactly why lots of bands use them, though they are quite inconvenient in some cases...like storagewise X_X
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:03 pm
OMFG French Horn!!!
French horn is the absolute worst... because you're using your right hand to actually hold it still while you play when you really should be using it to tune. French horns need that right hand to tune because... well... what can i say? french horns are complicated.
Well... its the hardest smallish instrument. you all have a point... tubas and other large instruments are a pain. But when it comes to tone etc... french horn is up there. xp
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:53 pm
I think that Euphoniums win, no contest. Euphs are like baritones, but with a longer bell. And they sound prettier. I have ther utmost respect for euph players. I wouldn't choose contras, unless this was for at attention. Then the contras would win, hands down. Whew.
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