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 Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:53 pm
Rinkashitakutoka Every section has it's personality. I'm not saying it's everyone in that section, just an idea that high schools usually have. Your school might be different. Flutes - girly (oh don't want to get mud on my new shoes) Clarinet - (well mine last year was "hey, we think we are the Shiz but we're not. This year they are the alcohol drinkers of the band. Except the section leader who is quiet.) Saxophones - crazy people Brass - the competitors percussionists - lazy colorguard - preppy drum majors - unique.
My school, it goes
Flutes: PMS-y and dumb. Know nothing but how to play flute, and think they're the smartest most amazing people ever. (I personally tend to hate them)
Clariz: The ones you feel sorry for, because they have to sit next to the flutes. They're pretty cool usually.
Saxes: Smart ones. Usually pretty nerdy. Think they're cool.
Trumpets: Bad a** Section. They either think they're good, and are, or know they aren't, and admit it.
Other High Brass: Pretty Chill. They have to put up with the damn Trumpets all the time
Low Brass: Chill. Lazier than the Perc, but they usually got their part, so no one really cares.
Guard: They like themselves. They like flags more than their instruments, and think everyone should know what all their terms mean. (Because what the hell do I need to know what a 'Dip Toss' is anyways?)
Drum Majors: Either REALLY CHILL, and cool, or TOTAL dictators that think they're amazing and better than everyone else on the face of the earth.
and then:
Percussion:
Drum line: Obsessive Section. If there's a section in the world that needs to calm down, and take a break, it's them. OR they have the 'Psh. We'll do fine. Don't worry about it!' attitude.(I just transfered High Schools, and I'm going from a FREAK OBSESSIVE line, to a 'What the hell do we have to play clean for anyways?!' line. FML. I, personally, have the 'I MUST GET BETTER' thing going on. I want to do DCI someday)
P.I.T.: Often referred to as Percussion In Training. That's total Bull s**t. Honestly, anyone that refers to the pit as such has never had to do 32nd note runs on a marimba, while looking up at the DM.
Concert: The APPARENTLY lazy section. They want everyone to think they're bad a**, so they practice while no one else is around.
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:18 pm
I don't have anything against any of the sections but at my school last year, the brass section was the one that was the most annoying. They would talk as soon as the directer cuts them off, and they argue with eachother when they have rests. They seem to think that if they pull the stands up to their faces, no one will notice them talking. The baratones were the lazy ones year...we only had two and No matter how many times they were lectured about learning their parts, they never seemed to sound any better. neutral
We had two 'popular' percussionists, so they were always messing around. Once when we had a sub, one of the popular percussionists took off his pants and ran around being an idiot. (he kicked his shoe off and it almost hit me in the head. It knocked off a couple of keys on the orchestra bells.)
One of the other percussionists (who isn't popular) looked up to those other two guys. And to look cool, after every preformance he'd say "That was sick! That was sick!" over and over o.e
(the only reason I mention that two of the kids are popular is because most popular people think very highly of them selves...So it helps you see how annoying they can get) x_x
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:30 pm
xClaesx Dude. That's so weird.
My school, it goes
Flutes: PMS-y and dumb. Know nothing but how to play flute, and think they're the smartest most amazing people ever. (I personally tend to hate them)
Clariz: The ones you feel sorry for, because they have to sit next to the flutes. They're pretty cool usually.
Saxes: Smart ones. Usually pretty nerdy. Think they're cool.
Trumpets: Bad a** Section. They either think they're good, and are, or know they aren't, and admit it.
Other High Brass: Pretty Chill. They have to put up with the damn Trumpets all the time
Low Brass: Chill. Lazier than the Perc, but they usually got their part, so no one really cares.
Guard: They like themselves. They like flags more than their instruments, and think everyone should know what all their terms mean. (Because what the hell do I need to know what a 'Dip Toss' is anyways?)
Drum Majors: Either REALLY CHILL, and cool, or TOTAL dictators that think they're amazing and better than everyone else on the face of the earth.
and then:
Percussion:
Drum line: Obsessive Section. If there's a section in the world that needs to calm down, and take a break, it's them. OR they have the 'Psh. We'll do fine. Don't worry about it!' attitude.(I just transfered High Schools, and I'm going from a FREAK OBSESSIVE line, to a 'What the hell do we have to play clean for anyways?!' line. FML. I, personally, have the 'I MUST GET BETTER' thing going on. I want to do DCI someday)
P.I.T.: Often referred to as Percussion In Training. That's total Bull s**t. Honestly, anyone that refers to the pit as such has never had to do 32nd note runs on a marimba, while looking up at the DM.
Concert: The APPARENTLY lazy section. They want everyone to think they're bad a**, so they practice while no one else is around.
The drum line is a lot like that at my school. I'm on the pit this year, and we have the option of doing drum line every now and then for football games, but everyone on the line is too stubborn to let us play with them neutral
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:49 am
My schools drumline, which up until this 2009Marching season, was pretty small, 8people in battery and 8 in pit. At our school though drumline has over twice the amount of practice as the others have. We are expected to have all the music memorized within just like a week or two. I'm in battery and last year I played bass drum (and if you've ever seen Blast, then you've seen the bass drum stacked on top of each other, I marched that thing). I had the heaviest drum in the line and was one of the most active in our drumline. When the hornline starts carrying, 60lb instruments, then they will have the rights to call us lazy. And even our pit, they are the best mallet players I've ever seen. They learned how to split a 32nd note run between xylophone and marimba, they learned 4mallet within just a few weeks in band camp, they learned 6mallet within a month during indoor season. You don't call them lazy, they will mess you up. This by the way is a picture of me at practice, this is my 60lb drum. http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3396/n11169402366479.jpg
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:32 pm
ducksoup4pa My schools drumline, which up until this 2009Marching season, was pretty small, 8people in battery and 8 in pit. At our school though drumline has over twice the amount of practice as the others have. We are expected to have all the music memorized within just like a week or two. I'm in battery and last year I played bass drum (and if you've ever seen Blast, then you've seen the bass drum stacked on top of each other, I marched that thing). I had the heaviest drum in the line and was one of the most active in our drumline. When the hornline starts carrying, 60lb instruments, then they will have the rights to call us lazy. And even our pit, they are the best mallet players I've ever seen. They learned how to split a 32nd note run between xylophone and marimba, they learned 4mallet within just a few weeks in band camp, they learned 6mallet within a month during indoor season. You don't call them lazy, they will mess you up. This by the way is a picture of me at practice, this is my 60lb drum. http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3396/n11169402366479.jpg
Last year, I was but on the bass drum. My bass was the 2nd smallest. I'd broken off some of the padding when I dropped it from the shelf, so it hurt my shoulders o.e
One time we had to march during a parade with some of the other school bands, and even my drum, which was small compared to the drums from my school, was huge compared to the drums from all the other schools.
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Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:56 pm
Kokihi um, no its not. you have to be disciplined and keep count just like the rest of the band. your not special just because you don't use your mouth to play. In fact, percussion should be the ones paying the most attention, because if we don't, we slow the whole band down. stare Yup and this includes breathing. Any well respected pecussionist would know you need to breathe with the band and pay attention to everything around you.
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Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:56 am
I say,we work the hardest...we're not lazy..sometimes we are....
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:47 pm
Wether you're a small band or not, you should have pride in what you do.
Percussion should ALWAYS be the most disciplined. You should strive to be the most disciplined in any section you may be in, but I believe that a percussion section should be ridiculously good and attentive.
You are the pulse, the beat, the groove of the band. There's no room for slack.
Having 'fun' shouldn't be restricted to goofing off. You should be having fun being a percussionist and being an elite group.
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:35 pm
yall are like drummers from hell damn were all cool we dont talk alot we are just in-mature BTW during marching season after school practice: get a haky sak (i spell them like that dead with it) and stand in a circle and kick it around after its been kicked 3 times pick it up and chunk it at anyone near you. its called red dot razz
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:00 pm
I was never lazy because I not only learned my parts by ear I also sight read up the wazoo!!!! The only thing that made me mad was ppl calling us lazy when they didn't even study their music and while the other instruments would either miss a key or even make one mistake the conductor would have that ONE section repeat 3 or 4 times and we would have to sit and be bored all frickin' practice...it was like red light green light it never frikin' ended and then when it came time for the whole band to join I was so tired from sitting there from every body except the drummers taking too damn long to get their s@#t right!!!!! k done venting lol other than that if someone miss counted from having to many rests and I know there are pieces of music that have those someone that is paying a little more attention gives the Q if asked
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:24 pm
Sukomo we don't talk while we're playing either neutral I just meant in general you need to cool down and stop posting on all my forums harassing me mad She's not harassing you, she is telling you off for something that your band director should be telling you off for. Percussionists don't talk while they're playing. Only drummers do that. And this is your THREAD, not your forum.
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:16 pm
when i was in junior high band I refused to relax i stayed at my instrument at all times. But when i got to highschool i relaxed more and ended up doing my homework during band. I played my parts I made sure the others played their parts (i was pretty much leader 2 years in a row even though its a senior job) and still got my homework done. Respect in the practice? HA no one had 'respect' The teacher kept his cell on, everyone talked and we still got straight 1's in contest. Moral of the story? What matters is that you have fun and do your best. The only time that I believe talking should be at a minimum during practice is during marching band season bc a. its hot and b. you actually have a part then. And really..if you get good in band and list for the first 10 times you play. You don't have to count rests. Just listen to the music and you will know when to come in. Being a mallet player I only played 8 measures half the time and they were in the middle of the song so I just waited for my part to come up and did homework while I waited.
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:00 pm
The rest of the band says pit is lazy and sucks because we don't march. I carried the glock to the practice field the other day, and a I swear my arms were sore for like a whole weak.
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:45 pm
Tweed Among Chains The rest of the band says pit is lazy and sucks because we don't march. I carried the glock to the practice field the other day, and a I swear my arms were sore for like a whole weak. Your arms were sore after a glock!?!?!?! Try wheeling the timpani, or the aux cart, or a marimba over.. O.O
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:52 am
I wouldnt say percussionists are lazy, its just tht there is always one annoying little s**t in the freaking section tht wont shut up or stop looking at himself in the mirror, and this annoying little s**t all of a sudden represents us. Then the freaking conductor yells at everyone else if they accidently stuff something up because off all the stress they're in, like a freaking divorce, makes them freaking teary and the entire band hates us. Then if anyone else but a percussionist stuffs up because they ARE being slack, they get encouraged to try harder and told they will do better next time. The only difference, is tht one annoying little s**t...
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