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 Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:03 pm
GenericWit I <33 horn players a lot, but I've got a question for you guys... Is it natural for horn players to crack? Because even in my region, area and state band... horns seem to... crack a note before they come to the right one. Well, Mason ( Horn, 1st chair) and I don't crack really. When we do, it's because we're not warmed up or we're warming up... but he's got like five years under his belt... Me? I've got a whole one. But that's just me and Mason...
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:50 pm
Hiya! I'm a new French Horn player (squad/section leader as well... there are two of us, so it's not a big deal) Actually, we haven't even started concert season yet, thank god, so I haven't had to play the horn yet. But I love my mellophone a lot. <3
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:08 pm
Chiru013 Hiya! I'm a new French Horn player (squad/section leader as well... there are two of us, so it's not a big deal) Actually, we haven't even started concert season yet, thank god, so I haven't had to play the horn yet. But I love my mellophone a lot. <3 Cool! Welcome to... this thread? Mellophone is cool, but horn is a bit prettyer. I think mellophone is easyer to play, though... @Generic Wit Yeah, it's kinda hard to hit the right note all the time. My section leader even does that, but usually only when she's not warmed up or it's cold out.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:26 pm
1/3rd of the time I spend is on warming up. Yeah french horn is a lot prettier.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:31 pm
ooh, yay mello! i'm playing the mello next year for marching season...(senior year!)
i named it harold. (call me a geek, but i name instruments.)
luckily it's still treble clef too...(flute/picc player playing horn and bassoon for concert band and flute/picc in symphonic...) cuz i suck at bass clef.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:48 pm
do they even write horn music in bass clef for general use.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:30 pm
merinello ooh, yay mello! i'm playing the mello next year for marching season...(senior year!) i named it harold. (call me a geek, but i name instruments.) luckily it's still treble clef too...(flute/picc player playing horn and bassoon for concert band and flute/picc in symphonic...) cuz i suck at bass clef. Hello =D My horn's name is Maurice and my mello's name is Christine Yeah, I'm weird. I blame it on my family xD @pyrojazz I don't think they do O_o It's technically an alto instrument or something? Mellophones are always paired with alto saxes in my marching band (and some in symphonic...)
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:36 pm
mello is definatley easier. there's no trigger stare crying
and it's way way easier to hit pitches on mello than on horn. i personally love both, but that's just me smile
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:14 pm
Eh. My mellophone pisses me off a lot =]
It's a piece of crap, but my concert horn is really nice because I'm like.. 3rd chair in symphonic band (our top out of 3 bands) as a sophomore.. so yeah.
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:50 am
muted melodies mello is definatley easier. there's no trigger stare crying and it's way way easier to hit pitches on mello than on horn. i personally love both, but that's just me smile Some horns don't have one, last year i didn't have one. and guess what Now I dooooo
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:25 am
muted melodies mello is definatley easier. there's no trigger stare crying and it's way way easier to hit pitches on mello than on horn. i personally love both, but that's just me smile Yea that is true but, I find the french horn trigger a lot of fun. biggrin I switched from Trumpet to French horn in my symphonic band..but I still play Trumpet in the Marching Band and Jazz Band.
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:06 pm
Eyo, people. I'm slightly surprised that a French horn/Mellophone thread got about 50 pages under its belt. Hey, it just means that we rock! Currently, my band near the end of their competitive season, and we'll begin concert band soon. I'm a junior, still in last band, and I'm called "Double-A" in my section. Go horns.
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:39 pm
PoetsDivineDesire muted melodies mello is definatley easier. there's no trigger stare crying and it's way way easier to hit pitches on mello than on horn. i personally love both, but that's just me smile Some horns don't have one, last year i didn't have one. and guess what Now I dooooo Ick. I'm just getting used to the whole trigger thing. I don't like having to remember almost two sets of fingerings. neutral But I <3 horn so it's alright.
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:40 pm
bondfreak05 Eh. My mellophone pisses me off a lot =] It's a piece of crap, but my concert horn is really nice because I'm like.. 3rd chair in symphonic band (our top out of 3 bands) as a sophomore.. so yeah. My mello is brand new this summer (Bach heart ) so I love it. My horn, on the other hand, is a piece o' s**t because all of our horns, except our 1st chair's, are. biggrin
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:57 am
muted melodies bondfreak05 Eh. My mellophone pisses me off a lot =] It's a piece of crap, but my concert horn is really nice because I'm like.. 3rd chair in symphonic band (our top out of 3 bands) as a sophomore.. so yeah. My mello is brand new this summer (Bach heart ) so I love it. My horn, on the other hand, is a piece o' s**t because all of our horns, except our 1st chair's, are. biggrin Ah. My mellophone is really ugly. It has less finish than my horn, which seemed to be missing alot of finish until I got that mellophone... ah well, they both play well, and next year I get a good horn <3 I'm still trying to learn all the fingereings for F, but it's confusing me since I'm still using trumpet fingerings for mello... >_> @Leoshi That's because we talk too much xD But we rock, too (yay mellos/horns!) I'm a sophmore who shouldn't be in the middle band... Hey, welcome to the thread! [and that's what happens when you try to answer three posts at onnce O_o]
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