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Post by $@M1K1N$! on Mar 13, 2009 23:26:12 GMT -5
Hehe well... my band is totally stereotyped even tho at my skool band is like, the one thing we're actually sort of good at. but we totally have stereotypes from the outside, and for eachother. (this is my concert band cuz i can't try out for mb till next year) Flutes (my section!): We're actually fairly quiet, we practice THE MOST, but we are the most dramatic. Clarinets: um... they're... well i don't want to be mean, but they're the total nerds. and i mean, i luv them, and they practice almost as much as the flutes, but they've got the whole glasses and allergy thing going. but you gotta luv em! Oboes: we've only got two, and they DO NOT speak! it's really odd, like they won't ever even respond to anyone! but they're good nonetheless. Bassoons: They're the same as the clarinets, but a bit more eccentric. Bass clarinets: (see clarinets and bassoons) Saxes: half emo, fourth jock, and fourth just odd ppl. the emo ones don't practice often, but they're fairly quiet. the others practice, but NEVER shut up. Trumpets: Ahh, the trumpets... we luv them! even tho they're the stereotypical arrogant, loud, and perverted children, you gotta luv them. plus, there are a couple that are so awesome! they're just a little insane. Trombones: Ehh, the same as trumpets, but some are meaner and they're all way more perverted. Tubas: they are wat they are. they're just sort of there, except in the higher bands, the ones in the higher bands are sort of like trumpets. baritones: they're just sort of... there. they never talk, don't make messes or anything, but they're good. percussion: they're trumpets, but much more insane and a little less perverted. guard (i know i said it was concert, but i know a lot of guard girls): they're like the flutes, but WAY more dramatic, so actually, they're only like the flutes in the way that they practice a lot. but we luv them, cuz they rock!!!!!!!
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Post by Trombonium on Mar 14, 2009 2:02:48 GMT -5
Okay, where do I start...
Flutes - Mostly quiet, but they play well.
Clarinets - Only two of them. They're pretty animated.
Trumpets - Probably the craziest section out of them all. They're all pretty cool, except for one dude.
Tubas - OMG. Where do I begin? The SL is horrible, and there's always some sort of dilemma going on. They barely know how to play, and their notes sound like farts.
Baritones - My section!! =D We're probably the geekiest out of the whole entire band, and we play well too!
Saxophones - Um, they're like a little bit of everything.
Trombones - 1 decent player, 1 that sort of plays, and 1 that is SO ANNOYING. I swear he doesn't take band seriously. I want to punch him someday.
Low Woodwinds - Well, we sound good if you can actually hear them. You can't really hear them that much, except for the bassoon player.
Percussion - Full of weird people. Most of them can't seem to follow the BD when he's conducting.
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Post by bandgeek101 on Mar 14, 2009 16:57:11 GMT -5
All I know is that I have become a total low brass stereotype since I've joined my high school marching band. I don't know what causes it, but all incoming freshman turn into their intrument as soon as they get serious about playing.
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tsaxmadness
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Post by tsaxmadness on May 1, 2009 21:43:38 GMT -5
eh... in my band the woodwinds just hate the brass for being lazy and stupid and dirty. and having more fun. they're pretty mean, stuck up and they hate the trumpets, who i swear, never did anything to them, not even talk to them. omg. it's funny how they have the bigger egos than all the brass people put together. in my band only one person (trombone player) is with the brass vs woodwind stuff so he doesnt like the woodwinds for no good reason. mostly everyone else gets along. well its a junior high band. dont know what high school band is like.
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malletgirl
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Post by malletgirl on May 2, 2009 18:33:01 GMT -5
My band fits some of the stereotypes, but not all of them, at least in my opinion.
Flutes: giggly, and a bit dense, but they try. Most of them know what they're doing.
Clarinets: suck-ups. It's really annoying how much they suck up to the BD and they try so hard to act like they know what they're doing, which the majority of them don't. The SL and maybe two others can play.
Bassoon: only got one, and she plays flute during marching season. Acts the same as the rest of the flutes.
Bass clarinet: again, only one. He's a drum major during marching season...and only a drum major because he's the BD's favorite. But hey, he can play, so I don't hate him that much.
Saxes: The talented section. Rather quiet, don't get to hear them much. Everyone there is seriously skilled.
Trumpets: egomaniacs, the lot of them. The only good player we had graduated last year, so they...well, kinda stink. Constantly talking/texting during band rehersal. Involved in an ongoing feud with the pit/drumline.
Trombones: quiet. But good.
Tubas: fine, except for the one who thinks that he's some sort of god for being able to get insanely loud sounds out of the tuba. He can't play it very well, but he's another of the BD's favorites, so he gets to stay in band.
Baritones: see trombones.
Guard (this is really only for marching season): drama queens. Always get the band kids in trouble during practices, take ages to learn sets, and slow us down in general.
Percussion: Insane. Perverted. Funny. Pranksters. Able to get away with it because when they actually decide to play, they're really good. No one knows why they're mortal enemies with the trumpets, they just are. Tend to be the ones blamed when things go wrong in the band room (hey, in our defense, we never get to play, so we're left to our own devices).
Pit (yay my section!): see percussion (except we're crazier then they are ;D)
Stereotypes always differ from band to band, so I wouldn't say there's one definite stereotype of any one section in general.
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Post by fruple on May 3, 2009 1:36:04 GMT -5
Well, I'm just doing this from the marching perspective, because our school band is just all acting pissy together right now.
Flutes: Quiet, but really nice once they open up to you. All super tiny females.
Clarinets: Quiet when playing, loud otherwise. Really annoying, don't really care about marching at all.
Saxes: Pretty messed up. They have the entire range of not caring to super intense marching nerds. But aside from that, they're all really happy, go-lucky people that can get pretty annoying as they like talking to you a bit too much.
Trumpets: Super sexy (can you tell it's my section?). Really egotistical, have our own hierarchy, really close knit. Mostly all ADD, but can stay on track during rehearsals (just not sectionals, which are about 7 hours long and only involve about half an hour of practicing.)
Mellos: All boyscouts. Every last one of them. All of them (sans one) absolutely hate the percussion section. Won't talk to anyone that says the percussionists are good people.
Trombones: The entire section has anger-management issues. Always talk back to people correcting them, just give up if they get called on and play something wrong. Complain about everything.
Baritones: Quiet. Never really talk at all, but really good players.
Tubas: Just... weird. Some of the tiniest people in band besides the flutes. Really good on the days they care/try, but that's not too often.
Percussion: Rude, to just about everyone, but moreso towards the mellos. Only one really practices or tries, the rest goof off, but are still pretty good. Bring humor to every rehearsal, though it usually isn't accepted that well. Never are seen without some kind of percussion equipment (they actually hide like maracas or sleigh bells in their backpacks during school, or in their pockets in the summer).
Guard: Work too hard. Relearn their show just about every week. Always have some drama going on, and someone always gets yelled at pretty badly by their captain every rehearsal. Won't really talk to anyone outside of guard.
Pit: Pretty nice people. Will talk to just about anyone, never complain. Really good section.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2009 12:09:34 GMT -5
Personnel changes have warranted a new post...
Flutes: Pretend to get along, but don't. Lots of drama, girls trying to get other girls to quit band, going behind each other's backs, b****ing about parts, and lying about what the director has said. It's mostly centered on one girl, who thank God is quitting, but the drama will persist. They have a few egotistical freshmen coming up, and sparks will fly, but I think they will still manage much better.
Clarinets: Run the gammot of playing quality. Their best player is a junior who made All-State and is extremely talented, but their worst player is barely passable. I don't much like them as a section because they are extreme suck-ups, laugh at all the BD's jokes, and act like they are the most important section to him, when the percussion and low brass are the ones to show up early to everything and stay as late as the BD. Also include our now ex-DM, who is a case by herself. A couple of freshmen coming up, same as the rest.
Trumpets: Definitely a disappointment. Their SL made All-state last year, but has a new BF who's definitely made her a lousy student. She made alternate this year and has become a total slacker, and the poster child for what our jazz band does to otherwise decent musicians. They lost their golden boy last year, two-time all-stater, Mormon boy scout and all-around good guy, and they're all still trying to hide behind him even though he isn't there. Very, very sad. A couple of good freshmen coming up.
Saxophones: Include our new DM. Mostly quietly dedicated people. One rising sophomore is completely insane, but a decent kid otherwise. By far the easiest of the woodwinds to deal with. Very little drama. Some good freshmen coming up, all of whom appear to be good kids.
F Horns/mellos: Three of them, all rising freshmen. They don't sound good, but it's mostly a matter of missing partials. The tone and rhythmic qualities are there.
Trombones (there are now enough low brass to split): Two very strong players who are best friends and also bitter rivals. One was the SL during marching season and is a very strong technical player, good with memorization and just hitting the notes. The other is our new SL, and is an incredible jazzer who doesn't pick up music as fast as the other, but he plays with better musicality than the previous SL. The third trombone is a junior who just came back to the band at semester break, a soccer player, stoner and a very strong jazz player as well. The freshmen include the middle school BD's son, who is a very strong, but very egotistical player. He plays the notes at the right time, but lacks the tone or musicality we really need. The other freshmen are mostly his lackeys, and seem to be decent players, if lacking in personality.
Baritones: Interesting section in terms of hierarchy. I am first chair (we aren't quite a section yet) and I have better tone and musicality than my second chair, but he is a stronger technical player. The third chair is a jock who has come a long way this year, but is being held back by the POS horn we have him on. The freshmen are not great players, but there is a lot of potential that I think my BD can unlock.
Tubas: One rising junior (my class) who is still developing, and two rising freshmen. One is decent but needs work and the other is very good but is a stoner and isn't very reliable. That will be interesting.
Percussion: Decent section, but lazy. Not many read music. Our quint player should be taking over as SL, which will be very interesting, and their class is going from a semester to a year-long...ugh.
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Post by clarinetrox2012 on May 12, 2009 22:03:01 GMT -5
Flutes-Girly, mostly preppy. Pretty cool people though. Clarinets-Very diverse group. Trumpets-OBNOXIOUS AND EGOTISTICAL!!!!! Low Brass-Pretty weird and random. Saxes-Never shut up. Ever. Percussion-Dumber than rocks, (with a few exceptions), always losing their music. Perverted. Horns-Mostly slutty. Just being honest. Oboe/Bassoon-Enigmatic, insightful. Slightly random.
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Post by 11clarinet on May 25, 2009 20:28:19 GMT -5
Our band has stereotypes to...and they get on my nerves. It's mainly the alto section...they can be really funny and serious at times, but usually that are too egotistical and attention hungry. I always think that if the stereotypes would go away....our band would preform better and be more together...
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2009 20:58:53 GMT -5
All I know is that I have become a total low brass stereotype since I've joined my high school marching band. I don't know what causes it, but all incoming freshman turn into their intrument as soon as they get serious about playing. I think it's a matter of immersing yourself in your music...you start to identify with your horn, whatever that means to you.
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Phoenix Wright
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Post by Phoenix Wright on Jun 4, 2009 12:14:54 GMT -5
Yeah... Our drummers are just plain.... stupid. One of our drummers decided to tell our director he didn't know how to teach... that ended up in a fire fight. XD The woodwinds... well they just suck. Literally. They need MAJOR help, but they're more focused on boys, and drama, and crying all thre time. Except the saxes. They were productive most of the time. Then we have the Normal brass, which I reside from. We're a bunch of idiots, but we get stuff done. Then low brass, which is basicaly same thing, except the homos play tubas(no offense to gays. Please don't hurt me. XD)
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Post by tubalady21 on Jun 7, 2009 9:28:18 GMT -5
I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD OF SAYING SOMETHING!!! Really now, all tuba players are NOT big, stupid, alcholic boys! I marched tuba last year (I recently switched to guard) and our section was four girls, one boy. Our senior section leader (who had marched tuba all four years) had been in a primarily female section her entire marching career. And all of us girls are not giant, nasty, girls. Us ladies were all under 5'5, and were the cute section! AND our section got the most outstanding section award, because we kicked ass! We always knew our music and had our sets down. SO...think twice about the tuba stereotype, because it tends to be VERY wrong!
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Phoenix Wright
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Post by Phoenix Wright on Jun 7, 2009 21:09:17 GMT -5
Well our tubas last year were homos... And actually, one of them still IS a homo. The other one graduated.... And they are fat lol. Even though they're guys...
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Post by saxgirlrawrr on Jun 7, 2009 23:38:31 GMT -5
Well,,, "Phoenix Wright" and i are in the same band, so he got most of it, but i'm gonna add to it. the nitty-gritty, you know. Flutes: Now they're mostly incoming freshman and they aren't very good... they cant stay in step of mark time or anything. they have lots of drama. Last year's section leader skipped practice a lot, but she was so darn good that our director kept her around. Clarinets: Very similar to flutes, but with more drama and twice as much attitude. They like to talk. The rookies are all weird. Saxes: This is my section. Last season, we had 3/5 being seniors, so we definitely goofed around a lot!! So that's kind of our reputation. Fun section. Mellophones: There's only two. i like to squish them with us during sectionals, so they're veryyy similar. Trumpets: as he^^^ said they're pretty cool. they tend to be the best section, along with saxes, as far as talent. Kind of nerdy (no offense) and really funny. Low Brass: The baritones are intensely quiet unless they're around their friends. The SL last season was SO loud though. He would yell the Hillshire Farm commercial at contests. Tubas: Yeah, all of them are gay... except one, kinda. There's now three guys and one girl. They goofed off last year but their SL was toughhhh. Percussion/Pit- really annoying. loud, misbehaving jerks that are fun to be around if they like you.
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