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Post by peaceloveoboe on Apr 20, 2007 19:46:40 GMT -5
I just came back from an honor band, and with all certainty, I can say that I really don't like muted trumpets. The weird thing about trumpet is that it can produce so many sounds-and I think that's cool. No two trumpet players really sound alike. But by G-d put a mute in and...ech. It sounds AWFUL!
Oh, and piccolos make my ears bleed. They are impossible to tune and vastly too high. 'Nuff said.
Oboes CAN be tuned, y'know. It's difficult, but possible. Somehow at District we got all 4 oboes almost perfectly in tune. How we did it, I do not know, but if it makes you guys feel any better, it IS possible.
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Post by yvetterson on Apr 22, 2007 17:04:10 GMT -5
Oboes CAN be tuned, y'know. It's difficult, but possible. Somehow at District we got all 4 oboes almost perfectly in tune. How we did it, I do not know, but if it makes you guys feel any better, it IS possible. For sure it's possible. My section (the three of us) are completely in tune pretty much every day. Whenever my BD busts out the band instrument jokes, when he gets to the oboe intonation ones, he always prefaces them with a "this doesnt apply to OUR oboes but-" Just so you know, it can happen, and it really isn't even incredibly difficult. It's just that on oboe, most, if not all intonation issues can and ought to be fixed by embouchre, because notes can be bent like crazy. It's more like a brass instrument in that aspect I think. And this takes a long time for a lot of oboists to learn how to do properly.
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Post by piccophone on Apr 22, 2007 17:12:09 GMT -5
Oh, and piccolos make my ears bleed. They are impossible to tune and vastly too high. 'Nuff said. I have to disagree, piccolos can be tuned. My section and I are in tune every day.
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Post by noxcuses on Apr 22, 2007 19:28:12 GMT -5
Oh, and piccolos make my ears bleed. They are impossible to tune and vastly too high. 'Nuff said. I have to disagree, piccolos can be tuned. My section and I are in tune every day. so you think...(runs and hides)
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Post by peaceloveoboe on Apr 23, 2007 20:56:59 GMT -5
Oboes CAN be tuned, y'know. It's difficult, but possible. Somehow at District we got all 4 oboes almost perfectly in tune. How we did it, I do not know, but if it makes you guys feel any better, it IS possible. For sure it's possible. My section (the three of us) are completely in tune pretty much every day. Whenever my BD busts out the band instrument jokes, when he gets to the oboe intonation ones, he always prefaces them with a "this doesnt apply to OUR oboes but-" Just so you know, it can happen, and it really isn't even incredibly difficult. It's just that on oboe, most, if not all intonation issues can and ought to be fixed by embouchre, because notes can be bent like crazy. It's more like a brass instrument in that aspect I think. And this takes a long time for a lot of oboists to learn how to do properly. It's not so much an oboist being in tune as it is four oboes being in tune all at once. The problem with lipping a note up or down is that you have to keep your mouth in that same position to keep it in tune while also adusting your position on the reed in order to get the best tone out of each register. I prefer just to adjust the instrument and only lip certain notes (coughmiddleCcough) that tend not to be in tune. Being in tune is just a sign that we're awesome
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Post by tubagirrrl on Apr 23, 2007 23:07:30 GMT -5
I can not stand the clarient. I am so sorry but that one instrument has a certain sound, it drives me up the wall. I think that sence I want to be a music major and all, Ill have to learn it. But it is the least of my choice.
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Post by noxcuses on Apr 24, 2007 7:27:56 GMT -5
I can not stand the clarient. I am so sorry but that one instrument has a certain sound, it drives me up the wall. I think that sence I want to be a music major and all, Ill have to learn it. But it is the least of my choice.Not if you go into performance.
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Post by Duel of the Flutes on May 7, 2007 19:01:55 GMT -5
OBOE.
sorry, I can't stand them in band. I mean, they're alright by themselves as a solo & in orchestra, but NOT in band. like my EMU honors band recording... Rhosymedre sounds AMAZING, until the woodwinds all have the melody in unison and the OBOES just... ruin it.
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Post by lada on May 13, 2007 20:40:54 GMT -5
I don't like trumpets. I just can't stand the sound they make. Even when a pro playes one. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT!?? Just joking. I don't hate you. Just please don't say that- you should show respect, even if you don't like its awesomely awesome sound. It just might be the ego of the trumpet player that you hate, but don't hate me- I'm a nice trumpet player. As for me, my least favorite instruments are all types of flutes (including piccolo) and the E flat clarinet. Trust me, they annoy me sooo much... But I respect our flutes and I at least can actually stand the sound of a flute played by a pro. Just in our band, a lot of people are just jealous of us trumpets, so they diss us and stuff. But they should know that we're one of the sections that holds the band up, not some egotistical jerks.
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Post by bassclarinetdude19 on May 19, 2007 10:52:08 GMT -5
I hate the sound of the alto saxes at my school!
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Post by oboehorn77 on May 19, 2007 14:28:38 GMT -5
It's interesting, I would be the first to say that an inexperianced/just plain bad oboe player is the worst sound ever come out of a band. Yet of course, I love oboe. When you say you hate the sounds that come out of your alto section, that means that perhaps if they played better you wouldn't. Yet, have tended to go the same way, where the trumpets at my school (though they have improved a lot, so perhaps I shouldn't say this) have a really bright, peircing and honestly unsavory sound. Because of this for a long time I would just say I dislike trumpets, but I accidentally came across a recording of a solo trumpet that I considered absolutely beautiful. So, trumpets are potentially good, I just distrust the ones at my school. As I say though, I do sound a lot better than the beginning of the year.
I'm similar with pic, because it's SO high, it just gets to be piercing. But oppositely, the pic player at my school is really good, and usually I don't mind a whole lot, and even acknowledge that it adds something to the band. In general though, I don't like for anything to go that high... *shrugs*
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Post by KUguardgrl13 on May 21, 2007 22:17:20 GMT -5
i have to say that newbies on any instrument (especially strings, french horn, and winds) sound terrible. in general i hate the violin (orch. biased). not the instrument itself, but the egotistical people who play it. they're like trumpets.
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Post by jello on May 26, 2007 17:25:06 GMT -5
I can not stand the clarient. I am so sorry but that one instrument has a certain sound, it drives me up the wall. I think that sence I want to be a music major and all, Ill have to learn it. But it is the least of my choice. I'm sorry and I know that some of you might argue with my choice but I HATE saxaphones. Unless it's Jazz or an absolute professional, I just can't stand the sound.
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Post by sammeh on May 29, 2007 15:32:07 GMT -5
the oboe. all it sounds like is one big squeak. i can't stand it
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Post by lada on Jun 1, 2007 2:19:00 GMT -5
i have to say that newbies on any instrument (especially strings, french horn, and winds) sound terrible. in general i hate the violin (orch. biased). not the instrument itself, but the egotistical people who play it. they're like trumpets. Ugh, what?! I play trumpet, I'm even a section leader, but I'm not egotistical at all! OK, well maybe a little, but I don't like having a huge ego cause then you don't get any respect. Yes, I can't stand violins either! I don't like orch dorks, they think they're better than bandies and that we're all geeks, but that is SO true! We are SO geeks, and we're extremely proud of it. Stupid orch dorks. [No offense to any band people in orchestra here] But you shouldn't believe in the stereotype that all trumpet players are egotistical. We might be, but a lot of us actually try not to be, so you shouldn't consider those people genuine egotists.
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