@@piwolphBro sousas aren’t comparable. Y’all don’t even hold them the same way 💀 try contra in horns down. Personally I play mello but I have held a contra and yikes. Euphs in horns up is the worst of all tho. Also sousas literally wrap around you.
help im a freshman and i play bassoon 😭 i remember middle school games being so fun and i think its bc i was around a bunch of other low instruments. but now i'm doubling flute and our game yesterday was kinda boring so now i wanna switch to euphonium like the other bassoons usually do 😭 but i gain muscle rly fast and i don't want jacked arms butttt th flutes are mostly so boring 😭
I used to play trumpet in 6th, I’m a sophomore joining band again after a year of not doing anything. Switched to baritone and when I picked up a guy’s trumpet for a second I swear I thought they made them smaller and lighter, like my god those things aren’t even half a pound
I only played the trumpet, but most instruments hurt to hold for that long. To combat this on my senior year, we put ankle weights on our bells and practiced that way the whole day. When homecoming came around, it was no sweat. That was almost 4 years ago. Good times
Baritone ftw. Freshman year was annoying, but I toughed it out and learned to think of it as a competition. Sophmore year I wasn't traumatized, I was enlightened. Junior year I was brought back to reality when I saw the freshman struggling
Fr tho. I play bass 4 currently and I can barely see over it. It’s still better than freshman year tho. That was back before we replaced our drums and harnesses (finally), and the bass I played then was even bigger, and it’s harness was awful.
Sometimes during brass arc, one of our staff members will take a pair of shoes and put it on our bell and we have to hold it up for five straight minutes. First time it happened to be as a freshmen, they forgot about me and I was up for fifteen minutes straight. On the plus side, my arms haven't hurt from staying up that long since.
Shoehorn! We do that once a week our whole marching season. We're baritones. If we put our bells down, we have to start again. Our staff doesn't force us to do it, but the section leaders do. Kind of got to admit it's funny to watch freshman suffer.
I started band in the 6th grade because we are a jr high and high school band altogether and that freshman one went towards me in the 7th grade when I started marching 😂😂😂😂
As a flute player who had to switch to contra tuba on my second year of marching, I can highly relate. 😂 The difference in weight killed me at first. Now here I am, a senior and drum major! Seeing freshman complain about holding their instruments. 😈
How was the switch from woodwind to brass? Just out of curiosity, since I’m planning on picking up baritone from flute before my own second year of marching
@@Elloliott it's a very weird switch and the weight difference will be difficult to manage at first. Over time though it becomes pretty easy to hold. Playing a brass instrument is another challenge especially for WWs switching. Again it takes some getting used to but after time it becomes second nature. Assuming you also don't know how to play baritone, you also have to learn how to play each note. As long as you put in the time and effort learning isn't as difficult as it seems. The hardest part for me was learning to read bass clef but if can teach yourself a trick to learn it, it becomes easy. If you ever have questions always ask your director, upperclassmen, or other brass players. My marching season just ended last night and it was a blast. Our school took 1st all year long and at our final comp last night took 1st out of 11. Along with awards for Best Music and General Effect. Anyways just remember to take it easy. Learning to march with a new instrument is a process that takes time. Don't ever hesitate to ask questions, even if you feel as though they are stupid questions. Have a good season (if your marching currently) and have an amazing season next year!!!
Our marching band doesn’t typically have freshmen, but I marched early (as a freshman). My name was just “freshman” the whole time. But I never complained about anything, and I went to every practice without fail. I was told by a junior that I was better than a lot of juniors.
So our school has this thing we did at the beginning of every season called EAGLES. You had to tie both your shoes to the horn and every letter of the word eagles represented a minute and if anyone dropped their horn angle the time would get restarted. As a baritone player, I would get mad when a trumpet started to whine. 😂😂😂
Our high school has never really had any marching baritones we only had one and there was four freshman this year(including me) they told us to hold our instrument in playing position for 3 minutes and keep in mind I have never touched a marching baritone in my life I literally was trembling holding it and that day I learned why there is not any marching baritones I also heard a trumpet complain I almost threw my horn at them
as someone who marched trumpet as the only 8th grader in a small band, this year i was one of the only freshmen and i found it hilarious how much the actual newbies struggled with band camp it was so funny
Haha 😂 as a clarinet, I will say I have it a lot easier than literally all the band but I have seen this life lesson played out too many times…Barritones,Tubas,Trombones you guys are the real ones 🥰❤️🔥💪 we need you guys in the band. Also the “traumatized sophomore” caption was just too accurate Lmao 🤣 I am a freshman but I think my sophomore friends would relate to this
Listen during marching the last 3 years I’ve played trumpet and trumpet for 4 years before that. I just Switches to mello because we needed mellos and I played horn in concert so I was used to alto in a sense and I was the best fit for it. Going from trumpet to mello, I mean it’s my senior year and it still hurts a little Yall rly don’t know how easy you have it as a trumpet, going back and holding trumpets is honestly uncomfortable how light they are😂
I march a bass trombone with thayers (which are significantly heavier than rotors) my first 2 weeks marching were killing me staying in set. Now as a senior i like laughing at woodwinds who struggle
that’s like how it is with my guard but instead of ur arms getting tired youre dealing with 3 injuries and a concussion but you dont wanna sit down cuz then youd be seen as weak to the other guard members (collectively weve had 5 concussions, 3 sprained ankles, a broken tailbone, a torn acl, a dislocated hip, and the discovery a of a cronic pain disorder)
Marching with an alto sax is pretty comfortable compared to other instruments, I find it less comfortable to march without instruments, because we do something called “horns up” and it is significantly less comfortable to do that then let my wrists rest on the keys
No longer able to feel pain in my left arm anymore, I play clarinet so not heavy at all but the way we have to hold our right arm parallel to the ground made my arm so tired and cut off my blood circulation two years ago lol
Bro imagine im in 8th grade (2nd year of marching band) and i have a bass drum . At least your back isn’t in severe pain by the end of 3 hour practices. And I’ve beed taught to not show pain or complain. ThAnK yOu FoR yOuR tImE
I lucked out im a sophmore right now trained as a clarinet. Then my directors found out i could play piano when they needed a synth for the show... ive been doing this since my freshman year. Its so confusing so i look forward to when im finally able to transfer back to my clarinet in the fall
Some I'm an 8th grader who joined marching band early cause I'm a favorite and apparently no one told me but I've been holding my trumpet like 25° above parallel instead of 10 😭😭
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The first two weeks as a trombone was torture 💀💀
Try sousaphone 💀
@@piwolphBro sousas aren’t comparable. Y’all don’t even hold them the same way 💀 try contra in horns down. Personally I play mello but I have held a contra and yikes. Euphs in horns up is the worst of all tho. Also sousas literally wrap around you.
I'm a euphonium, every day is torture
@@Leprechauncereal yeah i've heard those are worse than trombones 😭
Bro trombone is so light, even a trumpet is heavier
As a tuba senior I find this very relatable
Same
As a tuba freshman even playing convertible hurts sometimes😭
Sousa or contra?
@@Last_Survivor593 My school plays contra
@@Jack-rp4zc niceeee
The marching baritone gave me the biggest muscles I have had in my life.
TWIN
help im a freshman and i play bassoon 😭 i remember middle school games being so fun and i think its bc i was around a bunch of other low instruments. but now i'm doubling flute and our game yesterday was kinda boring so now i wanna switch to euphonium like the other bassoons usually do 😭 but i gain muscle rly fast and i don't want jacked arms butttt th flutes are mostly so boring 😭
@@Lacie__ I LOVE BASSOON
@@pixolotol.yipeeee LETS BE BESTIES
@@Lacie__ YESSS
the first time i marched bari i was genuinely dying i couldn't take it
I play baritone and it's way worse than holding up a trumpet or trombone
Honestly
I used to play trumpet in 6th, I’m a sophomore joining band again after a year of not doing anything. Switched to baritone and when I picked up a guy’s trumpet for a second I swear I thought they made them smaller and lighter, like my god those things aren’t even half a pound
I agree fully
Samee bro I play baritone it’s pretty tough at first ❤
Bass 5 moment (battery is up on top)
SO glad I marched alto sax. The neckstrap was a lifesaver.
Omg I play alto sax, but haven’t been in marching band yet so that is reassuring 😭
real
Real my neck is like indestructible
Good thing im one of them..
I'm no longer a freshman.... but God damn homecoming hurts like hell. By the end, even our section leaders are almost in tears.
Tenors made my back sore for weeks after a parade
Destroy your weakness boy
Tenors got stands during homecoming because last was torture.
@@Sullivan_percussion homecoming parade prolly
I only played the trumpet, but most instruments hurt to hold for that long. To combat this on my senior year, we put ankle weights on our bells and practiced that way the whole day. When homecoming came around, it was no sweat. That was almost 4 years ago. Good times
Bro Making sure i was heels together toes apart and still on my first time touching a trumpet was so painful💀
Trumpets are so light though😂
@@myersbob7517 tis was but a weakly little boy😔
@blakku-samma7346 I was to and I had a baritone
Baritone ftw. Freshman year was annoying, but I toughed it out and learned to think of it as a competition. Sophmore year I wasn't traumatized, I was enlightened. Junior year I was brought back to reality when I saw the freshman struggling
The "My pants! Those are my pants!" Killed me lol
Clarinet is heaven for me, I haven’t been sore for the entirety of band camp. I’m a freshman too!
First year drumline members be like
Yeah I had that happen to
me once being a tenor sucks sometimes.
And you can't even see over the bases
@@OliviaGraceCrochett bottom bases can't see the top bases are okay
@@Sullivan_percussion True lol. I played bass 3 this year, and I couldn't see over the drum 😂
Fr tho. I play bass 4 currently and I can barely see over it. It’s still better than freshman year tho. That was back before we replaced our drums and harnesses (finally), and the bass I played then was even bigger, and it’s harness was awful.
The first day of band camp one of the trombone rookies passed out, he was locking his knees while holding his trombone 😭
As a saxophone player I see this as an absolute win.
I guess I'm an outlier. Btw why are you so underrated?
One year my band director made some of the clarinets switch with baritones. glorious
5th year of baritone in outdoor and cymbals in indoor, the pain never ends 😎
Sometimes during brass arc, one of our staff members will take a pair of shoes and put it on our bell and we have to hold it up for five straight minutes. First time it happened to be as a freshmen, they forgot about me and I was up for fifteen minutes straight. On the plus side, my arms haven't hurt from staying up that long since.
Shoehorn! We do that once a week our whole marching season. We're baritones. If we put our bells down, we have to start again. Our staff doesn't force us to do it, but the section leaders do. Kind of got to admit it's funny to watch freshman suffer.
I started band in the 6th grade because we are a jr high and high school band altogether and that freshman one went towards me in the 7th grade when I started marching 😂😂😂😂
Same!! We start band in elementary, and we can join marching band in 7th when we get to middle school
Me over here who does orchestra and holds my instaramint with my neck and Chin😊
I swear you make the best stuff dude this is so accurate lol
As a flute player who had to switch to contra tuba on my second year of marching, I can highly relate. 😂
The difference in weight killed me at first. Now here I am, a senior and drum major! Seeing freshman complain about holding their instruments. 😈
How was the switch from woodwind to brass? Just out of curiosity, since I’m planning on picking up baritone from flute before my own second year of marching
@@Elloliott it's a very weird switch and the weight difference will be difficult to manage at first. Over time though it becomes pretty easy to hold. Playing a brass instrument is another challenge especially for WWs switching. Again it takes some getting used to but after time it becomes second nature.
Assuming you also don't know how to play baritone, you also have to learn how to play each note. As long as you put in the time and effort learning isn't as difficult as it seems. The hardest part for me was learning to read bass clef but if can teach yourself a trick to learn it, it becomes easy. If you ever have questions always ask your director, upperclassmen, or other brass players.
My marching season just ended last night and it was a blast. Our school took 1st all year long and at our final comp last night took 1st out of 11. Along with awards for Best Music and General Effect.
Anyways just remember to take it easy. Learning to march with a new instrument is a process that takes time. Don't ever hesitate to ask questions, even if you feel as though they are stupid questions. Have a good season (if your marching currently) and have an amazing season next year!!!
Love how light the flute is but hate the fact that i feel like im gonna pass out every two seconds
first time i was on tenors for marching band, i almost quit, but the other guy was a senior, so I was just hoping that it would get easier
Marching band brass personified
I was freshman this year as a trumpet player but the only trumpet older than me was the drum major 😎 Can’t wait to try this
Me just chilling at The Bass Clarinet laughing
Our marching band doesn’t typically have freshmen, but I marched early (as a freshman). My name was just “freshman” the whole time. But I never complained about anything, and I went to every practice without fail. I was told by a junior that I was better than a lot of juniors.
I play clarinet, hand cramps and sore jaws for life 🤗
So our school has this thing we did at the beginning of every season called EAGLES. You had to tie both your shoes to the horn and every letter of the word eagles represented a minute and if anyone dropped their horn angle the time would get restarted. As a baritone player, I would get mad when a trumpet started to whine. 😂😂😂
as a trumpet freshman i was like this for like the first month of marching band
Our high school has never really had any marching baritones we only had one and there was four freshman this year(including me) they told us to hold our instrument in playing position for 3 minutes and keep in mind I have never touched a marching baritone in my life I literally was trembling holding it and that day I learned why there is not any marching baritones I also heard a trumpet complain I almost threw my horn at them
as someone who marched trumpet as the only 8th grader in a small band, this year i was one of the only freshmen and i found it hilarious how much the actual newbies struggled with band camp it was so funny
I march quads the pain never ends you will never get used to it unless you march snare
As a bari sax player I am so glad I have a harness.
The freshman flute “mY aRm HuRtS”
The whole tuba section 😒
As a fellow trumpet this is reallll
As A Trombone Senior Squad Leader Intern . Jazz band . 3rd Quarter Band Member I relate to this
then you look back at the quads having a stroke
as a vibraphone player whos practice field is up 2 hills and another super steep hill,,,, so true..!!
this is relatable.
Love to Blue Coats shirt I have all of there performance shirts from the last 12 years
Haha 😂 as a clarinet, I will say I have it a lot easier than literally all the band but I have seen this life lesson played out too many times…Barritones,Tubas,Trombones you guys are the real ones 🥰❤️🔥💪 we need you guys in the band. Also the “traumatized sophomore” caption was just too accurate Lmao 🤣 I am a freshman but I think my sophomore friends would relate to this
BRO EVEN HAS A SILVER ONE AND THOSE ARE SOOO MUCH LIGHTER THEN THE GOLD
as a french horn player im very grateful for being able to play my instrument while resting it on my knee
bro trumpet players shouldnt be complaining theyre so light
I’m in marching band and it’s…..so fun……
Band director:
Make them hold a baritone, that’ll shut them up”
That was me last year, now I’m a sophomore 🤣
As a piccolo player I find this super relatable
it's like 1.5 pounds if even that
As a contra marcher, I have to agree, trumpets definitely the heaviest
Started on trombone and got switched to baritone my 8th grade year. That was hell
We just make our flutes angle them up higher than normal… maybe I should try this if any of the newbies next year have trouble lol
I’m happy to say I am now the traumatized sophomore
Couldn't be me - I'm in color guard, our set is super easy to hold 😁
The Bluecoats shirt 😂❤
As a euphonium player, I can relate
imagine crying over a trumpet i have to hold the goshdarn euphonuim doing this
meanwhile the quad line in the back vibing with their 40 pound instruments
lol I feel like my orchestra director might try this to encourage our shoulder instruments not to let the scroll go down too much 😂
Listen during marching the last 3 years I’ve played trumpet and trumpet for 4 years before that. I just Switches to mello because we needed mellos and I played horn in concert so I was used to alto in a sense and I was the best fit for it. Going from trumpet to mello, I mean it’s my senior year and it still hurts a little Yall rly don’t know how easy you have it as a trumpet, going back and holding trumpets is honestly uncomfortable how light they are😂
I march a bass trombone with thayers (which are significantly heavier than rotors) my first 2 weeks marching were killing me staying in set. Now as a senior i like laughing at woodwinds who struggle
Bro when a trumpet or something says my arm hurt I hit them with my flute,baritone,tuba,every instrument in in his face
hearing the flutes complain about how heavy their instrument is while you are holding a low brass instrument:
Euphonium killed me, I’m a twig😭
May God forbid that senior doesn’t March euphonium because lord knows we spare no mercy for trumpets
Me when the paperclips are struggling lol
I’m a seventh grader in my schools marching band, I play melophone and thank god I am yet to have this problem 😂😂😂
that’s like how it is with my guard but instead of ur arms getting tired youre dealing with 3 injuries and a concussion but you dont wanna sit down cuz then youd be seen as weak to the other guard members
(collectively weve had 5 concussions, 3 sprained ankles, a broken tailbone, a torn acl, a dislocated hip, and the discovery a of a cronic pain disorder)
Not me literally having a trumpet it hurts so bad for no reason
Marching with an alto sax is pretty comfortable compared to other instruments, I find it less comfortable to march without instruments, because we do something called “horns up” and it is significantly less comfortable to do that then let my wrists rest on the keys
I'm the tramatuzed sophomore, but as a jazz band trombone 😢
I FEEL THAT AS A FLUTE- MY SECTION LEADER TORTURED ME.
We usually have a bag just completely filled of coins and we just wrap in on the bell
The pencil in the horn for horn angles
being the only female contra AND being a freshman i can relate 😭
Girl they tryna kill you lmao
Good luck with that, not everyone gets to march contras, you got this
I like you Bluecoats shirt. My uncle used to be in it and he directed it.
No longer able to feel pain in my left arm anymore, I play clarinet so not heavy at all but the way we have to hold our right arm parallel to the ground made my arm so tired and cut off my blood circulation two years ago lol
As a junior, this is hilarious
Bro imagine im in 8th grade (2nd year of marching band) and i have a bass drum .
At least your back isn’t in severe pain by the end of 3 hour practices. And I’ve beed taught to not show pain or complain. ThAnK yOu FoR yOuR tImE
I’m currently a freshman, can’t relate 🧌
Every day at band practice i thought this is why im going to gave back problems when im 20
as a tenor sax i would pray my instrument ever felt as light as a trumpet 🥹
Fr tho. At least we arnt bari players.
Mellophone is so true
All we do is threaten them with having to hold a baritone/contra, works every time
As a drum I just stood there
I lucked out im a sophmore right now trained as a clarinet. Then my directors found out i could play piano when they needed a synth for the show... ive been doing this since my freshman year. Its so confusing so i look forward to when im finally able to transfer back to my clarinet in the fall
Some I'm an 8th grader who joined marching band early cause I'm a favorite and apparently no one told me but I've been holding my trumpet like 25° above parallel instead of 10 😭😭
the piccolos are so lucky
Pov sousa in the back vibin cause we ain't gotta do anything
As someone who played in 6th grade I can say this is true and why I madd sure I can hold things up like that now😂
I hate hearing trumpets complain about standing but us tubas and baritones are over here suffering silently
Flutes experienced this in 6th grade so we were fine as freshman
I play baritone. My section leader got ankle weights. They were 2ibs, 5ibs, and 10ibs. Freshman year hurt.
This is lore accurate
As a flute I remember my first time having to hold my instrument for hours on end, it was like hell 💀
im in percussion and i started in my 7th grade year, this was an accurate representation of my impatience
marching euphonium tho 😭
That's y I picked percussion
We used our drill binders when we couldn't keep our bell up. It was the best.
As a french horn player I find tthis very relatable