@@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
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.
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
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 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
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
Haha 😂 the seniors and juniors were talking about teasing the freshman since they were teased as freshmans, somehow they can never because we're just ok with everything
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. 😂😂😂
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
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
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
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 😭😭
I’m in color guard and the position we have to be in spinning and holding flags at FULL ATTENTION for 8 hours a day was torture, and they made us wear these horrendous shoes that hurt your feet SO bad
I am a young baritone but my band director wouldn’t put shoes on the end of our horns he would put 5 pound weights as the end to keep out horn angles up
@@sandstormthedragon3880 ooh that's actually a really good one I am NEVER bringing it up to my director. Also, hope all of y'all had a good season we sure did. 1st place at boa nats class 1A we had an amazing weekend
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)
I’m literally a flute player and the first two weeks they would make us hold our instruments up for so long we would all be shaking and holding back tears 💀
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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
@@fero.mak.812 LETS BE BESTIES
@@Lacie__ YESSS
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..
The "My pants! Those are my pants!" Killed me lol
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)
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
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
the first time i marched bari i was genuinely dying i couldn't take it
As a saxophone player I see this as an absolute win.
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.
One year my band director made some of the clarinets switch with baritones. glorious
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.
5th year of baritone in outdoor and cymbals in indoor, the pain never ends 😎
The first day of band camp one of the trombone rookies passed out, he was locking his knees while holding his trombone 😭
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
I guess I'm an outlier. Btw why are you so underrated?
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
I swear you make the best stuff dude this is so accurate lol
Love how light the flute is but hate the fact that i feel like im gonna pass out every two seconds
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😊
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!!!
The freshman flute “mY aRm HuRtS”
The whole tuba section 😒
Marching band brass personified
Me just chilling at The Bass Clarinet laughing
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
I’m happy to say I am now the traumatized sophomore
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
Haha 😂 the seniors and juniors were talking about teasing the freshman since they were teased as freshmans, somehow they can never because we're just ok with everything
as a french horn player im very grateful for being able to play my instrument while resting it on my knee
then you look back at the quads having a stroke
My band teacher put her heavy ahh shoes on the instrument
I play clarinet, hand cramps and sore jaws for life 🤗
as a tenor sax i would pray my instrument ever felt as light as a trumpet 🥹
Fr tho. At least we arnt bari players.
Love to Blue Coats shirt I have all of there performance shirts from the last 12 years
The flute.... flutist just sat and watched them suffer😈😈
I march quads the pain never ends you will never get used to it unless you march snare
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 flute marcher I feel this at a personal level
as a vibraphone player whos practice field is up 2 hills and another super steep hill,,,, so true..!!
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
I'm the tramatuzed sophomore, but as a jazz band trombone 😢
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
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
Me looking at my fellow freshmen, gracefully in the eyes, as I “descretly” tell them, to “MARCH FASTER GOD DAMN IT”
I play baritone. My section leader got ankle weights. They were 2ibs, 5ibs, and 10ibs. Freshman year hurt.
The Bluecoats shirt 😂❤
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 😭😭
as a trumpet freshman i was like this for like the first month of marching band
this is relatable.
Me who plays tuba: puny.
lol I feel like my orchestra director might try this to encourage our shoulder instruments not to let the scroll go down too much 😂
As a french horn player I find tthis very relatable
As a bari sax player I am so glad I have a harness.
As a piccolo player I find this super relatable
it's like 1.5 pounds if even that
I’m in marching band and it’s…..so fun……
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
As a fellow trumpet this is reallll
Us euphoniums just chilling next to him
Fr like gaurd the band director makes everyone hold up there instrument and im stuck holding the weighted metal pole for like 5 mins with one arm 😭😭
We used our drill binders when we couldn't keep our bell up. It was the best.
bro trumpet players shouldnt be complaining theyre so light
I like you Bluecoats shirt. My uncle used to be in it and he directed it.
As A Trombone Senior Squad Leader Intern . Jazz band . 3rd Quarter Band Member I relate to this
May God forbid that senior doesn’t March euphonium because lord knows we spare no mercy for trumpets
Same with flute 😭😭 I'm a junior and our freshman struggle with holding their flutes at perfect angles while it hurts
The shoulder pains of marching sousaphones is out of this world😭
BRO EVEN HAS A SILVER ONE AND THOSE ARE SOOO MUCH LIGHTER THEN THE GOLD
im in percussion and i started in my 7th grade year, this was an accurate representation of my impatience
Band director:
Make them hold a baritone, that’ll shut them up”
As a contra marcher, I have to agree, trumpets definitely the heaviest
Then the color guard in the corner like
“Oh please-“
I’m in color guard and the position we have to be in spinning and holding flags at FULL ATTENTION for 8 hours a day was torture, and they made us wear these horrendous shoes that hurt your feet SO bad
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
The pencil in the horn for horn angles
We tie shoes to the bell by the laces, every young baritone's biggest shame 😂
I am a young baritone but my band director wouldn’t put shoes on the end of our horns he would put 5 pound weights as the end to keep out horn angles up
@@HillbillyGiordano05791 ooh, y'all got weight money, nice
Dang my band director put pencils in our horns/ bell and if the pencil fell you ran a lap
@@sandstormthedragon3880 ooh that's actually a really good one I am NEVER bringing it up to my director. Also, hope all of y'all had a good season we sure did. 1st place at boa nats class 1A we had an amazing weekend
meanwhile the quad line in the back vibing with their 40 pound instruments
That was me last year, now I’m a sophomore 🤣
I’m just a drumline secret agent, don’t mind me
hello, fellow percussion agent
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)
Couldn't be me - I'm in color guard, our set is super easy to hold 😁
I’m literally a flute player and the first two weeks they would make us hold our instruments up for so long we would all be shaking and holding back tears 💀
Me when the paperclips are struggling lol
I FEEL THAT AS A FLUTE- MY SECTION LEADER TORTURED ME.
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
Flutes experienced this in 6th grade so we were fine as freshman
imagine crying over a trumpet i have to hold the goshdarn euphonuim doing this
We usually have a bag just completely filled of coins and we just wrap in on the bell
Clarinet is heaven for me, I haven’t been sore for the entirety of band camp. I’m a freshman too!
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😭
As a junior, this is hilarious
Started on trombone and got switched to baritone my 8th grade year. That was hell
as a baritone i find this very relateable
As a traumatized tenor sax. My section last year was wild
Bro when a trumpet or something says my arm hurt I hit them with my flute,baritone,tuba,every instrument in in his face
All we do is threaten them with having to hold a baritone/contra, works every time
I hate hearing trumpets complain about standing but us tubas and baritones are over here suffering silently
As a euphonium player, I can relate
I’m a seventh grader in my schools marching band, I play melophone and thank god I am yet to have this problem 😂😂😂
Vets, jouior, and senoirs wil LAUGH in your FACE