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Flute vs Clarinet vs Oboe - What squeak makes you want to shove your head in a sand pit the most?

Flute: Fix your embouchure, fix your position, what ever you were doing wrong p l e a s e fix it.

Clarinet:

"It's probably my reed."

"Why you lyin... why you always lyin..."

Oboe: please stop summoning Satan, it's disturbing the flutes.

Piccolo:

My head was in the sand as soon as they pulled out a piccolo. We don't even have one in the band so I just avoid it.

- LilFlute

Flats vs Naturals

If you're someone with a terrible memory, you'll probably relate:

BD: Ok how many naturals in this? *one flat*

*insert forgetful flautist*: Uh...

BD: WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS FOR A YEAR-

Telling it how it is in a tiny regional concert band. We're trying I swear.

The lord is testing me.

Popular Pieces vs Set Pieces

You want to play that popular piece, with sections that you absolutely adore, but before that...

The set piece.

Who else hasn't been in choir since third grade?

BAND👏BUS👏CHAOS (Part 1?)

We've all been there.

The band bus.

Hordes of highschoolers/college/university students pile onto a bus for who knows how many hours and they travel to a far away place, be it for a training camp, workshops, a tour, or even a competition. We've all experienced the absolute madness that is the Band Bus.

I'm gonna spill my experiences with it.

So each year, there's the usual set up of:

New kids/year sevens/bus sick up the front with teachers and parents chaperoning. Year eights take up a tiny section in the middle-front. Then the year nines are the middle of the bus (most of us) with some grade eights and tens. Then the back of the bus is a shitstorm of the brass players of every grade and percussionists from every grade, along with any seniors from other sections. It's a madhouse. I'm towards the start of the roll, and usually the most eager to get on and seated, so I usually get a seat up the back with all the party-goers.

I'm from a tiny band of thirty to fifty players, so we squeeze onto a 64 seater with relative ease. There's never been a year where we've needed two buses.

You know that time when it's getting late, but you're almost to your destination, so you're all super excited that you can't sleep? That's the band every year. Everyone's hyped to get to the fancy hotel, or the cool PCYC (and possibly the beach before rehearsals), so there's music softly playing from someone's Bluetooth speaker, because the BD told everyone to shut up so the bus driver can navigate around the city.

I might do a part two to this, since there's more to the Band Bus than just the ride there! There's the ride back, the return trips from competitors to the hotel, there's all sorts of things!

My Band Gear!!

Nobody asked for this post, but I wanna show off my minimal gear, so here goes nothing!

Obviously I've got my flute, I can't remember if I named her or not, but I think my friend suggested "Flutesica Tooting" (that, or I saw it on here somewhere). Either way, her name is Flutesica. Say hi to Flutesica! She's a Yamaha 221!

Lil clip-on tuner! It's kinda useless, since I have to play the note, then quickly look to see where I am, if I'm alone. I don't take it to my normal band rehearsals, since the school has a box of tuners that we all share, but it does the job when it's needed. It's great on band camp!

My flute stand! This is the second one I've ever had, I bought it last Saturday. The first one I got on my first High School Band Camp in 2016! The BD bought it for me, I felt very special 😂

If anyone wants to buy it, it's a BG Franck Bichon stand. It cost $14.95 AUD.

My case, and the case's case. Nothing much to say, it holds my cleaning cloth/rod, and polishing cloth.

And last, but not least, my band folder! The piece you see on the front is what I'm performing for a showcase this Friday! I'm so excited!!

And that's all! If you'd like to hear a clip of Shackelford, leave a comment or rb! Thanks for reading!

-LilFlute

"You're within stabbing distance."

- BD, to a poor 1st flute

Something I never thought I'd discuss at work: Oboes

Something I discused at work last night: Oboes

The conversation was so cursed good lord.