TCHSBandNerd09

It's not as hard as it looks. hard, yes, but not that hard. Once you sit and look at it, its not as bad as it seems. It s fun.

A good mouthpiece? Bach 7C is fine, or a Yamaha 11B4 (which is what i started on.) For one - there is no open Bb. For trumpet, it would be C. And try playing with her. I'll speak in concert pitches from here on out. If she plays Bb, and you play Bb, they should obviously sound the same.(in different octaves, of course) You just have to develop that ear for what each note sounds like.

Is there a reason this is in the Brass Forum? Can the mods take care of this please? --edit-- after seeing Feet Guru's post, ive decided i should have tried to be more helpful. terribly sorry. good luck, hope you get all your questions answered

MY advice at 15 . . . . is unfortunately to not get your hopes up. You may be good fro your age, but at 15, there's simply going to be people older, more experienced, and ebtter than you. I know it's disappointing to hear, and im really not saying dont audition, if you DO audition, you'll know whats coming for 08 You could always come to Memphis Sound with me =D (I'm 15 as well) You reallu just need to make sure you go in with a great attitude. Ready to learn, and read to work are tow key tihngs any corps will want. Make sure that you are able to learn quickly. Chances are your director has not cared about the style of roll/glide step you use. Spirit will. Go in with the right attitude, work hard, and who knows, you jsut might make it! Good luck. Also, read Feet Guru's thread, it really helps.

http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums//ind...showtopic=86908

What, then, would you suggest? I play on a 5C now, and I'm just looking for sometihng that'll give me more endurance and make high notes easier, for marching only. I'll still be using my 5C for concert stuff, but a pep rally AND a game AND n hour and a half band class rehearsal before all that can blow your lips quick on a friday.

Ok . . so I'll add on to the author's question. What effect do different rim sizes/shallower cups/larger throats and all that good stuff have on your sound?

Hold on to that, I might have a friend who is interested . . he's been looking for a new horn for a while. (He's a high school senior, and never switched from the horn he bought in 6th grade - a very rpetty, but very crappy student horn.) I'll have him take a look at this.

There should be no more pressure than the little bit that is applied to keep the horn steady at your chops. Just check yourself to make sure you dont push it in. If you look at how Mark Zauss plays (www.markzauss.com) you'll notice how he holds it a certain way to make sure he never applies more pressure than what is needed. I'd get with a private teacher, he/she can tell you what needs ot be done more than we can, because we can't see the problem.

Eh, that's what I meant . . . .

It really depends on you. If you're planning on being a lead or soloist, a smaller mouthpiece might be a good idea, if it suits you. The best tihng to do is talk to a professional/teacher [band director, for example] He/She will be able to tell you what you need to do.

i saw those "scream!!" exercises on xtremebrass.com has anyone used them/know anyone who has used them? do they work? how well? unless im gonna get good results, id rather not spend my money its either this or xbox live . . . . . lol so i need to make sure what id be getting is worth it any help? -austin

yeah i understand that, but the reason behind this is just to get an idea of what im going to be doing my reasoning is if that if tis different from what i do now, it miht be a good idea to go ahead and learn how to do it, that way i dotn ahve to worry about learning something ELSE come audition time and if my friend is right and it IS what we do at my high school, then ill feel much safer and much mroe confident when the audition comes as well

i am going to audition for the 07 edition of the memphis sound and they use the "stright leg technique" are there any div 1 corps that march this style? the reason i ask about div 1 is that vids of div 1 corps are easier to find. also, since marching style of a corps is liable to change at any time, if anyone knows of years of a specific corps where the corps marched this style, please tell me me friend thinks its similar to what we use at my high school [he calls it glide step] but until i see it for myself, i cant be sure. i dotn wanna go into th e audition without knowing how i need to march in the audition any help is appreciated . . . thanks -austin

ive heard trumpets called sopranos since ive gotten into drum corps. but recently someone told me that when you say "soprano" you are really referring to G bugles that a lot of corps used to use, or still do use. Bb trumpets . . . are they called sopranos, or what? i get so confuzzled about this . . . please help to get me un-confuzzled