Mr. Ducks Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 i play bass clarinet in my high school band, and am currently learning baritone in order to try out for a corps next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Good luck, Ducky. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revocontrachic Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 I have played flute since 2nd grade but 2 years ago today(exactly) my director decided that he needed tuba players though I wanted to play bari. Now I am marching contra bass for San Antonio Revolution and maybe in the next few years I can march either SCV, Blue Devils, or Phantom. It was a hard switch but low brass rocks!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabsbaritone Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Let me hit y'all with this one, I was the drumline section leader (center snare) for my high school and was taught how to play contra in one camp. B) Tony .. was totally with you on this... I was Center Snare at My HS too... But we were horrible... One Weekend at a Camp realizing I couldn't Hack Corps drumming and I was playing Soprano by the end of the weekend! then Changed over to Euph when I actually finally did March Corps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musikaddikt16 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 i myself started with flute since like 5th grade, and in 7th learned oboe. both of these helped me immensely with baritone. The air from flute and the pitch and intonation from oboe...i can lip like no other. lol...i still play both instruments...but during season, i barely play either so i have more time to practice for corps...like i have any extra time outside of corps during season anyway...lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judojop Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 In high school I originally played alto sax. In my sophmore year when I joined the Caballeros I was handed a baritone. Every night I practiced till I got the hang of it. There are a few that I know that were woodwind players converted to baritone players in the line. Myself, Matt, Adam, Kelly..there have been others throughout my 5 years with the corps, all Sax players too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ContraAl3of10 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 I had played alto and tenor sax for 5 years... but then I got well and started playing baritone. :;' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainBugleer Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Saxo for many many years. Learned trombone and tuba. Then I picked up a 2-valve baritone bugle with Allegheny NightStorm. Surprisingly, many of the same basic concepts of making a good sound are interchangable between instruments. Relaxed muscles, strong and focused air stream, and "voicing" as saxos call it (position of tongue, jaw, and open-ness of oral cavity and throat) are all pretty similar. If you can get a good tone out of a wind instrument, you can get a good tone out of any other one. Especially all these oboists. Sheesh! Good sound there takes some talent. b**bs Dew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightsbari Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 (edited) I started on French horn in high school, but we needed a sax player so I ended up playing tenor sax. Once I found out about drum corps I took up tuba in high school. After that I marched contra in DCA for 2 years, then in the pit for a year and am now aging out in Division 3 this season on baritone. And for some odd reason in between there I also managed to learn bassoon. Edited July 16, 2003 by knightsbari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEuph Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 I have been a alto sax player since the 4th grade. Never thought I would play anything else until this year when Fever started here in Modesto. I picked up a baritone and eventually got switched over to the euph. The Fever baritone line has three alto sax players in it. We all swithed over to the baritone when we heard drum corps was coming back to Modesto. Hey this is my first post! Wooo..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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