Coathope Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Everyone falls to the mello. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsay A. Benoit Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Everyone falls to the mello. And I can see why. I've never had so much fun, or played so many notes. I've got pretty decent trumpet range and it's WAY too tempting to expore that on the mello at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow_7 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I still tend to favor Euph. Lots of donuts so you don't spend much time memorizing. And lots of hang time during rehearsal since it's hard to mess up footballs. Plus there's just something about having no limits when it comes to volume. Tuba was alright, just too much effort to master. Mello was good, but too much black to memorize and any sort of phasing (behind the beat) is obnoxiously obvious (but only after you watch the video at seasons end). Trumpet was more of a courtesy. You really have to pace yourself. And there's a point of diminishing returns if you try to play louder. So you're never really going at it full bore. And you feel kind of cheated coming off the field with something left in reserve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ussglassman Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Tuba/contra is awesome at the beginning of the season. Especially if you have a nice sized line. From the middle of the season I kinda started hating it, having to drag it everywhere with you me just having to know that if it weren't for those 30 extra pounds, I wouldn't be hurting so bad. I think my dislike for my contra last year came after doing a parade in San Francisco in the middle of summer. Not too hot, but after a long parade, then having to drag it back to wherever I parked at the beginning of the parade route is torture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazymello Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I still tend to favor Euph. Lots of donuts so you don't spend much time memorizing. And lots of hang time during rehearsal since it's hard to mess up footballs. Plus there's just something about having no limits when it comes to volume. Really? I have more trouble memorizing long tones... because there is not much in the way of muscle memory, which is how my memorizing gets done. Now, with mello, I can't even read the music that fast, so I HAVE to memorize it. >_> That is how I PLAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDale Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Not too hot, but after a long parade, then having to drag it back to wherever I parked at the beginning of the parade route is torture. That is why you have to stop along the way for liquid refreshment. 2002 SCVAC had our stadium practice and it was not a long walk, but long enough to warrant libations and at the time, a cigar break. You should have seen the Madison alumni, at their bar they hang at right off the stadium, when this big buy in a Hawaiian shirt, with a Kanstul GG contra parks it right at the bar, lights up a nice Dominican cigar and orders a Cuba Libre (or 4-6)! Priceless. Playing wise, nothing beats the mighty contra, so long as the drill is supressed and you can worry about playing. Bass bari/ euph tends to have all the power parts though. I do not like playing lead, so the guys that have a work ethic and ego can play those!!! This boy don't play no wussy 3rd of the chord!!! Tonic or 5th for me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManchesterMuchacho Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 when i started corps, i played mello and sop, then i moved into the low brass. baritone was fun, but tuba (contra) is the grandest of all that i have played. although sometimes i think you have to be ######## to lift that toilet bowl on your shoulders... Try This one (I'm thinking there isn't a horn I didn't play) Piccolo Soprano - Granite State Garrison Soprano - Granite State Garrison/Boston Crusaders Flugel/Alto - Boston Crusaders Mellophone - Amoskeag Sound French Horn - 27th Lancers Alumni/Amoskeag Sound Baritone - Granite State Garrison/Bridgemen Euphonium - Bridgemen Here's where it gets tricky Tuba - Keene HS MB (ouch) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow_7 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Really? I have more trouble memorizing long tones... because there is not much in the way of muscle memory, which is how my memorizing gets done. Now, with mello, I can't even read the music that fast, so I HAVE to memorize it. >_> That is how I PLAY! My memory is more visual, being a techy type. You can memorize the Euph part in like five minutes. I also like it, in that you parallel the Contra voice most of the time so you can really HONK on those roots and fifths. With 3rds and 7ths (2nd Bari / Lead), you can't really go nuclear. At least not without being called out by the instructional staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_Knight Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) Well Rob I have made my tour of the horn line as well its cool to see what it is like in other sections of the line. 98-2000 Bracken Cavaliers Valve-rotor bari and two valve mello 2001 Lehigh Valley knights Two-Valve Contra 2002-2004 Lehigh Valley Knights B-Flat Baritone 2005-2007 Cincinnati Tradition Contra ( Valve-Rotor, Two-Valve and Three-Valve) 2008 Cincinnati Tradition Lead Soprano 2008 Rochester Crusaders Contra/Tuba So as you can see i have made my tour of the hornline. Edited February 25, 2009 by Forever_Knight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coathope Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 My memory is more visual, being a techy type. You can memorize the Euph part in like five minutes. I also like it, in that you parallel the Contra voice most of the time so you can really HONK on those roots and fifths. With 3rds and 7ths (2nd Bari / Lead), you can't really go nuclear. At least not without being called out by the instructional staff. True you can blast all you want. But do you really want to? Mellos can go nuclear and the staff just asks why the rest of the line isn't cutting like that guy (me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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