soccerguy315 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Why punish yourself needlessly and play brass? Pick up a drum and get all the chicks. you aren't gonna make a DCI drum line picking up an instrument after high school... IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paralda Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I'm in Tampa, FL... so idk. Teal Sound maybe? But they are in World Class now I think. So it sounds like Baritone then. Sun Devils, just to learn. Teal would be a good place to go from there. www.sundevilscorps.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Alto.I intend on marching a World Class Corps in 2011...I think it is a bit too late for this season since auditions are in a month and a half. Thanks for the suggestions so far guys. You'd probably be more used to the mellophone parts. Baritone is easier. I played alto sax, then switch to baritone. My senior year, I switched to mellophone in MB, but made euph my corps instrument. The mellophone parts are more "fun" to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elainekaelar Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Why punish yourself needlessly and play brass? Pick up a drum and get all the chicks. *snort* sorry, just had to. =) To the OP; You can learn whatever you put your mind to. I'm a percussion major, but really didn't want to march pit, and had no desire to lug a drum around. I started playing trumpet in August, marching for my college and playing in the lower concert band. I was not the worst trumpet player who showed up for auditions by far, and got to be a part of a pretty cool hornline. It takes practice and dedication, and if you want to keep working on two instruments at once, a whole lot of time managment. If you start now, practice at least a half an hour every day, you could make a WC hornline on pretty much anything by 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake13 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Haha its never too late. I picked up a baritone three days before Capital Regiment's January camp and was offered a contract next month in February. Baritone is def the easiest transition instrument. I went from snare to baritone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxman521 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Play mellophone so you don't have to switch to bass clef with the baritone. Does the college you plan to go to have a marching band? You may want to consider auditioning on mello/baritone for that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daave Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 "My question for everyone is: What instrument would be easiest to transition to from saxophone?" Well, since no one else has said it........ I will. Syhthesizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meaghatron Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) I had a friend who switched from alto sax to baritone. He ended up marching for 5 season b/w two corps. Another friend of mine, just this past year, went from flute to baritone and marched with Teal this summer. She pretty much learned how to play from them, but she made sure to put in a lot of practice in between camps. Edited October 13, 2009 by Meaghatron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerguy315 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Play mellophone so you don't have to switch to bass clef with the baritone. Does the college you plan to go to have a marching band? You may want to consider auditioning on mello/baritone for that as well. switching to bass clef is not that bad... you don't even actually need to know what the notes are, just which buttons to press to get them. I was never solid on fingerings above the staff, always asked someone. You only read music for a small part of the drum corps season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneofyourbusiness Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I marched way back (in the dinosaur days ), and over half of our 16 person bari line were sax players in the HS band. The rest were baritone and trombone players in band, except one, who was a pure drum corps guy. Had to mark all of his music with X's and O's so he knew when to push down the valve and/or rotor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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