I noticed that no one has mentioned the most awesome low dbl reed isntrument in music...Bassoon! I feel thoroughly hurt because it seems that the band environment has forgotten about the lovely bassoonists. What is a band without bassoons?

<Insert instrumental stereotype for bassoon>

I quite agree with your opinions.....especially in our band

That kind of applies to my band. Not exactly, there are plenty of individual personalities. It`s funny, our Clarinets don`t get along, the two older ones feel like they`re better than the "younger" ones. We may be young in age but we can play as good if not better than the other Clarinets in my section. The Trombones... well you`ll never find a tighter group of friends. The Flutes are pretty nice except when your competing with them. We have more "getting along" issues within our sections then within the actual band. We`re all pretty good friends for the most part.

Re: "I noticed that no one has mentioned the most awesome low dbl reed isntrument in music...Bassoon! I feel thoroughly hurt because it seems that the band environment has forgotten about the lovely bassoonists. What is a band without bassoons? <Insert instrumental stereotype for bassoon>"

When I was playing cello in ninth-grade orchestra several centuries ago, a bassoon girl used to pass by my cello station on her way to wherever it is bassoon girls go, and I would habitually make some remark about "the bazooka" she carried, because to me it did, in fact, strongly resemble a bazooka. My feeling about the bassoon is that the instrument itself is so strange there really is no need to try to attempt to wrest humor from the idiosyncrasies of the instrumentalist, such as they may be.

Re: "...to try to attempt..."

I try to attempt to attempt to try to avoid redundacies.

you didn`t mention the saxes. Usualy the saxes seem to be the most laid back and "cool" but get along with every1 except french horns sometimes it seems. They`re a bit nuts and do alot of crazy stuff (improv during marching and concert badn) though? thats my band

That`s interesting. My band`s different.
Flutes: Generally the girls are annoying snobs, the guys are nicer. They like the music that everyone else absolutely hates, so we think they`re all insane. Case in point: almost any Christmas music. Most of them are pretty conceited.
Clarinets: Very close to each other, sometimes the section is split into groups that don`t like each other but usually not. Also very opinionated. Complain about our parts in band arrangements no matter how much melody we have. Also complain about the flutes the most.
Trumpets: Musically hopeless, but interesting personality.
Trombones: They like playing random notes and blasting, annoying the rest of the band. Usually extremely pessimistic.
Low Reeds: Usually very shy and hesitant. When I`m playing my tenor sax I`m the exception to this.
Saxes: Love goofing off and talking to each other. Usually the stupidest section, but fun to be around. Altos are conceited, low saxes are shy, see low reeds.
Percussionists/jazz band rhythm section: Crazy. Talk as much as everyone else combined.
Sorry if I`m insulting anyone, this is just my school.

lol ya, thats our altos pretty much with a little carzy thrown in, and about half are real dumb and the 2nd chair is conceited (he trys not to be) but in all truth he`s like the best player in the band (talk about crazy playing, he can do anything! heck, he`s like the 4th best at clarinet as well) and a sophmore but he`s really cool ect. so it`s all good.

in my band the clarinets(including me) hate eachother.

we are always fighting with each other about something and the flutes always but in and sometimes the saxes do too. the rest of the band keeps out of it.

the insstruments in our band are mainly:

flutes: kinda snobby, half of them are the band sluts, the other half is very nica like 2 but in other peoples business, gosips in the orchestra. lots of runs, trills and melody.

clarinets: hate each other, dont give each other recognition. the 2 "seniors" treat the rest asif we cant play 2 notes in a row. stab each other in the back constantly, likes to pretend if theres nothing wrong. nice enough to each others faces but spread rumours of other clarinets behind each othes back. lots of runs, trills and melody

saxes: girls cool and bossy, the leaders. guys: fags.

trumpets: a lot of diffirent personalities there but think their the best, lead the orchestra, always gets melody.

horns: hate the instrument, very unsure of themselves.

trombones: always there, nice guys.

tubas: overweigth guys, odd people

strings: very nice, great people not recognised by band.

guitars: "cool" people, almost jocks.(jock-wannabes)

base guitars: very cool, punk rockers, smoke and drink a lot.

keyboard: weird dude who the rest of the band never hears playing.

drums: too cool for the rest of the band

euphonium: hangs around with the clarinet a lot, likes to harmonise and jam.

thats basically how the people in our band are.

in my band the clarinets(including me) hate eachother.

we are always fighting with each other about something and the flutes always but in and sometimes the saxes do too. the rest of the band keeps out of it.

the insstruments in our band are mainly:

flutes: kinda snobby, half of them are the band sluts, the other half is very nica like 2 but in other peoples business, gosips in the orchestra. lots of runs, trills and melody.

clarinets: hate each other, dont give each other recognition. the 2 "seniors" treat the rest asif we cant play 2 notes in a row. stab each other in the back constantly, likes to pretend if theres nothing wrong. nice enough to each others faces but spread rumours of other clarinets behind each othes back. lots of runs, trills and melody

saxes: girls cool and bossy, the leaders. guys: fags.

trumpets: a lot of diffirent personalities there but think their the best, lead the orchestra, always gets melody.

horns: hate the instrument, very unsure of themselves.

trombones: always there, nice guys.

tubas: overweigth guys, odd people

strings: very nice, great people not recognised by band.

guitars: "cool" people, almost jocks.(jock-wannabes)

base guitars: very cool, punk rockers, smoke and drink a lot.

keyboard: weird dude who the rest of the band never hears playing.

drums: too cool for the rest of the band

euphonium: hangs around with the clarinet a lot, likes to harmonise and jam.

thats basically how the people in our band are.

in my band the clarinets(including me) hate eachother.

we are always fighting with each other about something and the flutes always but in and sometimes the saxes do too. the rest of the band keeps out of it.

the insstruments in our band are mainly:

flutes: kinda snobby, half of them are the band sluts, the other half is very nica like 2 but in other peoples business, gosips in the orchestra. lots of runs, trills and melody.

clarinets: hate each other, dont give each other recognition. the 2 "seniors" treat the rest asif we cant play 2 notes in a row. stab each other in the back constantly, likes to pretend if theres nothing wrong. nice enough to each others faces but spread rumours of other clarinets behind each othes back. lots of runs, trills and melody. "juniors" cut themselves a lot

saxes: girls cool and bossy some of them cut, the leaders. guys: g*y

trumpets: a lot of diffirent personalities there but think their the best or is very shy, lead the orchestra, always gets melody.

horns: hate the instrument, very unsure of themselves. cuts themselves.

trombones: always there, nice guys.

tubas: overweigth guys, odd people

strings: very nice, great people not recognised by band. some of the cut themselves

guitars: "cool" people, almost jocks.(jock-wannabes)

base guitars: very cool, punk rockers, smoke and drink a lot. thinks cutting is cool.

keyboard: weird dude who the rest of the band never hears playing.

drums: too cool for the rest of the band

euphonium: hangs around with the clarinet a lot, likes to harmonise and jam.

thats basically how the people in our band are. no offence to them.

we have a lot of suicidal people in our band and a lot of us cur ourselves and the rest tries to stop us but anyway.

in my band the clarinets(including me) hate eachother.

we are always fighting with each other about something and the flutes always but in and sometimes the saxes do too. the rest of the band keeps out of it.

the insstruments in our band are mainly:

flutes: kinda snobby, half of them are the band sluts, the other half is very nica like 2 but in other peoples business, gosips in the orchestra. lots of runs, trills and melody.

clarinets: hate each other, dont give each other recognition. the 2 "seniors" treat the rest asif we cant play 2 notes in a row. stab each other in the back constantly, likes to pretend if theres nothing wrong. nice enough to each others faces but spread rumours of other clarinets behind each othes back. lots of runs, trills and melody. "juniors" cut themselves a lot

saxes: girls cool and bossy some of them cut, the leaders. guys: g*y

trumpets: a lot of diffirent personalities there but think their the best or is very shy, lead the orchestra, always gets melody.

horns: hate the instrument, very unsure of themselves. cuts themselves.

trombones: always there, nice guys.

tubas: overweigth guys, odd people

strings: very nice, great people not recognised by band. some of the cut themselves

guitars: "cool" people, almost jocks.(jock-wannabes)

base guitars: very cool, punk rockers, smoke and drink a lot. thinks cutting is cool.

keyboard: weird dude who the rest of the band never hears playing.

drums: too cool for the rest of the band

euphonium: hangs around with the clarinet a lot, likes to harmonise and jam.

thats basically how the people in our band are. no offence to them.

we have a lot of suicidal people in our band and a lot of us cur ourselves and the rest tries to stop us but anyway.

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from reading these posts, i am under the impression our band is under a musch more professional setting. we ALL love eachother (except for a few trumpets that, in marching band, think there shoudln`t be any woodwinds). yes, sometimes there are in-sectional rivalries for chair placement, but that is all superficial and doesn`t affect anyone. people in each section step up to be leaders, and there are always gonna be some that just dont care. there is no i in band (wow ok that was lame). we are all here for one common goal: to work together and make music.

so kids, forget about hating otehr sections, or putting the blame on a perticual section if a piece isn`t fitting together properly. each section has its moments, you will get yours eventually. be glad you even have the opportunity to participate in band, in the arts, for it is a dwindling priveledge.

hmm... kinda like my band, but not really, more like this...

flutes: fairly good; not interested enough in playing; very quiet

clarinets: maybe three decent players in the lot; the rest all are pretty bad; hate the saxes; very talkative; kinda back-stabbing

saxes: some are a little better-than-thou, but, well they are; by far the most skilled section; play too fast and loud sometimes; disdainful of the clarinets

trumpets: decent players; really kinda average at everything

trombones: some are fairly good, some are pretty bad; all pretty different; don`t get along at all; form little groups

baritones: very good friends; talk to each other a lot; pretty good players as a whole

tubas: quiet when not with their friends; pretty good as a whole, like the baritones; plays very quiet

oh, forgot one thing; most of the sections are jealous of the saxes because they`re all pretty smart, too. Like too blame things on them.