Ok, the other day, when me and one of my trombone friends, were trying to figure out Kairi's Theme on mallets, when this clarinetist came up to us and said, "How come brass players can't play anything besides brass?" Then he walked off.

So, I was wondering if anybody else has some more stereotypes, such as "Trumpet players our egotistical."

Well, all non-music/amateur people always insisted oboe is just a kind of clarinet... <_< Which it isn't...

Oboe owns clarinet any day...

Here's another thing I just heard: "People who play instruments pitched in F are the best transposers."

@Sir Dotdotdot: Is an oboe similiar to an english horn?

I play both (clarinet and oboe)... and they are definitely (sp?) not the same...

I believe they are similar.... (oboe+ english horn)

I've heard that people that can play bells (the xylophone like-thing) can play piano.

English horn is also known as the tenor oboe, so yes, they are in the same family.

@Clarinetist- thanx. Have you heard a stereotype about clarinets and/or the people who play them?

@Clarinetist- thanx. Have you heard a stereotype about clarinets and/or the people who play them?

:think:.... People that play Clarinet cannot play piano (because clarinetists relatively have small fingers)... (but I do :lol: )...

Oh, I've seen a piccollo player play piano so...

Let me tell you, if you play trumpet, you better be cocky, a lound mouth, and a butthole. Its just the way things are. :lol:

:shifty: Flutes and clarinets, in marching band, tend to not be the brightest of the bunch.

Yeah I noticed both those things in my marching band. Here's another one "the colorguard are cheerleader rejects."

Wow, how much BS is here, eh?

We had xylophonists in our 8th grade band, and couldn't play piano for shit.

People who play an instrument or instruments that are pitched in F are the best transposers-WRONG. I play a C tuned (Piano) and Clarinet (Bb Clarinet to be exact). It's easy to figure out how to transpose stuff actually-no matter the pitch of yuor choice of instrument if you have one.

And it's weird how I couldn't be playing Clarinet or Piano then-I am forming Rachmoninoff Hands. :heh:

Anyway, if there's more of these funny things, keep posting them. ^_^

Oh and I almost forgot...

Baritones are nothing more then the outcasts of the trumpet section.
(Seeing how a lot of Baritones come to be because they switch from trumpet to that because of the same fingerings on the valves and the music is written in both bass clef and treble clef)

In my marching band anyways...

"Saxophones in marching bands are know-it-alls."
"Clarinets are snappy and there are too many of them (no offense)"
"Flutes/Piccolo's are giggly"
"The low brass are always playing stands tunes, and super mario brother theme song, and monty python fan fair, and taps, and scotty doesn't know guitar part, and everything else except show music.(that includes me)"
"Band director is corny and made fun of behind his back"


Oh and I almost forgot...

Baritones are nothing more then the outcasts of the trumpet section.
(Seeing how a lot of Baritones come to be because they switch from trumpet to that because of the same fingerings on the valves and the music is written in both bass clef and treble clef)

Holy crap that's true, some aren't even good at that...

We had xylophonists in our 8th grade band, and couldn't play piano.

:think:.... My band director was asking people to play the piano part for a song, but only "if they played xylophone"... how weird -_- .

@clarinetist-it was actually written for piano?

I heard piano players are good with their fingers. :shifty:

yep, it was written for piano.... (L.H. only :lol: ).

yep, it was written for piano.... (L.H. only :lol: ). :lol:

Have another one "During marching band season people start calling groups by their instrument names."

"During marching band season people start calling groups by their instrument names."

So....... true. Even during the school season my director does that :heh: :lol: .

There are no individual names during marching band, unless your 20 yards away from your spot.

"The flutes are some of the shortest people in the band"
"Hatred grows between the instrument groups as marching season goes on"

I heard piano players are good with their fingers. :shifty:

Please, don't talk about my sex life.

"All Asians play piano and/or violin" x_x

"Any black person can play bass."

(Bows to South Park, FAITH+1 Episode)

Violin players got good ears
Violin is hard
Piano is easy
Piano can be learn by anyone from age 5-70
Reed players got big throat
good trumpet player has an overbite lol

"Hatred grows between the instrument groups as marching season goes on"

so true.... not that ive ever been in a marching band, but it's applicable to bands/orchestras in general

the ones we had in my orchestra were:

the violins sound very nice, but would sound even nicer if they actually played what was on the stand in front of them

the first flutes are always males so far up their own arses they have turned themselves inside out

the second flutes are women who go home and masturbate with their flutes (think that came from the American Pie film)

oboe players are so dozy it's untrue

bassoon players are either girls with big vaginas or men with small penises

the clarinetists dont have a personality

the sax players are jazz freaks who think they know everything about everything and always get yelled at by the conductor

tuba players are just fat

the brass section in general can't play in any dynamic quieter than fff

percussion players have no musical talent, they just sit there and tap whenever the conductor moves the baton

with every section of the orchesta, people are willing their fellow musicians to play a wrong note to make them look better

the conductor actually has no role whatsoever and may as well just be a randomer from the audience waving a stick, because a) the audience wouldnt be able to tell the difference and b) everyone is too busy actually playing their instrument to be looking at them

oh yeah- and when there is a piano involved; the pianist never sociallises with the other members of the orchestra, and in performances, the orchestra always tries to drown out the piano

such bitchy orchestras i have been a member of (guilty of the piano thing, but when im on first flute i wouldnt say im stuck up)

All good violinists are Asian.
The first violins love the orchestra, and are really good.
The second violins hate the orchestra, and are really bad.

I hate those three stereotypes. I'm not Asian, and I had a pretty high seat in orchestra last year. And I love my orchestra, and I was a second violin last year. I hated being a second, though. A lot of times, we got parts that just involved repetitive double stops.

the brass section in general can't play in any dynamic quieter than fff


That's like the trumpets in the concert band I'm in

Those are some great ones Thorn.

Very true-kinda.. KINDA.

the brass section in general can't play in any dynamic quieter than fff

For some reason, I think that's true :sweat: . Even in Finale, it makes the trumpet sound like a solo instrument :lol: .

"Any black person can play bass."

(Bows to South Park, FAITH+1 Episode)

I thought that one was every black person has a bass in their basement.

The one you said may be true, all I need is a bass...;)

Here's one: Viola section of the orchestra can never stay in tune. And there are many other viola jokes, I don't know why they just pick on viola, but they just do. :\

I don't know why they just pick on viola, but they just do. :\

Probobly because its in that weird clef...

No, the C clef started in the same time as teh G and F clefs, so no, it's not cos of the alto clef (plus, high bassoons, high trombone and high cello parts uses tenor clef, which is the same clef but on a different line, anyways). :\

I don't know why they just pick on viola, but they just do. :\

Probobly because its in that weird alto clef...

No, the C clef started in the same time as teh G and F clefs, so no, it's not cos of the alto clef

Other instruments use it too, and they didn't get made fun of, so I hereby state again: nope, it's not cos of the clef. ;)

srry didn't mean to hit it twice.

I have no idea then...

My conductor made a viola joke. It was mean, but hilarious at the same time. And no one took him seriously anyways.

*Cough* What was it? *Cough*

Over here, its more like if you're asian right? Teach me piano! I thought the violin were more toward English people in stereotypes.

This isn't really a stereotype: throughout since i was in concert band from 8th to 12th grade, the clarinets were noticably (and quite noticably) less strong of a section than any other section...i don't play the clarinet myself, but it gives me the impression it takes a tremendous effort to even play loud on the clarinet...

oh yeah, double reeds....problem right there.

XP Psssshhhh... Double reeds owns single reeds! Well, as for the clarinet thing, not really, in my old band, the brass usually sucks (especially the trombone/baritone section). Since then, I never liked brass or used them extensively in my own works. Ha, when it comes to instruments, I'm very stereotypical and picky. :P

That's the opposite in our band.

You know the age old joke about how to tune three flute players? (shoot two of them) That's true in our band. The woodwinds (minus the saxophones, because they're good and bassoons because I play that) stink. Our brass players are our strongest. This is not counting percussion.

The trumpets, are literally, playing at a pianissimo nowadays (at my band), for some reason...

I've noticed that the only reason that most (not all) people don't even want to play Oboe/Bassoon is because... well, they're different, and usually there's only 1 or 2 per band. I've tried oboe myself, and I quit within a year... :heh: It's probably the difficulty, too....


You know the age old joke about how to tune three flute players? (shoot two of them) That's true in our band.

That's true in our band too...


WHY does it seem that I'm always the only "guy" playing clarinet in EVERY school band that I join? :think:

I've tried oboe myself, and I quit within a year... :heh: It's probably the difficulty, too....




WHY does it seem that I'm always the only "guy" playing clarinet in EVERY school band that I join? :think:

Oboe is not that hard, but if you do it just with band, you're gonna have a horrid time. Trust me, I've been in orchestra, band, soloist and all that, orchestral oboes owns, solo oboe owns more, but band oboe sucks. Especially with all the flat keys, and I doubt your teachers know much about oboes anyways, since we lack oboists in the world. And you just reminded me of how horrid it is to be in my current school band... XP Three friggen alternate fingers for F and left and right E flats...

Yes, clarinet seems to be a feminine instrument for some reason.

Man, I don't match any of the stereotypes for flutes. o.O
@PorscheGTIII - I am actually quite bright and have been designated as enhanced. Pwn. :poke:
@albinechidna - No one that truly knows me would think of calling me giggly AND I am not short. I am five foot seven thanks.
@thorn - I do not go home and masturbate with my flute. Dx Do you have *censored word*s in your band or something? But then again, I am not in marching band. Now I fear to be in one. Dx They will all try to molest me..
P.S. I actually am in tune. Like really. I know it's hard to believe, but really. o.O
Maybe I am not meant to play the flute.. In my experience, guys that play the flute are usually extremely quiet, are wusses with no manhood or are confused Asian kids who have just come fresh off the boat and is not knowing how you speaka engrish. Aiyah. What is it with asians and piano anyhow? It's crazy. I actually know one Chinese guy who doesn't play any instruments whatsoever so I point at him and laugh and then he mutters "you think you're so cool, what with your asian-piano-playing-ness.." so I laugh some more. This is so strange how people are making fun of other people about what instrument they play.. It's like instrumentism and it's kind of reminding me how this Chinese guy was hating on another Chinese guy 'coz of what dialect he spoke. o.O Dialectism. In other news.. I actually know a trumpet player WHO ISN'T full of themself! Omfg.

I dunno, the higher level bands in Mason High School are generally pretty well off, intonation wise...we have a very good saxophone section, but the flute section (which I'm a part of) generally gives us the pitch problems, if any at all.

As for the trumpet comment, we have a godly godly trumpet player whom you can hear over the entire band..,

Flutes are hard to tune, actually, they'll never be in tune (especially in highschool bands). But because of this, the music for it just so beautifully out of tune. This is why I like flute duets.

I've also found that clairnets work SO WELL in tuning. Our band had about 12clairnets and when they play in uni. it was like 1 clairnet, just deeper and stronger in sound.

Another stereotype:

"All members of a high school orchestra are really smart and are all in AP classes."

Actually, that's almost true at my school...actually, I'm the exception...XD I think I'm the only orchestra student taking Algebra 1...and I'm in 10th grade...

..I feel unintelligent ;_;

yeah...we've had valedictorians band 2 years in a row, 3 salutarorians (how the hell do you spell this) 3 times in the past four years, like over 3/4 of our national merit finalists are band members since, forever...

As for the trumpet comment, we have a godly godly trumpet player whom you can hear over the entire band..,

Godly, or incredibly stupid that he plays FFFFFFFF?

An annoying sterotype that I have found among adults:

All high school guitar players are loud egotistical freaks who like heavy metal and have tattoos all over.

:cry: Not true!

There's a big blues rock community at my high school and I'm gald to say that I'm a part of that, even though blues isn't the only thing that I play or listen to.

An annoying sterotype that I have found among adults:

All high school guitar players are loud egotistical freaks who like heavy metal and have tattoos all over.

:cry: Not true!

There's a big blues rock community at my high school and I'm gald to say that I'm a part of that, even though blues isn't the only thing that I play or listen to.

By adults do you mean teachers or all in general?

Some jokes...

Some are alright, others are retarded...

Instrument Jokes (http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:lnZD6TnEl1AJ:www.markmillermusic.co m/humor.html+why+don%27t+tubas+get+melody&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=35)

senza sordino: a term used to remind the player that he forgot to put his mute on a few measures back.

XD

"All asians play piano and/or violin" x_x
Quite true, but I always thought the stereotype was "All asians play an instrument". This, as well as the "All Asians are really smart" stereotype comes from, I believe, the fact that most parents grew up in poverty, and now that they have the means to do what they always dreamt of when they were young, they want their own children to experience it. There's a bit of the parents living through their children as well, if you get what I mean.

Nah -- not all asians play an instrument . Well , I live in pretty well funded schools , so we have band .. unlike some unfortunate schools . =\ But other than that , most people around here (many asians .. waaay too many) don't really play an instrument . But if they do , they usually have piano &/or violin backgrounds XD

Stereotypes aren't always true; that's why it's called a stereotype. TBH, most asians I know do play some sort of an insturment. But true, many asians who do play instruments go for strings or piano.

I'd say about 3/4 of my orchestra is Asian. Chairwise, I'm the best non-Asian violinist in my orchestra. ^_^

And there's, like, only 1 non-Asian in the advanced orchestraO_O

.. just ONE ? O_____O Amazing . Though .. none of mine have a non-asian player in sight . XD But my school is mostly asians in the first place .

Um...this one I heard from the teacher aid back win I was in beggining band:
"Flute players are kinky." O.o

I don't live up to any of the flute stereotypes. Yet, when I go on quizilla from boredom I always get flute. O.o

Another one one from quizilla, uh...The trumpets and clarinets are always debating about who is better, woodwinds or brass. Not true in my band.

@ Clarinetist: Last year, in beggining band, we had a clarinet player who was the only one.

@ Clarinetist: Last year, in beggining band, we had a clarinet player who was the only one.
This is another thing I noticed... not many people like playing Clarinet that much anymore... :\

I find the clarinet extremely difficult >.>" This is why I am a flute player :)

^Actually, they use the same key system ;) .

^ key system ? you mean .. how to press the keys ? Mmm .. I actually find it hard to blow . XD I understand the fingerings , but I just can't actually play .

Boehm Key System, actually ;) . And yes, it's how you press the keys.

This is another thing I noticed... not many people like playing Clarinet that much anymore... :\

A lot of the clarinetists in my band are switching to double reed instruments. (Or trying to anyways...)

^Tried Oboe... but quit after 3 months.

A lot of people seem to think that violinists only play classical music, which definitely isn't true. Most of the music my orchestra receives are things I've never even heard of, we hardly ever play any classical music. Then, there's people who think the violin and the viola are the same instrument, which is silly because otherwise they wouldn't have different names [cough].

The last one I can think of is that "People with long fingers will be good piano players." It's true that having long fingers is helpful when playing the piano (that's probably one of the reasons my mom made me start playing it, and she even refers to my fingers as "piano fingers") and a lot of piano players I know do have long fingers, but not everybody who has long fingers is going to be good at playing the piano and not everybody who plays the piano has long fingers.

I guess I'm the exception. I'm a [part] Asian who plays an instrument around here, but yeah, that's a very common stereotype about Asians. Heck, from what I remember at the All-City Music Festival Orchestra where I live, I only remember one or two other Asians in the orchestra, but they definitely didn't make up a majority of the orchestra.

^Tried Oboe... but quit after 3 months.

"The Oboe: an ill wind that no one blows good." - Ogden Nash

Lol, there's a bad oboist, then a good oboist; I have a theory on oboes. :heh:

wow, a lot of these are true @_@

yes, in our freshman band and marching band:

trumpets are talkative and irritating
saxes are know it alls
there are many clarinets (but a lot is good cuz clarinets are soft -.-) and they're high-spirited
we make fun of our band director, but in a good-natured way ;)
french horns are quiet (but marching band horns are pretty talkative)
trombones are obnoxious
flutes are perverted and giggly

ill post more when i think of them xD

wow, a lot of these are true @_@

yes, in our freshman band and marching band:

trumpets are talkative and irritating
saxes are know it alls
there are many clarinets (but a lot is good cuz clarinets are soft -.-) and they're high-spirited
we make fun of our band director, but in a good-natured way ;)
french horns are quiet (but marching band horns are pretty talkative)
trombones are obnoxious
flutes are perverted and giggly

ill post more when i think of them xD


Hey, that trumpet one is wrong I'm normally quiet :O something ^_^ .

But the trombone and flute is true in my band:shifty: .

I'm still enjoy the clarinet as much as ever, especially upon finding out that I could find anime music. I tried the bassoon breifly last year and really enjoyed that as well it's just...difficult to carry everyday. The clari will always be my main instrument.


Also it's a little scary, because the Wind Symph does fit most of these stereotypes, except perhaps us clarinets being high-spirited. And I'm one of the few asians in the band, well, half asian. Come to think of it, most of my asian friends have tried playing the violin..they just never got very far.

I counted 6 non-asians in the symphonic(advanced) orchestra at my school. Out of around 40 or 50.

Stereotypical.

And I'm the only first violin who's white in my orchestra...everyone else is asian. And two middle-eastern(I think) people. (Plus, I'm the only white violinist who can use vibrato, I think...XD)

Why is everyone so stereotypical?D8

Then, there's people who think the violin and the viola are the same instrument, which is silly because otherwise they wouldn't have different names [cough].

Yes, that would seem obvious... But then again, what's the difference between a Violin and a Fiddle? :lol:

As for stereotypes... Most good fiddlers around here are female. :think: I don't know why.

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Here's another thing I just heard: "People who play instruments pitched in F are the best transposers."

heck no. i play F horn and tried transposing a part in a song for a friend and lets just say it didnt work out very well. and then i tried transposing a mallet song to F horn, and i still think its wrong...

amd yes my band is very steryotipical.
Clarinets:always getting injured, quiet asains
Flutes:Goof-offs
oboe(we only have one):quiet
Violins:quiet asains(only cause theyre right in front of the direcor)
Saxes:asain know-it-alls
F horns(thatd be me):friendly talkitive and some say were sucky, which we ARE NOT(theres only two of us, 1 asain guy, one white girl[the girls me])
Trumpets, Loud when they play, quiet any other time, we have 1 exception to this:BRIAN
Low instruments(brass and woodwind):quiet
Percussion:girls-queit guys-wierd goof-offs

pretty much sums up all our bands really...
(we have 3 regular bands -highest to lowest-symphonic-Concert-Beggining, then we have Percussion ensamble, String Ensamble, and Jazz band)
im in symphonic, Jazz and Percussion and possibly String.

As for stereotypes... Most good fiddlers around here are female. :think: I don't know why.

I've never noticed that...*Yes, I'm a female violinist...*

There are lots of gender stereotypes on instruments. ._.

Flute - Feminine instrument.
Clarinet - Feminine instrument.
Harp - Feminine instrument.
Trombone and tuba - Masculine instruments.

Of course, these are always untrue, I've seen male harpists, a lot of male clarinetists and A LOT of male flautists.

-.- i'm the only male saxophone in my band, and also the only asian saxophone. I find all saxophones to be stuck up and know it alls (with me being an exception) who always get yelled at by the conductor and like to boss other band members around, or try to.

There are lots of gender stereotypes on instruments. ._.

Flute - Feminine instrument.
Clarinet - Feminine instrument.
Harp - Feminine instrument.
Trombone and tuba - Masculine instruments.

Of course, these are always untrue, I've seen male harpists, a lot of male clarinetists and A LOT of male flautists.

Have you seen female trombonists and tubists? I've seen a female tuba player at all-state.

Have you seen female trombonists and tubists? I've seen a female tuba player at all-state.

Oh definitely yes, but it's just that people stereotype it this way. :P

Sadly, most of the flute stereotypes are true (with me as an exception). It's really annoying and impossible to get any work done. I hate spliting up into sections.

During Marching Band Camp its usually the low brass (including me:heh: ) that never get anything done, when we split into sections...

On a tuba, if it ends on a Bb play an F. If it ends on a f play a Bb if none of the other rules apply, just don't play!

>_>

To bump a old thread that I did not know was that old when I used the search function...

At the School I go to It seem there are more Weman That play the Cello, and more Men that play the Violin.

Trumpets- are loud and conceided
Baritones- again, conceided.
Tubas- well, dumb-a**es
Clarinets- we're basically the best and biggest ww section.
Flutes- full of drama.
Saxophones- Obnoxious, annoying jerks.
Drumline and Pit- I don't even wanna go there.
Mellos/Altos- no comment.

My "Stereotyping" (or overview) of our School's Varsity band (I'm 1st Trombone, for the record):

Clarinets- Ditsy, tone-deaf freshmen and sophomore girls.
Flutes- *Cough* Same as the clarinets, but are more annoying.
French Horns- Gracious in Defeat. XD
Alto Saxophones- "Intonation?, Right Notes? Lol, noez."
Trumpets- "Intonation?, Right Notes?, Dynamics? ROFLAMO, noez."
Tuba- "I can't play loud enough" (Un-sarcastic)
Contrabass Clarinet- "I don't like to overpower the Tuba" (Un-sarcastic)
Tenor Saxophone- "The Few. The Proud. The-only-people-who-care-to-play-their-instrument."
Trombones- "I don't like this song. Lemme murder it. =)" (Excluding myself, Heh)

And the best for last,

Percussion- "Lol, staying in time is meant for clocks!"

I absolutely hate Varsity Band; I think I might switch to choir or something. . .

Hmm... How I see it is...

1st Clarinets: "We're sexy."
2nd and 3rd clarinets: *improvises inconspicuously*
Bass clarinets: "We can't hear ourselves over the sound of the 1st trumpets behind us."
Piccolo: An excess of madness.
1st flutes: *screaming in background*
2nd flutes: Insignificant.
1st alto saxophones: Cossack-dancers. (Really.)
2nd alto saxophones: Ostracized because they suck so bad.
Tenor saxophones: Insignificant.
Baritone saxophone: Insignificant.
Euphonium: Insignificant.
1st trumpets: "LOUDER, I SAY! We shall make this EPIC!"
2nd trumpets: "Intonation? ROFLCOPTER"
3rd trumpets: "B flat major? Oh, I thought it was F# minor, lulz"
French horns: stereotype n/a
1st oboe: *plays madly*
2nd oboe: *follows along blindly*
Bassoons: Cannibal(s).
Trombones: "Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how cool I am."
Tubas: "Oh, that's a B flat? I thought it was an A sharp, ha, ha!..."
Double bass: Conductor says, "WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU DOING!?"
Percussion: Lazy, self-indulgent.

Edit: Aye, forgot bass clarinets.

Clarinets- Ditsy, tone-deaf freshmen and sophomore girls.

Make that most of them. :heh: I've been really "sensitive" about my tone this year, if you get what I mean.

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Stereotypes:

-The opinion that "males are not meant to play clarinet". :\ Also the same with flute.
-Clarinetists are "always so quiet".

Usually, in where I live this is how it goes:

Piccolo - *Does crazy technique things like Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe flute opening.*
1st Flautists - *Annoys the conductor.*
2nd Flautists - "What mistake? It must be the third flutes."
3rd Flautists - *Sits through rehearsal being ignored.*
Oboist - *Special; for half the population can't define between an oboe and a clarinet.*
1st Clarinetists - "Conductor! Why the altissimo register?"
2nd Clarinetists - *Ignores the conductor.*
3rd Clarinetists - *Ignored.*
Bass Clarinetists - "Oh my god, is that a two notes solo for me?"
Bassoon - "I can't play that high A! This school instrument sucks!"

Horn in Fs - "We'll let the alto horn handle it."
Alto horn - *Giggles out of no reason*
1st Trumpet - "What?! I can't hear you! I'm playing a fortissimo here!"
2nd Trumpet - "Screw playing the right notes, play everything loud like the first, they know their notes!"
3rd Trumpet - "It's okay to be out of tune, they're loud up there."
Tenor Trombones - "Oh dear. Must. Clear. Spit. Valve."
Bass Trombones - *Grumbling.*
Tuba - "I can't see you, my tuba's in the way, Mr. conductor."

Alto Saxes - "May I borrow a mouthpiece?"
Tenor Saxes - "We have legs. We sit behind the oboes. We must kick them."
Baritone Saxes - *Plays*

Percussion section - *Can't resist temptation of smashing bass drum with snare drum sticks.*

The Oboe sections are usually:
1. Quiet, scared to play and kind of just wait on the flutes or clarinets to do something.
2. Loud, obnoxious, and IN YOUR FACE. The strangest, but most fun people of the band.

I've been in both of those kind of oboe sections.
I'm usually the psychotic one jumping around in my chair dancing to whatever the band is playing during rests. XD

Here's what it's like in the AHS band:

Piccolos - "Let's face each other and pretend to be trying to get in tune which each other so the conductor doesn't get pissed at us!"

Flutes - "IF WE PLAY REAL LOUD NO ONE WILL KNOW WE'RE OUT OF TUNE!"

Clarinets - Actually they just sit there playing what they're told to do... They're pretty quiet, but it's the quiets ones you should watch out for...

BCLs (Bass Clarinets) - "AW YEAH WE'RE BCLS! WE ROX!" What they don't know is that all the other sections regard them as the worst section overall...

Bassoons - "No one likes the bassoons.... Why should we even bother...."

Barry Saxes - "Stupid Altos, they should give their neck straps to us."

Tenor Saxes - "Stupid Altos, they should give their neck straps to us."

Alto Saxes - "We're bringing saxy back" We do in fact bring saxy back :D

Trumpets - "Loud and proud baby!"

Tubas - These guys act like old school jocks plenty of messing around, but they're still cool

Trombones - They're too busy getting their slides at the perfect position to have personalities...

French Horns - "We're better than the Altos even though usually we get called out more than the do." Yeah... They're not better than us....

Oboes - "Hi..." *giggles then runs*


Honestly it's been like this all 4 years I've been in band, and from what I've gathered from my upper class-men it's been like that for a while...

My school's band:

1st Flutes: only in band for their 1st trumpet boyfriends.
2nd Flutes: *giggle giggle...huh?*
1st Clarinets: "PERFECTION.....or else!"
2nd Clarients: last chair is their goal.
All Saxes: Really, we have saxes? So quiet...
Bass Clarients and Trombones: One word: Competition!
1st Trumpets: only in band for their 1st flute girlfriends.
2nd and 3rd Trumpets: probably the only quiet trumpets in the world.
Tubas: "Hmm, the trumpets aren't playing loud enough...so we will!"
Percussion: We are awesome!...no not really.
Bassoon, Oboe, French Horn: nonexistent, :cry:

Floutists- are A)giggly, bubbly, carefree or B) vicious and harpy like
Clarinetists-A) hardworking, diligent, classy or B)depressed, troubled, and rather dark
Saxophonists- A) Cool, Jazzy, laid back B) Know it all, political, and sometimes kinda nerdy
Trumpetists- A) Loud mouthed, egotistical, jerks B) Dignified, strong, majestic
Low Brass- A) Weeny-ish and nerdy B) stressed over something, lovable, and gullable

Thats what I've mostly seen! lol

The sections of WHS Band
1st flutes- "EWW! was that a clarinet!"
2nd flutes- "I dont like the flute"
1st Clarinet- "I'm SOO much better than everyone"
2nd Clarinets- "Why do I have to play second UGH!"
3rd Clarinets- *crickets
1st Alto Sax- "Lets play something else, Awesome!"
2nd Alto- "Do you think that was out of tune!?"
1st Trumpet- "POWER TO US!!!"
2nd Trumpet- *Plays with altos
3rd Trumpet- *Stays on one note
Trombone- *hides
Baritones- "I enjoy the baritone!"
Mallets- "I can create CHORDS!!!!"
Percussion "There was a band playing too?"

Piccolos - "Let's face each other and pretend to be trying to get in tune which each other so the conductor doesn't get pissed at us!"



So true...

Our band:

Clarinet 1: always being complained at for playing too softly/ messing around because we're bored
Clarinet 2: Never, ever shut up. Always play the same annoying little tune over and over again
Clarinet 3: The quiet ones - no-one pays much attention to them.
Bass Clarinet: Our fearless leader. Well, the one who sends out the newsletter anyway - been playing most every piece for 10 years, if she doesn't like it, we don't play it.
Bassoon: Best mates with the conductor - least likely to get told to shut up.
Flute 1: The perfectionists. The ones who know every piece inside and out.
Flute 2: The only flutes who ever get critisiced - the hyperactive ones!
Flute 3: Ummm... I assume they behave themselves and just get on with the job... because I can't think of anything
Trumpets: Play really softly (for a trumpet section), always waiting for our 1st trumpets before doing anything, tend to slouch.
Back Row: There's only 1 of each instrument so they don't really get sterotypes....

And we don't have a percussion section, per say. But our drummer: "I'm OBVIOUSLY better than everyone else, so i'll completely ignore the tempo and force them to play really, really fast or sound offbeat. Oh, and never turn up to performances."

For those that have studied instrumentation, you may notice that this is a very unusual ensemble... :heh:

Piccolo- Plays too soft.
Flutes 1- Hate playing fast, techincal passages, but still manage to do so.
Flutes 2 & 3- Very, very quiet. Usually ignored during a rehersal.
Oboe- (There's none. :O )
Clarinets 1- Play too soft. Hate the altissimo.
Clarinet 2- Plays too loud (has been told by many conductors he has been doing so, despite having a mew clarinet); best altissimo in the clarinets, and is the only male clarinetist. (Yep, that's me. :heh: )
Clarinets 3- Try to play louder than Clarinet 2, but fail to do so for some reason.
Bass Clarinet- Hates notes above 3rd-spaced C (written; not concert)
Bassoon- Hates lowest notes.
Alto Saxes 1- Cannot stand technical phrases.
Alto Saxes 2- Have to handle the Horn in F parts. Same with Alto Saxes 3.
Tenor Saxes- Usually ignored by during a rehersal.
Baritone Sax- Known for loud tounging.
Bass Sax- Used to play Baritone Sax; also known for that.
Horns in F- (there's none. :O )
Trumpets- Soft when playing with band, but when alone, play louder.
Trombones- Either they play a pp or a ffff.
Baritone and Euphonium- Play way too soft... barely audible at most times.

*can't think of anything for Percussion*

For those that have studied instrumentation, you may notice that this is a very unusual ensemble... :heh:



It's not that unusual, despite the missing tuba and the bass sax.

I THINK he meant in terms of personality sterotypes... if we were going on what was contained, I think our group would win - we have 30 players, and 11 of them (when I was there last, anyway) are flutes!!

I think that french hornists are the best transposers, as a lot of pre 1900 horn parts aren't in F, and we are well trained to transpose at the drop of a hat!
Also, we're very friendly, if a little shy :)

I haven't played in a band in years, but there were a lot of these groups then too: trumpets blasting it at every opportunity (but they were good!), percussionists scrambling to be the lucky one to play the cymbals/gong (of course this is going to be loud too), 1st to 3rd flutes/clarinets going from the try-hards (1st) to the more reserved ones (3rd), our trombones and french horns were perpetually struggling, etc.

I was on the clarinet. I remember the "If you don't know what you want to play or aren't good at music - play the clarinet." And most of all, especially during the most quiet, dramatic section of a song, a single squeak resounds through the room. Everyone hears it, everyone thinks: "!@#$% clarinets!"

Pianists are the smartest, richest, best looking, most generous, most popular, and all-around-awesomest people in the world.
That's what I've heard, at least.

I am a poor pianist. :(


Once a theory professor from the Conservatory where I studied said all trumpeters are extremely horny. He was/is a trumpeter/trombonist... so I guess he was referring to himself... lol

wow old thread!

I agree with the horny trumpeter comment.
Also first flutes are bitchy antisocial perfectionists who look down their noses at the second flutes who couldn't care less because they're too busy giggling to each other.
Age old stereotype that the dynamic range of the brass section is f to fff
Percussionists have "easiest" job (totally disagree with this but it is a common stereotype)

Don't have one for every instrument... guess all that leaves then is:
classical pianists are hermits who shut themselves up alone and don't play in ensembles
jazz pianists are arrogant cocky greasy shits

in my experience both piano stereotypes are definitely true as are the flute ones *been first flute in high school and second flute in college*(Y)

Yeah I noticed both those things in my marching band. Here's another one "the colorguard are cheerleader rejects."

I totally was not! lol. But yeah I've heard that one too. I was a ballet reject though. Turns out Tae Kwon Do and ballet don't make the best of friends. 9 times out of 10 TKD won that battle. But I was the only one on my colorguard team that wasn't afraid of hurting myself.

Can't play the flute? Place a little box under him - He's the conductor
Got no rhythm? give him another stick - He's going to percussion

As for stereotypes:
Piano:

Anti-social, percussion shuns him as another string snob, string shun him as another percussion barbarian
Has to either play classical or video-game music
Score? Sheet Music? I have chords and I can improvise the rest over my Pentatonic
Instant jazz? Add seventh
Minor Change in Tempo? GLISSANDO! Key Change? GLISSANDO! Quarter Note silence? GLISSANDO! Glissando? OCTAVE GLISSANDO!
1st Violin:

Orchestra? I thought they were my fan club.
A concert? Wait, why don't I have a solo? BA-SSO-ON Concert? Nonesense there isn't such thing as a non-violin concerto
Wait, why do they have more notes than me?
2nd Violin:

Melody? What's that.
You know which song would be great? Pachebell Cannon in D!
Percussion:

Sheet Music/Scores? I never got them, you play and I'll go along
Hey, if you wanted me to be on beat you were better of getting a metronome
Bassoon:

-Wind blows through empty chair-
My instrument is not tinder!
Stop playing with matches near the bassoon! I've just polished it! PLEASE!!!
My beautiful mouthpiece... you used it to tie up sushi...
Counterbassoon:

I am most definitely not compensating for something...
HEY! Reading counterbassoon sheet music is hard, some sheets have quarter notes, AND MORE THAN ONE!
Brass in General:

IMA BLOWING MY INSTRUMENT!
NOT WRITTEN IN THE SHEET SOLO!
French Horn:

Saliva valve? No, that's the super special Trumpet Muter you throw on top of the trumpet in his solo.
Trumpet:

The world is my Acoustic Shell!
Electric Bass:

Well, we have no Cello, Counterbass, Bass or heck, even a viola, so pray neither the piano or I forget about that little thing you call the bassline.
Just give me the piano part, I can just get the bass from the chords... WHAT THE CRAP IS A C9b5?!
Keyboard:

I forgot the scores, just give me the piano ones.
I don't need scores, at the end I'm only doing string sounds.

@araveugnitsuga That may possibly have been the most amusing thing I've seen today. :D

@araveugnitsuga: I like the Counterbassoonpart, it's so true!

Well, I definately believe in instrument stereotypes. I noticed, for example, that the trombonists are almost always the goofiest guys in an orchestra. And I know a violaplayer who is a living violajoke. He is proving every single clichee about that instrument, you won't belive me if you don't know him.

I'm not sure if this is stereotypes, but....

Without the drumline, the band would be lost.
Put on your big girl panties and deal with it.

"Why are all pianists chinese?"

Omg. You guys have no idea how much I've heard this. Seriously. Not sure about other pianists, though.

^I've never heard of that in my school. Many of the pianists are the complete opposite... They're Americans! :P

"Why are all pianists chinese?"

Omg. You guys have no idea how much I've heard this. Seriously. Not sure about other pianists, though.
I've gotten all the jazz pianist are fat and african american, and all the Latin Jazz pianists wear black, which is kinda a significant improvement in the perception of music.

There's another stereotype that I hear -- all violinists/people in band/orchestra in my school are all asian. I'm not sure what's up with all these asian stereotypes :| I guess it differs from country to country. Your thoughts?

^You kind of have a point... Many people come up to me and say: "You're the beast on the flute." I just ask why and they said: "Because you're Asian! Asian people play good!" -__-''