forum We Angrily Scream about High Clefs because High Clefs Are NOT FUN (All Band People Welcome!)

Started December 06, 2018 by Deleted user

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Help me out….

Snares just read treble cleft rhythms, and mallets just read treble clef.

Snares just read treble cleft rhythms, and mallets just read treble clef.

Bass too, right? Marimba music is like piano music with 2 attached clefs because the range is SO HECKIN BIG

Only Low brass and woodwinds play base clef.

Yeah. We have one marimba kid who reads bass clef. He has the full 8 octaves, plus 4 more, which makes a super huge marimba…..

We should start a "fuck the flute raspberry noises" club

Yes

That be one big mariba boi

I play it on the down low meaning I’m not in any of the band class my school has, I’m only in pep band and that’s only because their last snare player quit in the middle of a game and they needed someone and I was like I learn fast and I’ve always wanted to play drums and they were like here have some sticks and beat that funky drum over there the way we tell you and I was like ok and so I did and they were like we’re keeping you.

Only Low brass and woodwinds play base clef.

And orchestral horns occasionally. It's really weird cuz I'll be reading in treble clef like normal and then it just sWiTcHES to bAsS and sometimes it's going really fast and I can't read bass well. It would be easier if the composers just wrote 8vb or… MAYBE they could CONSIDER giving low brass parts to the LOW BRASS.

And meanwhile the first trombones are playing really high notes so yeah, I feel like the composers just try their best to inconvenience everyone.

I remembered a piece of music we played. It's called Metroplex…. We also played a Christmas piece called Patapan, which is God Rest ye Merry Gentleman on steroids.

Woodwinds play in treble???

Woodwinds play in treble???

The only woodwind that reads in bass clef is the bassoon if I'm not mistaken.
The other low winds usually switched from the higher versions, so they cheat and read treble clef (the sounds are an octave lower than written)

Ok so in jazz band the first trombone who is a friend of mine had a note that was Inhales 4 OCTAVES ABOVE THE ORIGINAL NOTE!!!!!!!!!!

Woodwinds play in treble???

The only woodwind that reads in bass clef is the bassoon if I'm not mistaken.
The other low winds usually switched from the higher versions, so they cheat and read treble clef (the sounds are an octave lower than written)

Tenor and barry saxes also read base clef

Ok so in jazz band the first trombone who is a friend of mine had a note that was Inhales 4 OCTAVES ABOVE THE ORIGINAL NOTE!!!!!!!!!!

That's like my entire range…

Ok so in jazz band the first trombone who is a friend of mine had a note that was Inhales 4 OCTAVES ABOVE THE ORIGINAL NOTE!!!!!!!!!!

Oh

My

God

Okay so has the director/writer of that piece ever touched a trombone?????

Woodwinds play in treble???

The only woodwind that reads in bass clef is the bassoon if I'm not mistaken.
The other low winds usually switched from the higher versions, so they cheat and read treble clef (the sounds are an octave lower than written)

Tenor and barry saxes also read base clef

No they don't

Woodwinds play in treble???

The only woodwind that reads in bass clef is the bassoon if I'm not mistaken.
The other low winds usually switched from the higher versions, so they cheat and read treble clef (the sounds are an octave lower than written)

Tenor and barry saxes also read base clef

No they don't

Yeah they absolutely positively do not.

Bass clarinets can switch from treble to bass, but mainly read in bass clef

Or the one at my school does

Ok so in jazz band the first trombone who is a friend of mine had a note that was Inhales 4 OCTAVES ABOVE THE ORIGINAL NOTE!!!!!!!!!!

Oh

My

God

Okay so has the director/writer of that piece ever touched a trombone?????

Probably not. We ended up not playing the piece simply because of that.

Woodwinds play in treble???

The only woodwind that reads in bass clef is the bassoon if I'm not mistaken.
The other low winds usually switched from the higher versions, so they cheat and read treble clef (the sounds are an octave lower than written)

Tenor and barry saxes also read base clef

No they don't

Yeah they absolutely positively do not.

The ones at my school do. And so do the bass clarinets.

It depends on who the composer is. We have split parts between out tenors and our Bari. I know our Bari reads bass clef 80% of the time. Our tenors are like 40% of the time.

I know Swearingin or whoever that dude is, writes bass baritone sax parts.

Woodwinds play in treble???

The only woodwind that reads in bass clef is the bassoon if I'm not mistaken.
The other low winds usually switched from the higher versions, so they cheat and read treble clef (the sounds are an octave lower than written)

Tenor and barry saxes also read base clef

Bass and Contra Bass clarinet too I think

Yeah

Weird; I've never seen that… the tenor and bari players at my school would not at all be happy about learning a new clef (they were both volentold to switch from alto and they're salty).

Oh
My
Gawd
How is this even a thing????

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa this is kinda freaking me out