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GBFTL band camp question..
Posted on 7/15/13 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 7/15/13 at 12:55 pm
Hoping for some insight for those of you have been through this.
My son is an incoming freshman, he will be attending band camp with hopes of making it.
Band all four years in HS including marching band. Plays Clarinet. Was first chair and made several honor bands. How many of the 320 might be clarinets, how many clarinets usually go out or get cut?
Appreciate any insight,thanks
My son is an incoming freshman, he will be attending band camp with hopes of making it.
Band all four years in HS including marching band. Plays Clarinet. Was first chair and made several honor bands. How many of the 320 might be clarinets, how many clarinets usually go out or get cut?
Appreciate any insight,thanks
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Posted on 7/15/13 at 12:57 pm to CSATiger
Has he stuck his clarinet in anyone's bizness a la American Pie?
Posted on 7/15/13 at 12:58 pm to toosleaux
not to my knowledge
Posted on 7/15/13 at 12:59 pm to CSATiger
Clarinet is prob one of the three toughest to make along with drums and piccolo. Memorize all the LSU music. Most cuts come from woodwinds.
Posted on 7/15/13 at 1:00 pm to CSATiger
perm and it's a slam dunk
Posted on 7/15/13 at 1:01 pm to Elleshoe
Thanks, he is working hard on the music
Posted on 7/15/13 at 1:03 pm to CSATiger
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not to my knowledge
then he's behind in the game, tell him to get busy
Posted on 7/15/13 at 1:05 pm to CSATiger
quote:Depends on how many returning.
How many of the 320 might be clarinets, how many clarinets usually go out or get cut?
Posted on 7/15/13 at 1:07 pm to CSATiger
I've only known 2 band people in my life and from what I've gathered it makes Lousiana politics look like child's play. That's all I got.
Posted on 7/15/13 at 1:15 pm to CSATiger
Clarinet is a hard section to make. Be sure he knows the music really well and is a good marcher. You have probably noticed that Tiger Band is heavy on the brass instruments. Woodwind spots are hard to make in comparison to brass.
Posted on 7/15/13 at 1:19 pm to CSATiger
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CSATiger
Got nothing for you, but I always had you figured as a younger dude.
Posted on 7/15/13 at 1:30 pm to CSATiger
Clarinet section damned hard to make. Hell, getting into GBFTL is hard now. If you had been a responsible parent you would have asked this question when he was a freshman in high school. I would have told you then to get him on French Horn and Mellophone for marching band. Much better chances. 
Posted on 7/15/13 at 1:49 pm to los angeles tiger
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Mellophone
??? took some of that last night before I went to bed, wtf?
Posted on 7/15/13 at 1:53 pm to 777Tiger
Woodwinds are difficult to hear on the field and in the stands. It's definitely not the easist instrument to make it in the band. Just the facts. Make sure in addition to playing everything technically correct he understands marching is a BIG key to making TB.
Posted on 7/15/13 at 2:10 pm to CSATiger
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and all four years in HS including marching band. Plays Clarinet. Was first chair and made several honor bands. How many of the 320 might be clarinets, how many clarinets usually go out or get cut?
Appreciate any insight,thanks
Honestly, Clarinet is one of the instruments that gets a lot of cuts. The most important thing is his marching coordination. If he's a music major, they tend to give them priority, but not always if they're horrible marchers. Main thing they look at is marching ability since you can't really hear the clarinets in marching bands anyway. (not being a dick, just how it is)
Posted on 7/15/13 at 2:17 pm to CSATiger
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How many of the 320 might be clarinets, how many clarinets usually go out or get cut?
Not many. They make the deepest cuts to saxophones, piccolos, and clarinets. Piccolos and clarinets get hit the hardest.
Tell him good luck.
This post was edited on 7/15/13 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 7/15/13 at 2:18 pm to 777Tiger
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??? took some of that last night before I went to bed, wtf?
You took melatonin.
Posted on 7/15/13 at 2:20 pm to Sev09
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You took melatonin.
was a joke, but here's a stupid question, forgive me, I know nothing about it, but is everyone in the GBFTL a music major? is that a requisite?
Posted on 7/15/13 at 2:22 pm to 777Tiger
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but is everyone in the GBFTL a music major? is that a requisite?
no. In fact, the majority (70+% by my estimation) are not music majors.
Posted on 7/15/13 at 2:24 pm to Moustache
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no. In fact, the majority (70+% by my estimation) are not music majors.
thanks, I guess that is kind of a dumb question
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