Woodwinds in DCI? - Learning a brass instrument

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  • @servals2384
    @servals2384 8 років тому +17

    I needed this video so much. I'm a clarinet player and have been playing it for 7 years, and this year I decided I want to join a drum corp. I'm going to work my ass off to try and get into an open class corp then work my way up to world class. I was having doubts, but now that I know it can be done, I'm super excited. I also love the idea of buzzing to the radio!

    • @carlygarly
      @carlygarly 8 років тому

      Same with me, I play clarinet too! I was thinking about learning trumpet

    • @Jva4787
      @Jva4787 2 роки тому +2

      How did it go

  • @huntertyler3829
    @huntertyler3829 9 років тому +30

    I play clarinet/bass clarinet and I'm thinking about switching to either trumpet or mello.

    • @scootiebong
      @scootiebong 4 роки тому +2

      @blackdiamond 0075 we can tell 😂

  • @jimmyjamesjimbojr
    @jimmyjamesjimbojr 11 років тому +20

    You have inspired me to get in shape lose weight and get into DCI even if it means marching Open Class (im planing on going into the TB Thunder

  • @TheEmmi360
    @TheEmmi360 10 років тому +15

    i played clarinet from 5th grade to freshman year. marched clarinet freshman year, switched to baritone, havent looked back since.

    • @ashtonmarie5499
      @ashtonmarie5499 10 років тому +1

      WHOOO!!!! BARITONE BUDDY!!!!!!!

    • @nicolecontreras1602
      @nicolecontreras1602 6 років тому

      I did the sameeeee!!! But I started clarinet 4th grade marched my freshmen year and now this year I switched to baritone 😁😁

    • @PokeMonMaster-ps7fo
      @PokeMonMaster-ps7fo 6 років тому

      EUPHO! LET'S GOOOOOOOO

  • @cullenmccomb5029
    @cullenmccomb5029 11 років тому +3

    You have inspired me, you are the person that has made me think that drum corps is an option for me. I am feeling daring so contra is where I hope to go. Seriously, just thanks for possibly changing my future.

  • @michaelsimpson6327
    @michaelsimpson6327 7 років тому +3

    1:18
    - me as a clarinet for 7 years. Thanks for the inspiration :-)

  • @davenhavid
    @davenhavid  12 років тому +3

    It works out pretty well, most drum corps marchers are college-age actually. The camps are usually once a month til move-ins, and you'll probably be done with your classes before move-ins begin. While your corps will prefer you try to make it to all of the camps, you're still excused for certain things like concerts, juries, or things like that.

  • @zomgrandomtext
    @zomgrandomtext 11 років тому +1

    I was forced on to clarinet in 6th grade, switched to bass clarinet in 9th grade, and picked up tuba sophomore year. 3 months later I was contracted with the Phantom Regiment (even though I ended up marching Colts that year instead, long story). Then I marched the next two years (2012 and 2013) with the Cadets. It is generally easier to make tuba lines in DCI because fewer people audition, you'll just suffer much more pain then everyone else. It is possible though, just keep practicing

  • @itsjuan14
    @itsjuan14 11 років тому

    Great video. I was a pretty good piccolo and flute player in high school and use to toy around playing trumpet. I just went the other way, joined color guard, and marched DCI.

  • @davenhavid
    @davenhavid  12 років тому +1

    Alto or tenor? Most would go for mellophone or baritone (but I know some who learned euphonium and contra), but really it's all up to you! Since I played tenor, my music parts would've been more similar to baritone, but I chose mellophone just because I liked it more.

    • @James-yy2wl
      @James-yy2wl 3 роки тому

      Yeah I play alto and soprano sax and decided on euph. It’s weird seeing the parts compared to alto parts but it’s still super fun

  • @moviemadness2009
    @moviemadness2009 9 років тому +1

    So if anybody still watches this video, I'm a sax player learning baritone. I started in November, didn't acquire one until December... So really only been playing a few weeks... Not very consistently. Anyway, here's what I've learned so far:
    Holding your instrument up to shows- IT IS SO HELPFUL. At the first rehearsal I went to, holding the horn up hurt so much that I cried. I know. Wimp. But what can you do. :P Anyway, I started practicing holding the horn and it's working so well. The best part is that I just get to watch DCI shows and I hop all over the place from different corps and years. It's an fun method to build up strength for it. I highly recommend it. I wish I had more tangible results to tell. But it works.
    Buzzing- I'm struggling a lot with this because I'm so new to it and pretty much alone in learning it until the next camp. I've been working on just matching a pitch and trying to keep it in tune. That seems to be that hardest part. In fact, I find it easier to play the whole horn rather than just the mouthpiece, oddly enough. But that's just something I noticed.
    So yeah. Progress.

    • @mattavenson7542
      @mattavenson7542 8 років тому +2

      +Laurie Pavero As a brass player, some advice for buzzing is that you should never apply more pressure to go higher. Keep a constant light pressure on your lips. An example of how much pressure you should be using is to take your finger, press it gently on your lips until you feel your teeth through your lip, then very slowly pull your finger away from your lip until you can no longer feel your teeth. That is roughly the pressure you want to be using when playing any brass instrument. Also, you mentioned that playing the horn is easier than just the mouthpiece, you are entirely correct. That's because the back pressure from the horn creates resistance, making it easier to vibrate your lips. Just like how buzzing on a mouthpiece is much easier than buzzing your lips alone. But being able to properly buzz in tune will translate into playing in tune.

  • @GameConnoisseur69
    @GameConnoisseur69 9 років тому

    Switched to baritone and actually matching drum corps this summer

  • @bradyshepherd7197
    @bradyshepherd7197 11 років тому +1

    I also exactly the same. I played clarinet then I switched to bass and started learning tenor sax. I actually marched bass.. and ya it was kinda bad. But im a junior so I'm planing on learning baritone over the next year and a half. After I graduate I want to audition for either Crown, Vanguard, Phantom, or whatever corps I feel like I am capable of by that time. :D

  • @erols8083
    @erols8083 5 років тому +1

    So I'm about to start taking home a mello so I can march it next year. I've played alto sax since 6th grade and I'm in 10th grade right now. I learned guitar and got pretty good/ok (or at least I think) in a year.

  • @EagleScout2019
    @EagleScout2019 5 років тому

    This is super late. But honestly the fact that you went from a woodwind instrument to mello helps me a lot in hope that I can march trumpet coming from a saxophone

  • @VirtuosoRodriguez
    @VirtuosoRodriguez 11 років тому

    Woot Woot Bass clarinetist! I'm glad this video is on here, too many woodwinds think they have to stick that instrument family, but they are dead wrong. Also thank you for not being one of those corp people (like most I know) who are brass purist and despise woodwinds for existing. Great video ^_^

  • @michaelduran3821
    @michaelduran3821 12 років тому

    I'm a Freshman in high school, and I play Bari in Jazz and concert, and I really wanted to do DCI. So, I play Euphonium in The Columbians which is a corps that reformed in Washington. It's odd being such a noob, being the youngest in the corps, and a complete newbie to brass in general. But, I'm determined.

  • @bubbyworship
    @bubbyworship 9 років тому

    Learning trumpet and I'm a flute player. I'm excited for learning for the next few years!

  • @cagedguitarist1208
    @cagedguitarist1208 4 місяці тому

    Freshman saxophone here! I currently play 5 instruments yet none of them are brass, I am learning trumpet and snare so I can march dci and indoor leagues. Because of how it times out, before I even try out for a corps I’ll have 8 shows under the belt, and I’ll start in open class and work my way up to work class. Because of where my birthday is I am lucky enough to be able to march an extra year too.

  • @michaellaocho8391
    @michaellaocho8391 10 років тому

    a flute/bassoonist switching to contra for marching season next year and might go for Mandarins

  • @TheUknown21
    @TheUknown21 11 років тому

    I've played clarinet since 7th grade. I'm now a junior and now switching to baritone since I want to join a corps. Btw I love your shirt! lol

  • @SopranoPry
    @SopranoPry 10 років тому

    Flute/oboe player for about 9 years now on flute and 6 on oboe. Switching to Mellophone for auditions :)

  • @sylvanusweist3303
    @sylvanusweist3303 7 років тому

    I played flute since 6th grade and then in this year, in tenth grade, I decided I wanted to do drum corps, so I started to learn baritone, two weeks later I had the first audition camp for mandarins and got a call back, went back a month later got another call back, and then went back one more time in February and got contracted

  • @afClarinet1
    @afClarinet1 10 років тому

    I finally brought the mello home to practice...and I got something from the bluecoats down..im so excited to start mellophone and possibly audition for drum corps in the future! :D

  • @whatsername516122
    @whatsername516122 10 років тому

    Thank you for this video! My primary instrument is oboe, but I am learning baritone so I can try out for the Ohio State University Marching Band and your tips were very helpful!

  • @greyheists
    @greyheists 8 років тому +1

    Hey guys! I'm a flute primary, and I'm learning Mellophone! I'm planning to march it in marching band this year and continue pushing myself to play and extend my abilities. I'm sure I'll update later, if I manage to achieve my dreams of dci. But I want you to know it's possible and it's okay to suck, already it's come a long way from about three months of working

    • @kevinborrego3470
      @kevinborrego3470 8 років тому

      did you make it? if so, which band.

    • @greyheists
      @greyheists 8 років тому

      +Kevin Borrego I did make it, I'm marching mello at my high school first, so Milford High School in OH! I'm so excited that I got to pull it off and march, and I'm hoping go onto corps after high school, or maybe an open class during the school year (and then my marching band)

    • @devynboyle
      @devynboyle 7 років тому

      Did the mellophone mess up your embouchure at first on the flute? I’m a junior in HS and play flute and picc and planning on studying music. I’m just curious.

  • @reverendbarnes2585
    @reverendbarnes2585 7 років тому

    4 year clarinet player now I'm learning tuba ( Sousa ) for my high school marching band bc we need tubas , I plan on trying out for a drum corps next summer

  • @nathanweisser
    @nathanweisser 11 років тому

    I'm auditioning on Mello for the Cadets in a few weeks. I've only got a trumpet to practice on, though.

  • @emilygrace4993
    @emilygrace4993 10 років тому +2

    Alto sax since forever :3 my best friend in colorguard is teaching me so we can go into drum corps together on guard and all.

  • @brizeitler
    @brizeitler 8 років тому

    I'm a alto sax and I started back in 2009. It's my freshman year of high school and I (finally) get to see all the opportunities in music, one of those being drum corps. One of the middle school teachers talked about Bushwackers DCA at one of the rehearsals (since he's the caption head) so I thought I'd check it out. A few weeks later I find myself registering for a camp. It's been 4 months and I can reach a high C on the mellophone... IT IS POSSIBLE PEOPLE!!!

  • @IceCreamIslander
    @IceCreamIslander 11 років тому +1

    Half of the mellophones at my high school are oboes and trumpets. We even have a bassoon who switched.

  • @rocktheworld2k6
    @rocktheworld2k6 11 років тому

    Probably baritone/euphonium would be my guess as to what he'd suggest.

  • @_mptx_
    @_mptx_ 8 років тому

    Ive played the alto sax for two years going one three, but now I got a trumpet as an early Christmas present and I got it about two weeks ago. brass isn't as hard as I thought it was gonna be. I can almost play the scale in two octaves.

  • @TheDrummingAsian
    @TheDrummingAsian 11 років тому

    Ayyyeeeeeee! I know you you were talking about at the end of the video. She was a visual tech at the beginning of the 2013 season for Blue Devils B, then she went to Spirit. Small world! :D

  • @dari_dee_maestro
    @dari_dee_maestro 11 років тому

    I have played alto sax ever since the 5th grade. I'm going to have a friend teach me Baritone so I can join Music City since I live in Nashville well Antioch, Tn. If I like marching then ill try out for Carolina Crown

  • @maddiemarley1571
    @maddiemarley1571 11 років тому

    played clarinet i middle school, bass clarinet until 11th grade, and play tenor sax my senior year, and now auditioning for blue stars!

  • @inuyasha3317
    @inuyasha3317 11 років тому

    So can you go to the camp knowing nothing? I don't have a brass instrument available. I'm thinking of playing trumpet since I play flute. Do you have any tips? Do they teach you the fingerings at camp/auditions too?

  • @Erichx14
    @Erichx14 11 років тому

    What about trombone? What should I consider switching to for DCI?

  • @cannonsav97
    @cannonsav97 9 років тому +1

    I've played the clarinet for six years and I'm learning how to play the mellophone to join the Bluecoats

  • @TheEman1298
    @TheEman1298 12 років тому

    Finally video for this. I Play clarinet to. Thanks so Much

  • @Odorimashoo
    @Odorimashoo 12 років тому

    I walked into Jersey Surf without brass experience and marched Contra last summer! I'm a Bari Sax player. So anything is possible.

  • @retiredyoutuber8128
    @retiredyoutuber8128 7 років тому

    i play clarinet and im in the cymbal line for my schools indoor percussion

  • @bdrios
    @bdrios 12 років тому

    where did you march man

  • @sanrihoe698
    @sanrihoe698 10 років тому +8

    Clarinet for 5 years, switching to trumpet to join the Crossmen.

  • @JustDavis
    @JustDavis 7 років тому +1

    What a coincidence I played horn and I really loved it but I picked up clarinet for a second instrument

  • @tyler7313
    @tyler7313 11 років тому

    I play Alto and Tenor Sax, and I want to march in a drum corp. Which corps take just about anyone. My ultimate goal is to be in Crown, but I'm not going to get there just like that.

  • @meaganfoundwaldo7651
    @meaganfoundwaldo7651 11 років тому

    I don't know if this sounds like a stupid question or not, but do you have to play French Horn in order to play Mellophone?

  • @MinkyBoodle44
    @MinkyBoodle44 11 років тому

    Ermagerd Adventure Time T-shirt! That makes me happy

  • @thekingsqueen1001
    @thekingsqueen1001 11 років тому

    i played alto through intermedate and then i switched to tenor this year as our seniors are graduating and i'll be in the quartet next year. i really want to march DCI in the future possibly with Phantom. my friend is trying to teach me trumpet but i really need to practice but i also want to switch to mello for DCI as the tenor mainly gets backrounds and color tones. I guess i can ask my friend if he can lend me his trumpet so i could practice it. i kind of want to learn baritone too because of low brass though. how did you pick your instrument?

  • @jaydalar32
    @jaydalar32 11 років тому

    where did you go to college?

  • @testify123ful
    @testify123ful 11 років тому

    I played saxophone just do colorguard or drum major first and learned how to play from hornline

  • @swagalisgoodra2121
    @swagalisgoodra2121 4 роки тому

    I switched to trombone from alto/tenor sax. Not because of dci, but because i despise the people in the section. But now i know that i can try out for dci, which is pretty cool

  • @andrewprawat8199
    @andrewprawat8199 8 років тому +3

    i've just recently started learning mellophone and i'm originally a clarinet/alto sax player. is it possible for me to be good enough to audition for Legends in december?

    • @lancejohnson2463
      @lancejohnson2463 8 років тому +3

      anything is possible. I had the same reed background as you, ended up marching contra. after two straight finals, was offered to be section leader

  • @brookemyers8718
    @brookemyers8718 7 років тому

    Omg a fellow bass clarinet!!!!

  • @Bmister66
    @Bmister66 12 років тому

    i play sax to and i wanna march with cadets in hopefully 2 years what instrument would you recommend?

  • @45step54
    @45step54 11 років тому

    What kind of mouthpieces do you recommend for mellophone? I've heard that some players use trumpet mouthpieces, but I don't really want to do that.

  • @calogerofanara8096
    @calogerofanara8096 12 років тому

    Hello! I'm a high school student (Junior) thinking about college (Music Major) (Marching a DCA corps this year than DCI until I age out) And from your experiences does college and DCI Camps/move in's go smoothly? Or will there be any difficulty between balancing the two?

  • @acydraynbow14
    @acydraynbow14 11 років тому

    Hearing that you only played brass for a few months before auditioning was really great because I am a sophomore who has played flute (woo!) since 6th grade. A friend of mine marching baritone and plays quite a few other brass instruments. He has been teaching me how to play baritone once a week for a few months now :) My dream corp is Phantom Regiment but i am just uncertain and intimidated. Any suggestions?
    ps 1:17 is sooooo me xD

  • @emilydunlap3414
    @emilydunlap3414 7 років тому

    I play clarinet and trombone (just jazz) and I plan to learn baritone!

  • @franciscoolivas4813
    @franciscoolivas4813 9 років тому

    I unfortunately have abandoned my clarinet. i played it from age 9 to 18. I havent given up band but it hurts me now that i want to join the concert band with 2 years without playing it

  • @xfilex3291
    @xfilex3291 Місяць тому

    Why is there no sound?

  • @kaninmoore3695
    @kaninmoore3695 11 років тому

    my band director marched crossmen 2002 high note specialist trumpet he met everybody in the corps he was talking to a lower split trumpet 2nd or 3rd trumpet and then he was talking she had great sound they made finals that year so he asked so...how long have you played trumpet and she said one year she played clarinet for awhile she saw a corps show and fell in love

  • @so-so999
    @so-so999 11 років тому

    Omg your history of instrument is LITERALLY exactly the same as mine. I played clarinet and later switched to bass and 10th I switched to sax.

  • @aviewer6897
    @aviewer6897 8 років тому

    I tried to ask my band director if I could have some help trying to learn the mellophone, he said that I would have to go to third band but that I couldn't be in marching band anymore. What do I do?

  • @vlzclarinet
    @vlzclarinet 10 років тому +1

    8 year clarinet player, learning baritone for scv :^)

  • @devynboyle
    @devynboyle 7 років тому +2

    I play piccolo and I would love to be in DCI :( piccolos are small and POWERFUL especially while playing Stars and Stripes forever

    • @Fmajor7
      @Fmajor7 6 років тому

      Devyn Boyle exactly! Piccolos should be used in dci.

  • @119793
    @119793 10 років тому

    Tenor sax, thinking of switching to mello... Hoping lol but my best friend/sister plays mello so I can deal haha

  • @alexisbiscella4779
    @alexisbiscella4779 9 років тому

    switched to trumpet after playing clarinet for 5 years. I plan on joining the Bluecoats #Bloo

  • @gabriellesmith9126
    @gabriellesmith9126 10 років тому

    soprano/bass clarinet & flute player, learning mello. :)

  • @brysonhill2838
    @brysonhill2838 9 років тому

    I don't play a woodwind instrument, but I still don't know what brass instrument to try out for, I can't decide between contra, euph, or bari..

    • @mattavenson7542
      @mattavenson7542 8 років тому

      +Bryson Hill Contra will be the hardest to handle the horn, but don't let that discourage you and take the challenge.

  • @shanefm02
    @shanefm02 7 років тому

    Saxophone for one year before get volentold to play tuba, in a year I was able to get into my states districts band

  • @Bmister66
    @Bmister66 11 років тому

    Hey David I play the saxophone and it has always been my dream to march Drum corps. I wanna march mello next year with the cadets. Do you have any suggestions? Is it possible to learn mello then march DCI?

  • @KaetlynWheelerInNeverland
    @KaetlynWheelerInNeverland 11 років тому

    Since that's what I wanna play... Yeah...

  • @Spooky.Boogie.xj0461
    @Spooky.Boogie.xj0461 5 років тому

    I play alto sax so might try to get a mellophone

  • @jackcallahan1848
    @jackcallahan1848 3 роки тому

    I play clarinet and I have a year to get better than all the rest of my band. I have the full support of both of my directors who both marched DCI

  • @breaddies3610
    @breaddies3610 5 років тому

    Yoooo I’m a sax player and I want to learn trumpet or mello

  • @davenhavid
    @davenhavid  12 років тому

    2 years with Spirit of Atlanta

  • @alaynajenkins9585
    @alaynajenkins9585 7 років тому

    can i borrow a trumpet any one

  • @mansionwiscansin.
    @mansionwiscansin. 8 років тому

    what corps accept you without any brass experience????

    • @the0elite
      @the0elite 8 років тому +1

      None. You show them that you can play the horn.

    • @NeveB
      @NeveB 8 років тому

      7th Regiment allows woodwind auditions. That's how I got in.

  • @brockburgi994
    @brockburgi994 6 років тому

    Been playing alto sax for 6 years. I’m planning on auditioning on baritone for the battalion in about a month. Hopefully they see potential in me and give me a contract...

  • @averybondeson2642
    @averybondeson2642 6 років тому

    Do percussion.
    I went from bari sax to bass and tenor drums

  • @knexkid27
    @knexkid27 11 років тому +2

    WOOHOO! T-SAX! lol

  • @anonnymoose2372
    @anonnymoose2372 4 роки тому

    I know I'm SUPER late to the party, but I know Columbus Saints (DCA corps) is willing to teach woodwind players if they're willing to learn.

  • @alexpwatkins
    @alexpwatkins 12 років тому

    not trying to offend but Baritone and Euphonium play more voice like I think it would be a suitable instrument for sax

  • @torrentXofXdarkness
    @torrentXofXdarkness 8 років тому

    Anyone have guard tips? I'm a senior but it's my first year and I sucked so bad I was made an alternate. So idk what to do since my time has ran out :/

    • @iam3j
      @iam3j 8 років тому

      throw and hope for the best

    • @xXEpicMehXx
      @xXEpicMehXx 8 років тому

      just please don't hit the rest of us

  • @doritobandito_1323
    @doritobandito_1323 5 років тому

    I play flute but I also already play marimba lol

  • @owenwu7995
    @owenwu7995 9 років тому +1

    Plus not to mention your competitors in auditions have years of experience on you

  • @NicholsonLOL
    @NicholsonLOL 7 років тому

    Do Contra. You'll love your life all summer!

    • @idealyst8292
      @idealyst8292 7 років тому

      Are you being sarcastic? Because I'm no brass player, but I just feel bad for anyone who plays contra. To me, it looks difficult and painful compared to other brass instruments.

    • @NicholsonLOL
      @NicholsonLOL 7 років тому

      ;)

  • @acydraynbow14
    @acydraynbow14 11 років тому

    thats great!! keep it up :)

  • @insertnamehere.6682
    @insertnamehere.6682 9 років тому

    I'm a flute player, only been one for four, or five years now, I really want to learn trumpet,.

    • @K0S0s
      @K0S0s 9 років тому +6

      +Minecraft Swift. do it!... But mello is better.

    • @Gladiator10151
      @Gladiator10151 9 років тому

      +K0S0s pshhhhhh Trumpet> !

    • @iam3j
      @iam3j 8 років тому

      do it!!! I'm a flute player too, trying to learn how to play trombone. so much fun! working my way onto trumpet. its so exciting. Im hoping to be good enough to make it to dci, i mean how hard could it be? (dies inside)

  • @imscrewed4693
    @imscrewed4693 7 років тому +2

    1:17 BLUECOATS 2014

    • @NickOnFire1490
      @NickOnFire1490 6 років тому

      IMSCREWED nah, that's the closer to Phantom 2008 (which was one of the shows he said loving when he saw it). Also, this came out in 2012, so T/LT wasn't a thing yet lol.

  • @zomgrandomtext
    @zomgrandomtext 11 років тому

    Lol we had someone named Tyler Miller march Cadets this year, come replace him next year and go to crown later

  • @KaetlynWheelerInNeverland
    @KaetlynWheelerInNeverland 11 років тому

    I really want to be in a drum corps, but my band director scares me... :/

  • @adorakraynik2943
    @adorakraynik2943 11 років тому +1

    Psssssst, you forgot that Finis was in 2008 :3

  • @alexalcala5857
    @alexalcala5857 7 років тому +1

    Why was marching with a bass clarinet awful?

    • @viscosity7893
      @viscosity7893 7 років тому

      Alex Alcala he said it just felt bad

  • @KaetlynWheelerInNeverland
    @KaetlynWheelerInNeverland 11 років тому

    My band director thinks anyone who borrows an instrument wants to switch. And so doesn't let us borrow.

  • @viscosity7893
    @viscosity7893 7 років тому

    Why does everyone leave out the trombone it’s the best instrument in the universe

  • @KaetlynWheelerInNeverland
    @KaetlynWheelerInNeverland 11 років тому

    Meaning that I haven't asked to borrow a trumpet yet...

  • @vincentchaudhry7759
    @vincentchaudhry7759 6 років тому

    Dude I picked up euph in 3 months and made PC

  • @mattp9732
    @mattp9732 10 років тому +1

    some times play a sax kinda sucks