As a first year contra player with the Spartans, finally finding a contra cam from BD 2017 has honestly helped me a lot with my playing. Spartans uses the same contras as BD so this video has helped me a lot with figuring out what tone I need to be aiming for. Especially seeing as I'm saying screw it and auditioning for either Boston or Crown in the fall for shiggles. You guys sounded absolutely amazing at Finals and I'm glad you aged out on a victory. Turner's video from 2016 is actually the reason why I auditioned for contra and not trumpet, which was what I was planning on playing. Good luck with Pacific Crest this season and I hope you guys have a great season!
Do you have any tips for speeding up tonguing speed while maintaining proper technique? I'm still learning the instrument, my main instrument is electric bass and so I'm figuring things out as I go, and I'm having to skip notes in some of our parade music because I can't tongue fast enough to play it. Slurs I have no problems with, but if it's on just one note, say and F or low Bb, I struggle a lot.
I wish I school had contras. We just have sousaphones and they aren't great. Three valves, sousaphone sounds. Contras look like fun and like they are tiring but worth playing it. You are an inspiration and many others that marched with you.
My school uses sousaphones but I’ve used Yamaha contras before and my band director marched in the era of g bugles and straight up told me sousaphones sound better than contras, I looked at him like he was crazy.
Our school uses Contras for Winter Season, and let me tell you from using both, I definitely prefer Contras. Sousas are perhaps less tiring, but they take more effort visually, which is more than it would initially seem since they're basically hugging you and move where you move. Contras are very tiring to use and take much more stamina than Sousas, but I believe the tradeoff in musical and visual improvement is worth the switch.
I know this is really late but I have been watching a lot of DCI and marching band that I know the melody of most of this whole show but keep up the great work. I am going to do marching next year and this gets me pumped up. I loved this show even tho it is a year late.
I knew I could find one of these from the blue devils 2017!!! Thank you so much!!!! I am studying a lot of instruments to see what I want to play because come high school, and DCI, it’s gonna be hard to pick a instrument.
The moon at the beginning
As a first year contra player with the Spartans, finally finding a contra cam from BD 2017 has honestly helped me a lot with my playing. Spartans uses the same contras as BD so this video has helped me a lot with figuring out what tone I need to be aiming for. Especially seeing as I'm saying screw it and auditioning for either Boston or Crown in the fall for shiggles. You guys sounded absolutely amazing at Finals and I'm glad you aged out on a victory. Turner's video from 2016 is actually the reason why I auditioned for contra and not trumpet, which was what I was planning on playing. Good luck with Pacific Crest this season and I hope you guys have a great season!
Do you have any tips for speeding up tonguing speed while maintaining proper technique? I'm still learning the instrument, my main instrument is electric bass and so I'm figuring things out as I go, and I'm having to skip notes in some of our parade music because I can't tongue fast enough to play it. Slurs I have no problems with, but if it's on just one note, say and F or low Bb, I struggle a lot.
trumpet and contra, what a jump of mouthpiece size
I wish I school had contras. We just have sousaphones and they aren't great. Three valves, sousaphone sounds. Contras look like fun and like they are tiring but worth playing it. You are an inspiration and many others that marched with you.
need some help Same here, man. Contras>>>>>>Sousas
need some help lol my school has contra’s but no sousaphones
Here at uhs we have contras, they are painful at set but playing isn't to bad
My school uses sousaphones but I’ve used Yamaha contras before and my band director marched in the era of g bugles and straight up told me sousaphones sound better than contras, I looked at him like he was crazy.
Our school uses Contras for Winter Season, and let me tell you from using both, I definitely prefer Contras. Sousas are perhaps less tiring, but they take more effort visually, which is more than it would initially seem since they're basically hugging you and move where you move.
Contras are very tiring to use and take much more stamina than Sousas, but I believe the tradeoff in musical and visual improvement is worth the switch.
YES FINALLY CONTRA CAM! THANKS
4:02 CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER
Stephen Owens
LMAOOOO
Tuba
Trumpet!
Euphonium
I know this is really late but I have been watching a lot of DCI and marching band that I know the melody of most of this whole show but keep up the great work. I am going to do marching next year and this gets me pumped up. I loved this show even tho it is a year late.
Trust me, it's hard, but by gosh is it worth it.
Based on the way you're breathing, running with a contra drains alot of energy...
0:15 lmfao
Great run, Corey! One hell of a show to have marched. Congrats on it all😀
now *that* is a big trumpet
lol 😂
Contrabass trumpet???
Thank you for teaching us Cora I’m inspired to audition when I get into college😊🎉🎉
Great Contra Vid! Congrats on that gold for your age out year it was absolutely deserved. Best of luck at Pacific Crest next year.
3:04 all the way from that high trumpet note to the low tuba note 👌👌👌
Thats pretty cool how they swing the tubas to get them up
Hey Corey, I like your glasses, this show is so cool, thanks! 😅😅
Can we talk about how shiny that shit is, it looks like a damn mirror
Very nice tone especially while marching
This dude was a tech at my school during band camp
Hungry hungry hippos in crazy
I freaking love this BD show. I mean if i were to pick a performance as my last this would be my pick. Plus its a tuba view. Love it
Contra*
gosh, I was the most unfunny person 3 years ago, I apologize for my past self
@@spike6192 lmao
9:31 YEAH BASSES
Metamorph Monday 🫡🫡🫡🫡
6:43 what a nice groove it's not the melody but it's such a thicc tuba line 🤤
I knew I could find one of these from the blue devils 2017!!! Thank you so much!!!! I am studying a lot of instruments to see what I want to play because come high school, and DCI, it’s gonna be hard to pick a instrument.
0:15
Okay
Thats tubas for you...
@@nikomitrione i cant tell if that was an insult or an invitation
@@athenalol I’m so confused..
@@lukest.romain6208 eh it was just something stupid I commented, nothing more than that honestly. I too have not a clue what even I meant
@@athenalol ahhh ok.
i think this was filmed on a Wednesday based the fact everyone is wearing pink
Butt guy at the beginning
0:15
0:15 Excuse me What The Frick?
what?
Your tone is so good
You were with Phantom Regiment before right?
I couldn't find a contra cam for a while, damn
MilkyMalkum same took me like 2 years😂
dat ass doe lmao im a tuba so its not weird lmaooo
Gosh dang it luke
The contras😫
How difficult is it to audition with contra for blue devils? I’m thinking of auditioning in a few years time (I’m 15 rn)
Hm... seems like a chance
Have you gotten it yet?
Is this at ben davis high school in indianapolis
I wish I played contra
What action camera are you using in the video ?
15 seconds
What's it like playing with the system blue mouthpiece on tuba?
@@cora1545 you mean best?
wait four valve contras?.
you use 3rd valve only sometimes? me too.
What’s the Blue Tape on the Horn For?
Thanks man
What contras did they used that year?
A ghost 000 system blue contras.
@@derpboiplays109 Do you know what key they are in?
eek boi I’m pretty sure they’re in they key of Bb
tuba squad freinds?
#TubaSquad
#TubaSquad
Just your friendly neighborhood sax passing through
@@itsjustakari wait you're the person with the really good transcription of this show right?
@@SaneTheBro On Musescore with the “Doot” picture? Yep, that’s me!
butt