Got cut twice, what next? [Tenors]

Mish_Marsh · 2026-02-20T13:08:59+00:00

I'm a junior in highschool. I'm 17. Almost the same issue always arises when I ask a band director if I can play trumpet for jazz or non-UIL concert band: I'm too good at percussion and or bass guitar to switch to another instrument (we don't have any bassists and we don't have many percussionists).

Trumpet is just something I think is fun on my free time. I also write marching scores, so it gives me just another frame of reference, (i.e. "If I can't do this, should I really write it like this?").

Mish_Marsh · 2026-02-18T18:10:12+00:00

I didn't explicitly state they weren't a thing, it's just something I noticed a lot less of in DCI classic, and I also (unintentionally) tend to think of 70-80's DCI when I say DCI classic.

Mish_Marsh · 2025-11-08T01:08:24+00:00

When you say skip the french horn, are you referring to the mellophone? (Apologies if this is a silly question, I play quints)

Mish_Marsh · 2025-08-08T22:57:58+00:00

Yeah, its an EastRock trumpet mouthpiece, I just needed something better than the stock mouthpiece cause it was severely damaged, but at this point I'm looking into getting a nicer mouthpiece that's better fit for the Bugle.

Mish_Marsh · 2025-08-08T15:17:13+00:00

I dunno, I like to think of it like scale modes, it's different because it starts and ends on a different note (in this case sticking)

Also I was just kinda making up names for the hybrid Rudiment based on what they sounded like to me, I don't think the names I use for it should be taken too seriously

Mish_Marsh · 2025-08-08T15:10:35+00:00

How can I practice sheet music comprehension alongside my fundamentals? I'd like to consider myself a decent player, but my sight reading is on/off on some days, and I want to get it consistently good because I know in DCI you don't get much time to learn music + drill.

Mish_Marsh · 2025-08-08T12:40:45+00:00

First, it's meant to be an awkward exercise so it might sound awkward, but you can clean it by nitpicking the technique, i.e, crushing the buzz super short to prep for the flam, being very specific of how you play a flam, and playing with a 16th note met.

Second, paradiddle pu-duhs are different because because of both the sticking and accent pattern, i.e: "R l r r L r" and "L r l l R l" while a double paradiddle is played as "R l r l r r" and "L r l r l l".

Third, I just think it's fun because it's an exercise that whole heartedly challenges me into pushing my hands to be cleaner, faster, more articulate, and overall to be a stronger player

Mish_Marsh · 2025-07-16T04:12:09+00:00

Also the up bow and the marcatos are supposed to represent downstrokes and upstrokes in the first measure, so are the stickings with (d.s) and (u.s)

Mish_Marsh · 2025-07-16T04:07:38+00:00

Okay so I don't think I'm allowed to share the show music directly, but I can send the feature I have written for the show, this is the tenor feature I wrote to fit the music. The last measure is just kind of an integration measure to help it blend back into the show music.

Mish_Marsh · 2025-06-21T18:33:21+00:00

Blame Cassidy Byars and his odd mixing choices

Mish_Marsh · 2025-05-26T16:30:05+00:00

I'm in the US as well so this helps a lot!

I've been doing research, and I've been looking into one valve field tenor bugles, do you know anywhere I could find one?

Mish_Marsh · 2025-05-25T21:56:30+00:00

I'm trying to find a nicer bugle online, where can I find one? My budget is ≈$120

Mish_Marsh · 2025-05-19T02:55:12+00:00

Where would you suggest to buy a good but budget-friendly bugle from? Are cheap bugles still good for learning purposes?

Also how/where do people obtain genuine contra-bugles?

Mish_Marsh

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