Instrumental Setup, that's right ^^ Options

[sm0kinm0nky]

Alright. I don't know if this is in the right place but if it isn't.. sorry just move it -_-.

So I've seen that CB has many musicians that play all sorts of instruments. So I was curious about the setup of your instrument - such as the brand stuff like that.

So I'll start.

My Alto Sax
Selmer C* Mouthpiece
Optimum Ligature (Soon to be)
Buesher BU-4 Model
Vandoren size 3 Reeds
Rico Royal size 2.5 Reeds
Rico Size 2.5 Reeds

My Bari Sax
Selmer C* Mouthpiece
School Ligature -_-;
Bundy Bari Sax -_-; - maybe i'll be getting the Selmer next year
La Voz size 2.5 Reeds
Rico Royal Size 3 Reeds



And my Kawai piano with no other features.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

French Horn:
Yamaha YHR-567
Shilke 30 mouthpiece

Mellophone:
King Model
Shilke 30 mouthpiece with adapter

Trumpet:
Bach Stradivarius
3C mouthpice

Edit: Not much to change for brass players...

Drum Set:
Base Drum
Toms
High Hat
Crash Cymbol
Rise Cymbol
Snare
All by Pearl

[*tweeak*]

Clarinet:

plastic yamaha
mouth piece that came with it
the black ligature with the one skrew on the back...
vandoren reeds size 3 or 3.5

obviously, i'm not looking at it so i don't knowany thing, so i'll edit tomorrow. i stupidly left my clarinet at school this weekend, which meant i missed 4 days of practicing and i completely forgot to memorize the closer, so i need to do that...

[jnukes]

uhh

tenor saxaphone ..

Yamaha .. i'm pretty sure everything on it is Yamaha except the reed .
Rico - Reed brand name .. size 3 .

[sadolakced acid]

grand brand piano.

it's an upright. the brand is 'grand'. yes i know confusing.

my friend has a buffet clarinet, which is supposedly very good.

my sister has an armstrong flute, with a solid silver headpiece or whatever you call it...

[sprezzatura]

Piano. brownish color and that's all i could say about it.

[Gigi]

Erm..

Flute:
- Gemeinhardt. I don't know the model number or anything
- A good headjoint, apparently. Silver with a gold plated embouchure hole.

Piano:
- Yamaha (either U2 or U3, I can't remeber) Upright
- It has one of those things where when you close the top lid thing, it doesn't come down immediately, instead, it's slowed down by some sort of mechanism that I probably wouldn't understand.

[aznxdreamer]

flute.
gemeinhardt. 3SHB open hole silver headjoint.

piccolo
gemeinhardt. have no other info about it because i really dont care about it.

[*salcha*]

^ x2 I don't like Gemeinhardt flutes. They're too hard to play :/

Flute
Made by Sankyo
Etude Model
All sterling silver
Open hole, B footjoint

Piccolo
Made by Gemeinhardt (yeah, I don't like it much)
Wood body, silver head

[*tweeak*]

Eww, piccolos. I hate those things. Passionately. Definitely one of my least favorite parts of marching band, and I don't even have to play the cursed thing.

[*mipadi*]

I'm not an expert on the woodwind instruments I play, but both my oboe and clarinet are cheap Selmer student instruments; I'm not sure what brand of reed I have anymore. Haven't had a chance to play them in a while, and I don't have them handy.

Bass guitar is a Washburn P-bass copy; guitar is a cheap Lyon. Bass amp is a 100W 15-inch Crate, and really, the only nice music-related equipment I own.

[*tweeak*]

Michael, you play clarinet??

[*mipadi*]

Michael, you play clarinet??

Yep, but only for fun; my actual role in band was oboe (or drums in marching band).

I really like the clarinet, though, I wished I had played that instead.

[*salcha*]

^x6 Yeah, tweaak I know. I don't even play my piccolo much, it hurts my ears. Everyone had to wear earplugs during symphony practice because the piccolo parts had to play these really high parts.

^ Eveyrone has their own preference. I think Yamahas are the best, and I was going to get one, but my teacher recommended a Sankyo for me at the end.

[*tweeak*]

Yep, but only for fun; my actual role in band was oboe (or drums in marching band).

I really like the clarinet, though, I wished I had played that instead.

Ah, I see. It's interesting that you'd rather play clarinet, because ereryone I know who plays clarinet doesn't like it much, except those who don't play it as their main instrument.

^x6 Yeah, tweaak I know. I don't even play my piccolo much, it hurts my ears. Everyone had to wear earplugs during symphony practice because the piccolo parts had to play these really high parts.

^ Eveyrone has their own preference. I think Yamahas are the best, and I was going to get one, but my teacher recommended a Sankyo for me at the end.

They get ear plugs in sectionals, but the rest of us just have to deal. Same with the drumline. The piccolos are a really devoted section, and always wind up tuning and warming up and generally practicing the most, and typically in the worst places. The drums I can just walk away from, but those damn piccs carry

[sadolakced acid]

oboe!

another double reed.

i played bassoon. yea... double reeds aren't that easy to play. ehh.

[*mipadi*]

Ah, I see. It's interesting that you'd rather play clarinet, because ereryone I know who plays clarinet doesn't like it much, except those who don't play it as their main instrument.

I think it's a really nice jazz instrument, and I really like jazz.

oboe!

another double reed.

i played bassoon. yea... double reeds aren't that easy to play. ehh.

They're difficult, but worth it... The bassoon and oboe are dandy instruments.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

^hehehe....yes indeed.

I think it's a really nice jazz instrument, and I really like jazz.

You should join a big band, very fun.

[*tweeak*]

^yes, but they're horrifying when tuning. Last year one of of our judges tapes, they went from talking about something to saying "wow that's a lot of piccolos! you're brave!" We had about 14 in a band of 140 (last year). He mentioned our large amount of piccs 3 more times.

I think it's a really nice jazz instrument, and I really like jazz.

Mm, I wish clarinets were allowed in the jazz band...not that I'd make it anyway, but it was traditionally a jazz instrument so it should be reguarded as such more often

[*mipadi*]

Mm, I wish clarinets were allowed in the jazz band...not that I'd make it anyway, but it was traditionally a jazz instrument so it should be reguarded as such more often

They don't let clarinets in your jazz band?

[*salcha*]

They get ear plugs in sectionals, but the rest of us just have to deal. Same with the drumline. The piccolos are a really devoted section, and always wind up tuning and warming up and generally practicing the most, and typically in the worst places. The drums I can just walk away from, but those damn piccs carry

They're okay when they're playing in the middle register though. Which isn't very often...-.-

[sadolakced acid]

i want to play bass guitar...


yea

[*tweeak*]

They don't let clarinets in your jazz band?

Nope. They didn't in middle school jazz band either.

They're okay when they're playing in the middle register though. Which isn't very often...-.-

We have the piccolos from hell who like to practice high notes in the middle of the band room just to piss us off.

[*mipadi*]

Nope. They didn't in middle school jazz band either.

That's weird, the clarinet is really a staple of jazz bands... I'm guessing the jazz band doesn't play much by Benny Goodman, eh?

[*tweeak*]

Wow we had like 5 in a band of 308 last year.

And now we have 3 in a band of 300.
--

I always thought the clarinet failed as a jazz instrument, and should be completely replaced by the soprano sax in the jazz setting.

Wow I take it you march flutes? The only time we've done that was last competition last year when 3 piccolos broke at once and we had no choice (and I didn't realize you were actually twice our size)

We don't have soprano saxes either. Fortunately, our jazz band is pretty damn good anyway

[*salcha*]

We have the piccolos from hell who like to practice high notes in the middle of the band room just to piss us off.

Hm, I never joined band. But I am in a flute symphony group which consists of all flutes (then sometimes, random people get to play piccolo). But whenever our conductor needs us to shut up, she just gets the piccolos to play high notes. Seems to work..

Oh, playing the flute in fourth register is horror to the ears as well. (A normal flute player only plays up to the third register). Gahhhhhhhhh

[*tweeak*]

That's weird, the clarinet is really a staple of jazz bands... I'm guessing the jazz band doesn't play much by Benny Goodman, eh?

I suppose not. They seem to play quite random stuff for the most part.

[*tweeak*]

Hm, I never joined band. But I am in a flute symphony group which consists of all flutes (then sometimes, random people get to play piccolo). But whenever our conductor needs us to shut up, she just gets the piccolos to play high notes. Seems to work..

Oh, playing the flute in fourth register is horror to the ears as well. (A normal flute player only plays up to the third register). Gahhhhhhhhh

That sounds horrifying as well

^ You don't march flutes at all?

nope. none. Piccs carry better and we seem to have a tradition of weak clarinets, so it's just as well. How many flutes do you have?

[*tweeak*]

Wow. I don't know, we always assumed most people did. On Friday, North Gwinnett had some flutes, and people were surprised. Somehow the director interpreted them as a more appropriate marching instrument

[*tweeak*]

Yeah, last year in band class they had clarinets in front of them, too. I would have a headache the rest of the day. My friend, the first chair flute, had to be forced into marching because she didn't want to play piccolo. She gives away all piccolo solos in concert band as well

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Oh well we march  30 flutes and 3 pics.
=\

Intersting, we have about 20 fluts, 8 pics.

[*tweeak*]

Whoa. Why wouldn't he pull a flute when you have way more than enough of them?

How many clarinets and trumpets do you have?

[Gigi]

We have the saddest band ever. In a band of, oh, I don't know, 70 people, we have 22 flutes.

TWENTY TWO FLUTES.

[*salcha*]

^ Flutes take up about a third of your band...>_>

[*tweeak*]

Holy crap, Gigi! That's really disproportioned

[ExExEx]

We have the saddest band ever. In a band of, oh, I don't know, 70 people, we have 22 flutes.

TWENTY TWO FLUTES.

Talk about tuning problems. hahah

[Mulder]

i have an R13 clarinet with:
Vandoren 3 reeds
mozart 3 reeds
um....

ill edit later

[*incoherent*]

eh...i dont own my own instrument.

i play the 4th bass on drumline and its a brand new all black pearl...even the head is black.

[sm0kinm0nky]

They don't let clarinets in your jazz band?

Clarinets are in jazz band? Woah i never heard of that

Usually it's altosax,tenor sax, bari sax, trombone, trumpet, guitar, bass, piano.

[SillyCourtney]

Clarinet
Model - Buffet E-11
Mouthpiece - 5 RV
Ligature - D. Bonade
Reeds - Vandoren V-12 size 3

And then I have some plastic clarinet for marching band.

And oh gosh, I hate the sound of piccs. Overpowering and annoying.

[PinkTrash]

Piano:
Bergamann

Guitar:
Acoustic Yamaha

[SillyCourtney]

The clarinet isn't a traditional jazz instrument, but they have been included in some jazz band set ups over the years.

I love when clarinets are included in jazz. Best example, Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin. My favorite piece EVER. The clarinet solo is amazing, along with the piano solo. Oh goodness how I love Rhapsody in Blue.

[SillyCourtney]

Clarinets sound alright in jazz band.

But when I listen to them, I'm always thinking "This would sound better, if it was played by a Soprano Sax"

Yea, but sometimes clarinets sound good. But, they really do belong more for classical pieces. I love soprano saxes though. They sound great either way you go. My old band director was a sax god; he played soprano every day for us. He was so amazingly good.

[*mipadi*]

Clarinets are in jazz band? Woah i never heard of that

Usually it's altosax,tenor sax, bari sax, trombone, trumpet, guitar, bass, piano.

Wow, really? Most jazz bands I have seen include clarinets--it was a fairly common jazz instrument.

[*salcha*]

Wow, really? Most jazz bands I have seen include clarinets--it was a fairly common jazz instrument.

Yeah, it's the same around here. And and..I thought flutes were pretty common in jazz band, as well.

[sm0kinm0nky]

Our jazz bands don't have clarinets.
We have flutes for solos but never seen a clarinet. Ah oh well lol

[*salcha*]

^ Our jazz band has both flute and clarinet.

[*tweeak*]

Last year, we had a flute player try for jazz band on sax, and the only reson she made it was so they could give her the flute parts and she wouldn't have to just sit there the rest of the time. But a couple measures of a flute part doesn not qualify as having flutes

[x_far_x]

Wow, the majority of you guys are like...school band..instruments..which is pretty rad.

Guitar (Electric):

Yamaha Pacifica
Digitech RP80 Multi Fx
Crate Amp

Guitar (Acoustic Electric:

Ibanez AEF
D'Addario EXP Strings(The best strings EVER!)
Crate Amp (If needed)

That's about it I guess...

-FaR

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Clarinets are more of a recent addition to the Jazz world. Usually, its just Trumpets, Saxes, Bones, and Rhythm Section. Nowadays, there are lots of Bass Clarinets, Clarinets, Flutes and Mallet Percussion.

[xmkaex]

piano
not grand just regualr i guess?
reddish brownish color
88keys [like all pianos...lol]
-52 white keys
-36 black keys

haha every one instruments seems so long so i tried to make mine long too

[*tweeak*]

Holy crap, I forgot to bring my clainet home again.

(this is more relevant than it seems. I don't know my setup still because of it.)

[sm0kinm0nky]

Last year, we had a flute player try for jazz band on sax, and the only reson she made it was so they could give her the flute parts and she wouldn't have to just sit there the rest of the time. But a couple measures of a flute part doesn not qualify as having flutes

flute and sax have same fingerings

[MeLoNiSyUmMy]

And my Kawai piano with no other features.

Ka Wai is my chinese name. Well, actually last name goes first so itd be Tsui Ka Wai but I always thought it was cool.


ANYWAYS.
viola. but idk what brand it is. haha.

[DisneyPrincessKa...]

We have a steinway baby grand whom I like to call Sir Mathieu Theobald III
(yeah, i named my piano)

[Fade to Black]

Alto Sax
-Yamaha YA-62 Sax
-Selmer S90 190 Mouthpiece
-Rovner Leather Ligature
-Vandoren Size 3.5 reeds.

[rockstermonkey]

Clarinet:

plastic yamaha
mouth piece that came with it
the black ligature with the one skrew on the back...
vandoren reeds size 3 or 3.5

obviously, i'm not looking at it so i don't knowany thing, so i'll edit tomorrow. i stupidly left my clarinet at school this weekend, which meant i missed 4 days of practicing and i completely forgot to memorize the closer, so i need to do that...

Hah sweet! I play the clarinet as well
I play a wood yamaha. vandoren mouth piece. vandoren reeds 3.5.

[lilphoenix]

I never realized so many people on here were in band.

I noticed that too...

oboe!

another double reed.

i played bassoon.  yea...  double reeds aren't that easy to play.  ehh.

Hmm... I'm a returning oboist. [Marching season I picked up flute...]

Alto Sax
-Yamaha YA-62 Sax
-Selmer S90 190 Mouthpiece
-Rovner Leather Ligature
-Vandoren Size 3.5 reeds.

I was gonna march alto next season... flute hurts my embrochure like hell.

[sm0kinm0nky]

Alto Sax
-Yamaha YA-62 Sax
-Selmer S90 190 Mouthpiece
-Rovner Leather Ligature
-Vandoren Size 3.5 reeds.

omgg lucky you have yamaha sax i wish i had that instead my crappy buesher.

[Stephire]

Bb Clarinet
A bad Buffet mouthpiece
Lame Ligature
Cheap TargetXcoreness
size 5 Reeds
........
But I'm so good at it none of that matters.LOL.

[misoshiru]

Bb clarinet:
buffet mouthpiece
ligature...i forgot (black w/ back screw)
model: buffet R13 (wood)
reeds: vandoren 3 or 3.5

Eb clarinet (the small one):
school borrowed, selmer, plastic
reeds: vandoren 3

piano:
upright, kawai.