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[–]Carlc4 158 points159 points ago

Trombonists don't mess around with pianissimo. Relevant

[–]Tdog313 32 points33 points ago

That gave me a good chuckle. I should pull my old trombone out and give it a go again.

Edit: I meant nothing sexual by "pull my old trombone out"! lol

[–]Dub124 7 points8 points ago

pull my old trombone out

lol

[–]szlafarski 15 points16 points ago

Percussionist here.

This is entirely accurate.

[–]d3wayne 7 points8 points ago

pianissimo possibile. no ,pianissimo IMpossibile

[–]bg215 6 points7 points ago

Your forte is our piano

[–]hazleapricot 2 points3 points ago

Same can be said for sopranos.

[–]jedadkins 3 points4 points ago

that applies to brass in general

[–]Riswords 83 points84 points ago

Howdy guys, trombone here. You (generally) can have two options with our kind, from what I've experienced.

Type 1 likes to play loud. He or she doesn't really even care what the music is supposed to sound like. He or she really just cares about what he or she thinks will sound good, and of course, how loud it is.

Type B you can't get a sound out of even if you were to tell them producing a quality note would send them back in time and allow them to stop the Holocaust.

[–]SoMuchPorn69 31 points32 points ago

Type 1 Type B ಠ_ಠ

[–]Riswords 11 points12 points ago

Didn't even notice. This is something I do with my friend Stefan, I guess it's subconscious now haha.

I generally go: 1 B Gamma IV

etc...

[–]Taco_Gutierrez 26 points27 points ago

Have you heard Joe Alessi live? He's FUCKING LOUD. And beautiful. There is a percentage of players who can do both.

[–]posauner 13 points14 points ago

Alessi can also play incredibly soft.

[–]Taco_Gutierrez 2 points3 points ago

Yeah. That's what makes him good. But if you ask anyone who's played alongside him, they'll say they have to take up the dynamics at least 2 marks to be on level with what he thinks is correct. (IE) Daybreak when he holds out that F towards the beginning, he is playing PP.

[–]bareju 3 points4 points ago

Or Christian Lindberg. But those are debateably the best two classical trombonists in the world.

[–]erodut 5 points6 points ago

Former UT Trombone Choir member. These are lies.

Example..

[–]xXCOW_SAYS_MOOXx 4 points5 points ago

As a trombone player I can confirm this.

[–]doombubble 334 points335 points ago

Impossible! The trombone only has 2 dynamics - on and off.

[–]Semaphor 120 points121 points ago

Bass Trombones have an extra pedal note to mimic Tubas when they're not around.

[–]fraktruck 176 points177 points ago

we have to go deeper

BWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM

[–]Lottanubs 58 points59 points ago

This is funny because I'm sitting in a musical rehearsal right now getting ear-raped to the point of bleeding by the trombones.

[–]Up_2_No_Good 37 points38 points ago

As a flutist, I can confirm that being ear raped by trombones is both possible and traumatizing.

[–]LinkAteMySkittles 42 points43 points ago

Which is one of the reasons I chose to play that beautiful instrument. ;) That.. and being able to hit the people in front of me with the slide.

[–]Up_2_No_Good 19 points20 points ago

It's all fun and games until marching season arrives. Ever been nailed in the spine by 14 flutes during a set in which said flutes circle the trombone section playing alternating parts for 32 counts, during which time they snap their flute between attention and set?

Trevor has been. Trevor liked to use slides to hit people during concert season. Trevor learned what a proper flute snap looks like...With his vertebrae.

Fuck you, Trevor.

p.s.- Being section leader has certain advantages...like being able to instruct your entire line to guide inward a step while they circle. With great power comes great temptation to seek revenge.

[–]dragons_R_us 27 points28 points ago

As a trombonist, I can confirm that ear raping the flute section is both plausible and highly enjoyable.

[–]Atheist_are_a_theory 2 points3 points ago

Ear rape? I'll sodomize their souls with my baritone.

[–]brassologist 2 points3 points ago

Don't forget about violists! It's always a proud day for orchestral low brass when the back stands start bringing ear plugs

[–]IsThatTheJoke 8 points9 points ago

Flutist huh, how you doing?

[–]john_doe_jersey 13 points14 points ago

Trumpet players do it with three fingers, french horn players do it with four. Trombone players do it in seven positions.

[–]IAMA_Wild_Creature 6 points7 points ago

Tubas are fat.

[–]HisHighNes 17 points18 points ago

[–]conrad98 12 points13 points ago

That sound....I hear it.

[–]personrev8 9 points10 points ago

Or, ya know, play the Tuba parts when the Tubas suck at everything.

[–]sneezlehose 115 points116 points ago

Piccolo's have two as well; out of tune and the four horses of the apocalypse.

[–]sircmpwn 84 points85 points ago

How do you tune a pair of piccolos? Shoot one.

[–]scootunit 8 points9 points ago

I almost spit fettucini on my keyboard when i read that...

[–]jckgat 24 points25 points ago

I marched against a band once that for some ungodly reason had almost all their flutes playing piccolos. We're talking 20+ piccolos. No matter what was happening you could instantly find them on the field.

[–]Lurks_And_Votes 29 points30 points ago

oh my god why

[–]insidiousraven 5 points6 points ago

A lot of college marching bands only march piccolos. Or at least KU used to.

[–]timtooltime 5 points6 points ago

the four horsemen would kill all the piccolo players. fuck, I hate that joke and im sure the four horsemen do to.

[–]Rhulain 19 points20 points ago

As a trombonist, I can confirm.

[–]Fortehlulz33 11 points12 points ago

Baritone here...I like loud noises.

[–]Tekgnar 7 points8 points ago

I don't think I care for the tone of this thread. I'll wind up jumping off a clef if this keeps up.

[–]doombubble 10 points11 points ago

Aw, don't do that, I don't want you to get into treble.

[–]Tekgnar 6 points7 points ago

you're right, I couldn't handel it if you got into some major or minor treble.

[–]alienelement 7 points8 points ago

And here we are, Bach to shitty pun threads...

[–]Mcoov 6 points7 points ago

Only one man has ever figured out how to correctly use these modes to his advantage. That man was Tommy Dorsey.

[–]mjbrownie 57 points58 points ago

Trombones don't get enough love

[–]numo16 42 points43 points ago

At least people know what your instrument is, I've had to explain what a baritone or euphonium (nobody knows either, unless they were part of the brass section) is so many times

[–]bucketheadshred 21 points22 points ago

Everybody I talk to about it: "a eu-what-ium? eu-phor-ium?" Then I say, "a baby tuba". Then they "ohhhh"...

[–]White_Luigi 9 points10 points ago

"Mellophone." "Melon-phone?" "Trumpet on steroids." "Oohhhhh..."

[–]Theimac74 13 points14 points ago

As a fellow euphonium player, this is pretty much my life.

[–]Tho76 19 points20 points ago

Even worse when you march one.

"What is with the fucked up trumpet man?" -_- the hardest face palm of my life.

[–]mormontroll 5 points6 points ago

I had someone call my sousaphone a clarinet once.

[–]khwilbs 4 points5 points ago

Really? Almost every time I say I played the trombone people mimic a trumpet and ask, "that one?"

[–]PurpleSharkShit 5 points6 points ago

I play bari sax. I get a lot of "your saxophone is made of fruit?"

[–]fraktruck 53 points54 points ago

just throwing this out there: Sforzando

one of my favorite words

[–]DreadPiratesRobert 12 points13 points ago

That's the only time that a trombone can play quietly

[–]Taco_Gutierrez 14 points15 points ago

Sfffz

[–]b0ardguy555 27 points28 points ago

Or as I like to say hit it then quit it

[–]makinganotheraccount 192 points193 points ago

Today, I found something legitimately funny and original on /r/funny. I've left this comment to mark the occasion.

Also, I'm currently in the library bathroom pooping.

[–]Semaphor 23 points24 points ago

Laughter while pooping go well together.

[–]makinganotheraccount 12 points13 points ago

They do indeed, but it's important to make sure the bathroom is empty before you leave.

[–]R3divid3r 15 points16 points ago

Otherwise whisper: i was laughing at you into the occupied stall. BAM EMBARRASSMENT AVERTED...turned into creepiness...worth it.

[–]Wer_C 2 points3 points ago

[–]Gizardmeat 20 points21 points ago

I thought this was /r/Trombone for a second.

[–]yourotherusername 19 points20 points ago

Don't look at the trombones it only encourages them.

[–]Patmb97 6 points7 points ago

Me too. Follow it regularly and was genuinely surprised to see this in r/funny.

[–]denkyuu 14 points15 points ago

Any idea who the conductor is in this picture?

[–]rlmadden 5 points6 points ago

It's hard to tell, but it looks like it could be Mallory Thompson. She's the Director of Bands at Northwestern.

[–]FoxtrotUnicorn 44 points45 points ago

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them. -Robert Strauss

*edit- probably Richard Strauss, not Robert Strauss, possibly Richard Wagner according to one persons favorite quotes page, and finally it's also possible no one ever said this ever but they should have because it's true.

[–]FunkyBob133 16 points17 points ago

*Richard

[–]Reddit_minion97 4 points5 points ago

*Dick

[–]posauner 7 points8 points ago

Bobby Strauss

[–]dragoncore74 20 points21 points ago

It's funny because she still thinks that trombones can go below forte, youd think they'd learn after spending 4 years at college for music

[–]prailock 18 points19 points ago

Am I the only one whose trumpet section was the problem? Our trombones were fine.

[–]ponykiller56 48 points49 points ago

its because trumpet is the best instrument in the entire world. Just ask any trumpet player.

[–]Tho76 33 points34 points ago

How many trumpets does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

One, he holds the lightbulb up while the world turns around him.

[–]3DPipes 28 points29 points ago

How do trumpet players greet each other?

"Hi, I'm better than you."

[–]rymlks 20 points21 points ago

How do trumpet players greet the conductor?

"Hi, are you new here?"

[–]Basilton 5 points6 points ago

As a former trumpet player, support this statement.

[–]jedadkins 5 points6 points ago

whats the difference between a trumpet player and God? God knows hes not a trumpet player

[–]karnim 6 points7 points ago

We had this problem too, but mainly because our director loved trumpets. How the hell is anyone supposed to play over them when there are 10 fucking trumpets?!

[–]haylcron 1 point2 points ago

I played trombone in high school. We had an uppity trumpet section.

HAD.ಠ_ಠ

[–]TheWeatherReport 16 points17 points ago

That's funny, my trombone section only knows pianissimo...

[–]jxfaith 25 points26 points ago

I don't know that feel. I agree with this picture 100%, I swear to god I was the only brass player in the entire section that could control my dynamics. OH YOU WANTED A NICE GENTLE BACKING RHYTHM FROM THE BASS SECTIONS? GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

[–]Doctor_Loggins 22 points23 points ago

We trombones are tenor. You say "bass section play softer" and we hear "fuck yeah, we can play louder to fill in the gaps!"

[–]dbsman012 12 points13 points ago

P is just another way to write F. So say the low brass.

[–]DreadPiratesRobert 11 points12 points ago

I'm a Baritone player and I was switched to Trombone section because I have the ability to play loud, which nobody else could do

I ended up falling in love with the Trombone.

[–]bklingaman 10 points11 points ago

you are the first person i've met who knows what a baritone is. it always stinks to explain what instrument you play.

[–]DreadPiratesRobert 11 points12 points ago

"It's like... a small tuba... but it sounds more like a trombone, but it also..."

I feel your pain man. 7 years of playing the thing. Once person had to look it up before the believed it was a real thing

[–]numo16 6 points7 points ago

"It's like... a small tuba... "

This is how I've always tried to explain it to everyone. Baritones ASSEMBLE!!!!

[–]Gunsultant 2 points3 points ago

(Former) baritone player ready for duty and awaiting orders, sir.

[–]Doctor_Loggins 4 points5 points ago

Have you tried calling it a "Euphonium"? The name basically means "good sound horn."

[–]shirleysparrow 5 points6 points ago

I feel like I almost understand. I played viola for ten years. "No, it isn't just a big violin...actually, fuck it, it's like a big violin."

[–]Taco_Gutierrez 2 points3 points ago

I usually say I accidentally left a tuba in the dryer for too long and it shrunk because that's how you clean them.

[–]junkyardking 9 points10 points ago

Does anyone know if there's a subreddit for band geeks/music majors? I tried using metareddit to find one, but they were no help.

[–]rijulnanda 5 points6 points ago

[–]robs05 7 points8 points ago

Pft. Bloody chops mean an honest day's work!

[–]Taco_Gutierrez 4 points5 points ago

If the doc says no playing for a week just get some vitamin E and call it a success.

[–]maebo121 8 points9 points ago

I play trombone! Why hate? Appreciate our low brass skill!

[–]apowsawce 2 points3 points ago

If you do in fact possess these "skills", then you are indeed a rare specimen.

But I have my doubts...

[–]addicted_to_books 11 points12 points ago

You mean trumpets. Those things are loud. It's like oh look clarinets have this really cool part here-NOPE IM A TRUMPET MOTHAFUCKA you about to get drowned out.

[–]sideflanker 38 points39 points ago

The joke:

Pianissimo means very soft or softly. Generally found on sheet music to indicate how loudly/softly you're supposed to play. The trombones are wind instruments. Tromboners (boners, geddit? ha)

[–]Doctor_Loggins 47 points48 points ago

The second layer of the joke is that Trombones, as a section, have a reputation in many places as either slackers, or else untalented players who saw the slidey thing on the horn and said "this looks easy!"

That reputation is largely deserved.

Source: eight years of trombone.

[–]SpringInJapan 87 points88 points ago

trombones have a reputation in many places as slackers

That's a weird way to spell percussion.

[–]Luriker 10 points11 points ago

High School band is seriously just study hall worth credits for these...monsters.

[–]twomz 11 points12 points ago

I played four mallet marimba parts in high school fuck you. DRUMMERs are slackers, percussionists have to work just as hard as everyone else.

[–]Gneissisnice 4 points5 points ago

To be fair, it's not our fault that the conductor decides to say "Everyone play...except percussion" 90% of the time.

Honestly, the hardest part of being a percussionist is waiting, not actually playing. When I played crash cymbals in the 1812 Overture, I didn't play my first note until measure 130 or so.

[–]PurpleSharkShit 6 points7 points ago

Geez, none of you know how to spell trumpet. Seriously, T-R-U-M-P-E-T. Not that hard.

[–]TimothytheCreator 6 points7 points ago

Atleast you non-percussion yuppies get to sit down the whole time.

[–]bresa 7 points8 points ago

And not lug load upon load of gear to eeevery show...

[–]PurpleSharkShit 3 points4 points ago

Bitch I play bari sax. That shit's heavier than most percussion stuff, and the ones that are bigger generally have wheels. Exception is drumset.

[–]TimothytheCreator 6 points7 points ago

You have one bari sax. The percussion section is made up of multiple items weighing more than 30lbs. Also, if band equipment is being transported to a foreign location, guess who, by default, is in charge of moving/lifting everything?

I'm not trying to start a war here, but I just want you to understand my struggles.

[–]bresa 5 points6 points ago

I used to hate that we'd somehow get roped into stage set-up too. As if we don't have enough to do. God forbid a flute player jump in and help out.

[–]Taco_Gutierrez 2 points3 points ago

Yep

[–]Taco_Gutierrez 5 points6 points ago

I find we are not slackers, just arrogant fucks who are awesome.

Source: 13 years of being very good at trombone

[–]Doctor_Loggins 13 points14 points ago

We of the first chair tend to be very good.

The rest of trombones, not quite so much.

[–]Taco_Gutierrez 3 points4 points ago

Couldn't have said it any better myself. Bravo

[–]Ross302 4 points5 points ago

Don't know what area you are from, but I'm in my seventh year playing trombone and we have a reputation for kicking all sorts of ass.

[–]imMute 5 points6 points ago

Trombone Suicide at 180 bpm?

[–]Mon_ 3 points4 points ago

I am also familiar of the Trombone Suicide. So badass.

[–]TReazzle 2 points3 points ago

Yes please.

[–]Taco_Gutierrez 5 points6 points ago

That is not the joke. Us trombonist a in an orchestra (well, and in general) are cocky motherfuckers who play as loud as we fucking want. You ask us to do p->mf, you get FFFF. Band jokes are hilarious if you can relate

[–]GamerChick7 2 points3 points ago

Pfffttt, we can't even hear the trombones in my band. We do have 16 trumpets and 17 flutes though. Perhaps that's the problem...

[–]Brittany3223 4 points5 points ago

Upvote ALL the band geeks!

[–]Ztrains 5 points6 points ago

As a trombonist, I can confirm that nothing lower than forte even remotely exists.

[–]erikthesloth 2 points3 points ago

Bass trombone master race reporting in

[–]MastaPtrus 1 point2 points ago

I don't get it D:

[–]biosmurf 2 points3 points ago

As a trombone player I can confirm that pianissimo never happens.

[–]servercobra 2 points3 points ago

She's getting ready to go Super Saiyan.

[–]SirNoName 4 points5 points ago

Heh

 

 

 

band joke

[–]cr4zy_cub4n 3 points4 points ago

You wanna make any musician a man, give them a euphonium and put them in a drum corp. I'll never go back to trombone after marching euphonium.

[–]dizzzymisslizzzy 1 point2 points ago

Mellophone player here, as much as I love my instrument, I agree. I do not envy euphonium corp players.

[–]MathewMurdock -1 points0 points ago

You mean trumpet? I can only play mine loud and louder.

[–]rastmusan 1 point2 points ago

As a trombonist i can attest to the fact that we never play pianissimo

[–]ChocolateStorm 1 point2 points ago

As a musician this made me laugh so fucking hard.

[–]djmordigal 0 points1 point ago

After being a band geek for 8 years, I lol'd.

[–]ocdad 0 points1 point ago

If you have a toddler that you watch Little Einsteins with, this makes complete sense, lol.

[–]lisabadcat 0 points1 point ago

This one time, at milf band camp...

[–]kantennichols 0 points1 point ago

Nah man, I ain't about that life

[–]posauner 0 points1 point ago

A quick plug for r/trombone

[–]pisdrunxrich -1 points0 points ago

Tromboner

[–]GazelleThree 1 point2 points ago

In my band in high school, it was always the trumpets that had this problem.

[–]skericos -1 points0 points ago

LMFAOOOOOOO

[–]I_AmMasterChief 0 points1 point ago

Coming from someone who used to play the trombone, i found this hilarious.

[–]sweettea14 -1 points0 points ago

In high school I was able to play louder than the trombones and tubas combined on my tenor sax. Though it could just be because they all sucked.

[–]impossibru65 -1 points0 points ago

I play the euphonium, so I can reach a lot of octaves. It's a very flexible instrument! :D

[–]wtfmanquestionmark 0 points1 point ago

The female version of the "Aliens" meme.

[–]Fliff42 1 point2 points ago

Upvote cuz I have no idea what pianissimo means.

[–]j_Man1 0 points1 point ago

I play trombone have an upvote.

[–]EtriusTheHSBrony 0 points1 point ago

"Trombone, Pianissimo!" -Trombones do not play at all the next run through, just position- "Better!"

[–]hardtogetaname 0 points1 point ago

context?

[–]ComfySweater 0 points1 point ago

Ha. Music humor.

[–]tcatron565 0 points1 point ago

Um... you mean trumpets, right? Yeah, you mean trumpets.

[–]Totally_A_Mod 0 points1 point ago

"Fuck you, drumline" - my school's trombones

[–]magic_xylophone 0 points1 point ago

Simba, rembember who you are.

[–]mehatch 0 points1 point ago

[–]A_Rabid_Sharpie1 1 point2 points ago

Trombones are fucking amazing because they are so fucking loud!

[–]SOwED 1 point2 points ago

Did that many people get the bottom caption or did they just laugh at the picture and upvote?

[–]cek812 0 points1 point ago

I spent the first five years of my trombone playing career getting yelled at for being too quiet. Being the only girl trombone player at your school is not a fun experience.

[–]tsinobmort 0 points1 point ago

My private instructor told me off for playing to softly in a piano section. It's bred into our genes.

[–]mylifeisasong 0 points1 point ago

As a clarinet who sits In front of The brass section, I find this completely accurate

[–]EasternBiscuit 0 points1 point ago

I think you misspelled trumpets. Always getting yelled at in high school band. They're smaller, higher instruments that don't require as much air to play; thus, dynamic contrast is more easily achievable. Trombones require a TON more air to play, and can't get as loud as a trumpet can due to its length in the slide.

[–]Dream_Puff 1 point2 points ago

[–]tsinobmort -1 points0 points ago

Relevant username.

[–]IsThatTheJoke 1 point2 points ago

That's like telling the saxophones to stop dicking around. Great in theory, but it's just not going to happen.

[–]Technixlol 1 point2 points ago

I miss playing Trombone just because of stuff like this ahaha.

[–]MegaSuperAwesome1214 1 point2 points ago

Luckily, in my class, the trombonist (surprisingly the only one) was kicked for grades. Now I am bass captain of myself. Now all that I must conquer is the percussion...they and their puny sticks shall bend and break at the sheer force of my tuba!

[–]Aluminum_Wizard 1 point2 points ago

As a Tenor Sax player in my high school, the Trombone section and my section were the bro-sections of the band. We almost always had to play pianissimo or quieter.

[–]Ztrains 1 point2 points ago

As a trombonist, I can confirm that nothing lower than forte even remotely exists.

[–]Ztrains 1 point2 points ago

As a trombonist, I can confirm that nothing lower than forte even remotely exists.

[–]toriface 0 points1 point ago

Last concert, the conductor put us 12 flutes behind the entire brass section. I kind of just wanted to kill myself.

[–]Tetelesthai 0 points1 point ago

Actually made me lol! Very few things on r/funny are actually funny.

[–]lucw 1 point2 points ago

I wish our band's trombones could play that loud...

[–]LiltlePook 0 points1 point ago

I think you mean the tenors...

[–]Sazbomb4 0 points1 point ago

First to make her hair as a bird, earns my respect. Because everyone needs a stranger's respect from the Internet. Everyone.

[–]Jaxkr 0 points1 point ago

As a trombonist, I poke the people in front of me with my slide.

[–]Bass171 0 points1 point ago

[–]IamTheFreshmaker 1 point2 points ago

TIL there are a bunch of orchestra geeks on reddit and how happy that makes me.

Also, Sibelius.

[–]sysadminbj 1 point2 points ago

They must be playing Ride Of the Valkyries.

Side note... Playing 76 Trombones with 76 Trombones is FUCKING AWESOME!!! University of Kentucky Trombone Day FTW!!!

[–]monkeywraith 0 points1 point ago

Heh, I can play my trombone just as quietly as my trumpet, and both have mutes. Volume trouble seems to be mainly on sax for me, and I have not found any effective mutes for that, understandably.

Then again all of my playing is at home, I have not played in a group since middle school, so a decade or so. I do not recall any of the volume dynamics from any of the bands I was in from that long ago.

[–]ballzach 0 points1 point ago

blasting a trombone is so much damn fun.

[–]kgchemist7 0 points1 point ago

I play trombone and I can play different dynamics.... Although, when I was in the high school band I almost always played fairly loud(not earpiercing) because I was the only trombone player and that was what the teacher told me to do.

[–]MrBeardedLady 0 points1 point ago

Every time my band director told us to play quieter, I'd quickly and quietly tell my section to play so soft that it was barely audible. Then when he wanted it louder, we'd just blast the shit out of the note.

He was a rather angry man, but he'd get a good chuckle out of it every now and then.

[–]holydevel 0 points1 point ago

Y'all have clearly never been in a band with a decent tuba player with large lungs. When I was told "Play very loudly", nobody was going to be hearing ANYTHING for the next 10 or 20 minutes at least.

[–]another_bit_monkey 0 points1 point ago

oh god, I can't stop fucking laughing at this entire thread. This is all fucking gold.

[–]TechKnowNathan 0 points1 point ago

I laughed! Thank you Mr. Hunt from middle school band class!

[–]FreshBakedTroll 0 points1 point ago

All she wanted is a D

[–]gospy55 0 points1 point ago

From my small experience in the hall music area, I've learned that almost all conductors I've worked with have hair like this. Mainly male, but as you can see, females have it too. I have observed that when a conductor stops a song for whatever reason (Dynamics, usually. They're a bitch.), they swipe their forehead upwards. After repetitive usage, this will create the arc of hair your see many conductors have. Therefore, you may be able to judge how stressed a conductor is by the angle of their hair wave.

[–]ZazomeZwed 0 points1 point ago

Psh, back in my days of band, the trombones never get the legendary CALM-THE-FUCK-DOWN-I-DIDN'T-MEAN-THAT-LOUD hand from our teacher. I on the other hand, a mere trumpet, got it many times. Mind you, this might have been because our teacher was a trombonist who was never satisfied by our wimpy trombonist and always jokingly bagged on the brass(especially trumpets) and gave us a one-up mentality among each other and actually applauded you when he gave you the hand.

[–]cole93747 0 points1 point ago

There's a saying that my band director always said, and these truly are words of wisdom for those who wish to conduct:
"Don't look at the trombones. It only encourages them."

[–]Ulinov 0 points1 point ago

Okay...That made me laugh out loud. Seriously, thank you.

[–]Nyves 0 points1 point ago

STAHP

[–]icanarejesus 0 points1 point ago

Trombone player here, there's no such thing.

But seriously, only bass trombone in the band, I was constantly at fortissimo just to be heard.

[–]queue78 0 points1 point ago

No pp left for that move

[–]Furydwarf 0 points1 point ago

Quad player and timpani player here, this is incredibly true.