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I was in the middle school band but I didn't care enough to keep doing it into high school (though I think it was strictly marching band and fuck that shit yo)

I was actually in orchestra

Other - My high school didn't have a band... or a football team. We were small lol.

I played sax for a few years in school but I was never in band or whatever. I did have to play during some big school events though.

Yep. I was actually reminded of it today. During my high school marching band, we had a school trip at 5 am to go on a bus to Rockefeller Center and play on The Today Show at 8 am. I remember being so surprised that The Today Show is filmed literally right next to Nintendo NY.

I did a year of band in middle school (played the clarinet), and I played in my elementary school's handbells group. I stopped after middle school because I wasn't particularly interested in practicing.

I was briefly in the school orchestra until I realized I sucked at it and wasn't getting any better.

I played the clarinet for a bit in middle school but was never super passionate about it.

In truth I wanted to play either the sax or drums but could get neither for one reason or another. (I can't remember if it was a price reason or a lack of space. I was in middle school from 96' to 97' so its been a while and I just don't remember a lot of my middle school days).

I do remember being crazy jealous of the kids playing drums though.

Yep. From 5th grade to graduation.

I've played trumpet for 20 years now, and dabble in guitar (even though I'm shit at it.)

Edit: was also a tenor in 4th grade choir. That didn't last.

For about 2 weeks. Me and trombone just didn't click.

I was in Chorus and studied College level Theory.
I actually have a Highschool letter for Music. Which is kinda funny.

I played alto saxophone from 4th grade through 7th grade. In 4-6th grade, playing in the band was a requirement to avoid taking chorus and drama.

Not an instrument, but I was in the school chorus up until 9th grade. We were one of the few Jr. High schools in the area that had someone who could sing bass.

That wasn't a thing in my school

There was no school band

Did you guys go to tiny schools or something?

Even my middle school that had classes of only like 200 students, fielded a band. But it was a public school and the only school system that supported the whole county so maybe they qualified for specialized funding

Stage band 4th through 10th. Never cared about it, but I didn't hate it enough to force my parents to let me quit. At least, until it started interfering with sport.

In middle school. Played tuba. Also played football and wrestled. Story of my life... always trying to fit in somewhere.

wackyteen posted...

Did you guys go to tiny schools or something?

Even my middle school that had classes of only like 200 students, fielded a band. But it was a public school and the only school system that supported the whole county so maybe they qualified for specialized funding

My high school was smaller than that (~300 students total iirc), but we had a band.

nope, choir tho

In middle school and junior high. It's one of those things I probably should have stuck with but didn't.

Two year Tromboner, reporting!

Serious_Cat posted...

In middle school and junior high

Aren't middle school and junior high the same thing?

In middle school, yes. Only was because my only alternative was art class, and one day of art class was all it took to have me literally in tears.

I stopped after that though, because by the end of the three years the gradually increasing number of practices and rehearsals cutting into my after-school time was starting to get on my nerves too.

I've never played an instrument in my life.

GGuirao13 posted...

I've never played an instrument in my life.

Not even the recorder in elementary school?

In middle school. I played trombone.

It was actually pretty bizarre. I had lessons for a little while in 4th grade. I had gone down to the band room with a friend for some reason one day. The teacher just kind of asked if I knew how to play any instruments and I mentioned I played trombone for a little while. He got one out and made me show him. Next thing I know I'm getting pulled from class for lessons. I was never asked if I wanted to do band (I didn't). The teacher just signed me up (which includes changing my schedule as band replaced Spanish in my schedule).

He was a terrible teacher. He didn't actually teach anything and would just tell us to practice and play better. I wasn't even ever taught how to read music so I ended up just memorizing slide positions.

Not me, my parents couldnt afford the instrument rental (nowadays I know my towns school has instruments for kids that cant afford them).

My kids are in band, told them to stick through it to the end of middle school because otherwise they have to take general music and the teacher is very meh. My older daughter has a lot of musical aptitude though. Shes already dabbling in composing.

I took band for a couple months, I could not figure out the trumpet so I quit

No, I was cool.

MICHALECOLE posted...

I was actually in orchestra

This for me. Kinda wish I stuck with it more than I did.

Cuticrusader09 posted...

Not me, my parents couldnt afford the instrument rental (nowadays I know my towns school has instruments for kids that cant afford them).

My kids are in band, told them to stick through it to the end of middle school because otherwise they have to take general music and the teacher is very meh. My older daughter has a lot of musical aptitude though. Shes already dabbling in composing.

I got lucky with the tuba. They are expensive even compared to other instruments so the school had one I could use. I was also excused from being expected to take it home everyday so I could practice. Cause carrying a tuba on a school bus is a pain in the ass

Trumpet.

I learned accordion too. I was drowning in pussy in high school.

Sufferedphoneix posted...

I got lucky with the tuba. They are expensive even compared to other instruments so the school had one I could use. I was also excused from being expected to take it home everyday so I could practice. Cause carrying a tuba on a school bus is a pain in the ass

I played the Baritone Horn

I still had to tote that mf home. It was damn near as big as me, cause I was a tiny child

I was in the middle school band. Played alto sax. I liked it alright, but didn't have the drive to be first chair or anything. I think if I had got into the after school jazz band I'd have loved that more, but you had to have good grades in everything to get in, which is a dumb and counterintuitive system.

I only halfway wanted to progress into high school band. I knew I'd have to go to more football games and such and I hated the the one time I went to one in middle school. Plus I was more into guitar at the time. I also forgot to get a new reed so on top of not practicing I sounded like crap during the tryouts.

I ended up selling my sax after that, but after a few years I started to regret it. Really wish I had kept at it now. One day I might get another.

Bishop_Hastur posted...

This for me. Kinda wish I stuck with it more than I did.

I was first chair viola for three years and then moved to a different state that didnt have orchestra and thats where my career ended

I think I could probably still pick up a viola and play some pretty music. Violin too, to a lesser extent

ApherosyLove posted...

Two year Tromboner, reporting!

Also a Tromboner from 4th to 7th grade

No but I was part of a chorus at a church.

Junior high.
High school.
College.
Community band some years after college.

Not playing right now though.

I met my husband in our college band. Now my daughter is in (HS) marching band. I love that shes doing band.

Ive been in a number of bands and orchestras [ETA and choirs] in school and in the community. I miss it and hope to get back to it someday.

The school I went to was small and really didn't have much outside of sports teams. And the only sports it had were Basketball, Baseball and Track. Though when I started going there, it was only on it's second year being open. A few years after I graduated it moved to a different location which is bigger and likely has more stuff.