BlinK Day 41 Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Does your BD make you guys wear neckstraps during marching season? Mine wants us too but I disagree, just wondering how most other bands do it (not many bands up here march bass clarinets for some reason) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassoonPadwan Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 I don't know if my band director makes our bass clarinets wear neck straps, but I know that our bass clarinets do. Isn't it easier with the neck strap anyway? Why don't you want to wear one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynasty Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Ours wear neck straps, and it is almost necessary for our "carry" position. Hey, and it makes for some good tan lines too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Some bands would rather add a few more B-Flat Clarinets than have the bass clarinet color get lost in the overall sound. It's hard as heck to hear the bass clarinets, even when they are playing by themselves (Example: Reagan's 2002 bass clarinet feature). Personally, I'd rather have those particular folks just march their instrument. They can add a nice color to the woodwind section, if it's featured correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyman Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 im the section leader for my bass clarinet section we march 6 bass clarinets (with neck straps - necessary for carry position) i dont fully agree with danpod on sound being lost.. you cant really hear us..but u can hear the color... u could hear us last year in the clarinet choir ( i marched bass and then played contra for the clarinet choir - we ended up cutting it right before finals SA though..cause the horn started sounding like trash after being on the pit truck and ..who the heck knows what happened to it in the hand of drummers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel_pablo Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 im the section leader for my bass clarinet section we march 6 bass clarinets (with neck straps - necessary for carry position) i dont fully agree with danpod on sound being lost.. you cant really hear us..but u can hear the color... u could hear us last year in the clarinet choir ( i marched bass and then played contra for the clarinet choir - we ended up cutting it right before finals SA though..cause the horn started sounding like trash after being on the pit truck and ..who the heck knows what happened to it in the hand of drummers of course we could hear the bass clarinets...the clarinet choir was miced...so it's not like Reagan 02 when we couldn't really hear them because they weren't miced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Yeah, that was my point. Reagan didn't have theirs miced, so you had to really strain to hear that Aegean Festive Overture melody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlinK Day 41 Posted March 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I don't know if my band director makes our bass clarinets wear neck straps, but I know that our bass clarinets do. Isn't it easier with the neck strap anyway? Why don't you want to wear one? idk it's just we've never used neckstraps before and it makes me feel cool lol i am a loozer but still our carry position doesn't need neckstraps... and it'd make our trail position all weird. But it's looking like everyone uses them so.... uh idk maybe i'll enforce them next year. But I am not a big fan of neckstrap tan lines hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyman Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 i remember one particular 8 hour saturday rehearsal on the green i burned up so bad - sunburn for a while last four hours i just ended up marching with no neckstrap - i tan easily during summer - and whiten up during winter so u can imagine me walking around really dark in the fall with one line across teh back of my neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel_pablo Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 i remember one particular 8 hour saturday rehearsal on the green i burned up so bad - sunburn for a while last four hours i just ended up marching with no neckstrap - i tan easily during summer - and whiten up during winter so u can imagine me walking around really dark in the fall with one line across teh back of my neck lol Spring High South... sorry it's off topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyman Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 ya i guess im that oldschool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickora Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Yeah, neck straps are really common. In fact, its odd for me to hear that you don't march with neck straps at all. Our bass clarinets march with them... But all 2 bass clarinets are boys, so they don't wear like tank tops like girls do.. Unless you're a guy marching shirtless.. Which is gross. lol That's when you have to worry about the tan line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyman Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 lol..i wear a normal t-shirt u still get a nice line across your neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickora Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 lol..i wear a normal t-shirt u still get a nice line across your neck Couldn't your hair just be long enough to cover it up? ooh, wait. You probaly don't have long enough hair. :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassClariGrl Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 neck straps=evilness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlinK Day 41 Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 now thats more like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuteClari08 Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 OMG! If I didn't have neckstrap, i think i would DIE. i'm tiny and weak. ..but i'd be willing to give up that sexy tan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyman Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 ^lol as was the way for me my fish year - i wouldnt have been able to bs clar and stand in attention correctly - but now..i can just take off next strap and march around same way... did i tell u i got a calas (i know im spellin that wrong..) on my thumb from the thumb rest over the fall semester...no so much a calas as really dry skin in that 1 area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlinK Day 41 Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 we all got a big fat callous (i think thats how its spelled, not really sure) where the indent on the topside of the thumb usually is. it's not really noticeable so we don't mind. Our show designer wants to get rid of low reeds though, so i gotta go argue with him about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyman Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 lol all the low reeds? i know spring doesnt march bass clarinets anymore..lol they do cymbal (im lauging cause i have a friend that goes to spring that plays bass and was pissed off that they changed it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlinK Day 41 Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 yep bass clarinets bari saxes and even tenor saxes. i'll smooth it over though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyman Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 ^ lol...leave it up to the low brass i guess... i'd understand taking out like flutes or something ..u can barely here them in a traditional marching show (back in the day they use to be the colorguard) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy08 Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 I'm not a bass clarinet...but I'm the unofficial low reed/ sax leader...kinda (long story). Anyway this year we had 4 seniors and none of them used neckstraps even when a clinician yelled at them to. The others did cause they couldn't march and/or play w/o it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrih13 Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Yeah we have to wear neck straps. I like them but then again i dont. they leave really bad tan marks on your neck, and when u sweat it just soaks it up, so you neck strap smells like OMG !! LOl, but when its really hot, in the summer, having thoes things on is a pain, you neck muscles start to cramp up and hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionbc Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I like to think of the neck strap tan as something similar to a battle scar. If you're busting your butt for 12 hours of the day (that's what we did this past summer), I think you deserve to be able to call it a battle scar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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