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Yeah, I tap with my toes inside my shoe,
too. This way, you can get away with the tapping and no one knows you're doing
it! [;)] It's easier for me to tap to keep the beat, otherwise I have the
tendency to speed up or slow down. Depends on how good your sense of beat/rhythm
is, I suppose.

My guess is that you have an inline G key. That's really what most people have... and you've also got the C foot. B foot is a different foot joing that allows your to play a low Bb. Check your foot joint. Now, look at where it has the keys towards the ends. If there are two of these, you have a C fo...

Hey, good luck on your seating test! I'm sure you'll do fine! As for placing you in the lower chairs due to talking... that's not completely fair, but you have to admit, from my experience the thing that band directors hate the most is people who talk during practice. =) I should know... talking to ...

A friend of mine, who lives in texas and plays trumpet, has a band with section leaders. I think they don't do it by playing level on purpose. They do it by age, and playing /experience/. Like, who's been in the band for the most years? Who knows the program the best? John (texan trumpet player) say...

Nights. Definitely nights. It's usually
right around the time I ought to go to bed. It stinks, because It's not good to
practice after dark. I practice in the afternoons a lot, but I tend to notice
myself, maybe it's an illusion, playing better when I practice at night.

That's truly sad that the others must deal with their jealousy by making you feel ashamed of being talented. Don't give in to their taunting, don't be ashamed of your gift. Instead, realize that they're only jealous because you're so much better than they are. in the mean time, set goals for yoursel...

I'm first chair in my band, and have been since I remember starting to have chairs. I really don't think I'm rude. I help the people I sit next to with their music, and any questions they have... Even if my band teacher does glare at me occasionally for talking. [::)] I do get bored with some of the...

Awesome! You'll do well, I know it! You know the music,
there shouldn't be a thing stopping you from doing well! Good luck!!!

Really? You're only 4 days into the flute? Awesome! You've made one of the best decisions of your life. seriously. I started playing the flute in school band the very first year it was offered, fourth grade. Why I started playing it... hmm. I remember since I was in first grade, looking up at the st...

Cork Grease + Flute = ack! this is a no-no. Why it's a no-no... ask me in a few days. i'll tell you then. I've forgotten. ^^; I just have memories from elementary school band... I had the same problem, where the head joint is hard to get out of the body. So apparently, my mind thought the same thing...

In the band I'm in, the honor band (which isn't that honorific anyways... we just call ourselves the honor band bacause it makes us sound specialer than the all-star and cadet band) we have... eight? yeah. eight flutes. As for how many are in the all-star and cadet bands... I have no idea. O.o They ...

Because he or she is most likely an immature little kid
doing this because he or she thinks it's funny. Why else?