How strange

remnantpark · Post by **remnantpark** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:02 pm

I know this is weird but for some reason, whenever I play band music I sound horrible (horrible tone, horrible, horrible in all ways of sound) but in reportoire, I have a nicer tone and all. Did this ever happen to you? Is there a particular reason?

I always have to practice my band and reportoire separately because if I play the band music then my sound gets thrown off...Strange.

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:12 pm

Sometimes I tend to think this too, but I then realise that it is usually that I am not blending properly with the rest of the players around me. So, perhaps you are using a brighter or maybe darker tone color than everyone else. Or, perhaps you arent tuned properly, or your intonation is off.

Playing with other people is all about blending the various sounds of the group. If you dont blend, then you stick out, and not neccessarily in a good way. So, I would try blending more with everyone else. I would also check the pitch of a couple of troublesome notes that you dont think sound right. Perhaps you are playing those notes too high or too low, and dont really notice the subtle difference when you are playing solo.

remnantpark · Post by **remnantpark** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:41 pm

It isn't simply about playing with the others but more as in practicing by myself, I mean.

flutepicc06 · Post by **flutepicc06** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:46 pm

Sometimes we adapt bad habits while playing with a group just so we can hear ourselves. It's possible that you're just carrying over how you play in rehearsal to the practice room.

remnantpark · Post by **remnantpark** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:16 pm

Ouch. I remembered the time when I ruined my embochure and my flute position/angle because of cramped seating and whatnot. @_@

briolette · Post by **briolette** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:50 pm

perhaps you don't really like band music and you're not playing it with the full amount of gusto and concentration you normally would with solo repertoire?

remnantpark · Post by **remnantpark** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:27 pm

...True...(I don't like the music)

In the band room, none of my flutes really practice so I'm the one who "stick out"; because of that I get really uptight and mess up on high notes all the time (which ticks off my band teacher).