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 Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:21 pm
Who here other than me is annoyed by keyboard string(especially marimba) always breaking on you?
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:12 pm
That is my biggest annoying thing ever. There is a freshman this year who has no idea what the word "musicality" means so not only does he play LOUD all the time but he puts all of his strength into it and hes a football player, he breaks strings ALL the time. Today he broke a brand new $28 vic firth mallet when he was playing on his shoe! WHY WOULD YOU PLAY ON YOUR SHOE WITH A BRAND NEW MARIMBA MALLET????
... done venting now.
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:00 pm
*wince*
I'm fortunate enough to have never broken a string. I'm only a fish...and weak. So yeah. I might get onto one of the front line marimbas next year. One of which is really retarded and has sharp edges that break the string all the time. Including once during a performance at region. Jeremy (the one who plays it now) had to perform emergency marimba surgery on it before we went to finals.
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:10 pm
yup!, i have never broken any of those strings, well i was in pit in middle school, and i never even thought of that, nope our strings are always safe and sound even in High School PIT.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:42 am
No, on our ancient marimba, the strings have never broke, but just about everything else on the instrument has. sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:27 pm
lol Abi (the girl I share my Marimba with) and I break a string every week. Seriously. One week the top, next the bottom, and so on. We've started making a sport out of it.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:47 pm
KT_Sohma lol Abi (the girl I share my Marimba with) and I break a string every week. Seriously. One week the top, next the bottom, and so on. We've started making a sport out of it. the band directore must be a cheap a** who gets all cheap...
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:09 pm
actually, it's parachute chord. (yes, that's a pun) since my freshman year, i'm a senior, i've broken roughly eleven strings. then again, i can't remember some. for some reason, it always breaks between the B and C.
c'mon, i don't even play B natural. sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:10 pm
i think it depends on the type of mallet you're using. i know that my pit has broken more since we've started using tan shaft mallets. hmm... maybe we're just more energetic.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:29 am
I just flat out hate pit percussion of any kind. They suck.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:50 pm
Polish - Drummer I just flat out hate pit percussion of any kind. They suck.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:02 pm
ratan actually has a stronger impact, meaning it's more likely to break string. which is why I broke three during marching season.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:32 pm
huh! i'll have to try those. i'm always telling my girls to play louder, maybe the ratan would help. good to know. thanks!
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:58 pm
Bleh, I am! At senior night, I had to restring my marimba. The vibe player stole the lowest black key. It's so annoying!
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:14 pm
Our marimba player plays so hard that we have to restring both roughly two or three times a month. gonk
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