Say your prayers because I will be slaughtered and my soul will be sacrificed by the band directors for sounding like a 3 year old playing a horn for the first time. I have no plans for a funeral.

Farewell, Possibly the worst sounding mello section leader

Tbh I kinda like the mello better

I realize I look like an idiot posting this, but I just wanted to see if this is a mellophone or a marching french horn. It’s a king 1120 I bought off of Ebay. I’m completely new to the mellophone/horn world (I switched for tuba) and just wanted to clear any confusion. :)

So I'm new to mellophone, I've been a woodwind for 6 years.

I keep having trouble hitting an A in the staff. If I start on a C below the staff I can manage to get to a G but when I try to play and A, it comes out as the A below the staff.

It seems like it's only the A that I cant play. I can go higher than that sometimes and be fine.

Also sometimes I have trouble hitting a first line F. I originally thought something was wrong with my first valve, but my section leader can hit it fine.

Heyyyyy r/mellophone! As a special treat in response to all of the mellophone that has been in my life over the last few days I decided to do a little post about our band's away trip to Northwestern!!

We left Friday and had SO much fun on the bus ride to Chicago! We got to watch Kung Pow, which wasn't too loud or anything! Then a member or the trombone section came up to the 6 mellos that were on the bus, and recognizing our superiority, fed us pringles and animal crackers. After what seemed like no time at all we arrived at a local high school to have a quick practice there!

The practice was fun, it was difficult marching on a field that wasn't as perfect as our usual practice field though. The best part of practicing came next, the food. They gave us soooooooo much pizza and pasta! It was the coolest thing ever. There was also a Faygo vending machine for all of those on r/juggalo. The high school was allegedly the high school that they shot Mean Girls in, but I never saw Lindsey Lohan anywhere so I'm not buying it.

Next up we played at a high school football game and everyone loved it!! So many people were cheering for the great mellophone and praising our section's near perfect twerking and booty-dropping. I like to think we changed lives that day and that soon all of those people will begin on the path of the mellophone.

Then we checked in to the hotel and ate IHOP (sorry Melinda! ;p)

The next day was the big day, and the mellophones were more than up to the task. As soon as we began our morning rehearsal before the game it was clear that this was the best we had ever been. After we played our halftime show Northwestern's band was so impressed that they rewrote all of their drill to shape the band like a mellophone for their show. I didn't think the day could get any better, but I was wrong. Our drumline drum-battled Northwestern's drumline and totally kicked ass. The crowd couldn't contain themselves when our entire band yelled "balls" all at once. Needless to say the elite mellophones weren't there for that because we wanted to stay in the stadium to admire the God-like splendor of a freshly polished mellophone.

Then we went back to the hotel, some highschoolers hit on us, and we watched the Lion King twice. Then we went home.

But always remember, "The MELLOPHONE is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my Mellophone is my rock, in which I take refuge. It is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold." Psalm 18:2

I'm going to need a horn to practice for corps and also some side projects, and I'm hoping to spend around $700. I've seen a few Kings, Bachs, Blessings, and Yamahas pop up at that price used, as well as Stagg and John Packer new. Would the best choice be a used horn from King, Yamaha, etc.?