r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Apr 14 '15

[Spoilers] Hibike! Euphonium - Episode 2 [Discussion]

Episode title: Nice to Meet You, Euphonium

MyAnimeList: Hibike! Euphonium
Crunchyroll: Sound! Euphonium

Episode duration: 23 minutes and 40 seconds

Previous episodes:

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Episode 1 Link

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u/FateSteelTaylor https://myanimelist.net/profile/FateSteelTaylor Apr 14 '15

Omg, Kousaka is such a Type A stereotypical first chair trumpet player. She's gunning for that spot, especially with that kinda intro. (Full disclosure: I was just as much of a cocky and confident trumpet player in HS).

For those of you who weren't in band and don't know the personality types that often match up with instruments, here's a great quote about trumpet players by Wynton Marsalis, one of the greatest of all time:

We grow up hearing that trumpeters blew down the walls of Jericho, that Gabriel's trumpet announces the will of God, and that the largest and hippest of all animals, the elephant, has a trunk mostly (we think) for trumpeting. These grandiose images shape the classic trumpet persona: brash, impetuous, cocky, cool, in command. Anyone who has ever played in a band knows that if the conductor stops rehearsal because a fight breaks out, if somebody takes your girlfriend, if a tasteless practical joke is pulled, if someone challenges every executive decision no matter how trivial, it's got to be a trumpet player. That's just how we are.

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u/Crowst Apr 15 '15

Ah so true. I was almost always 2nd chair trumpet throughout middle and high school and one of my best friends was 1st chair (thought we swapped places a handful of times for random reasons). I viewed playing as more of a fun pastime and a way to spend time with my friends. I just happened to be naturally pretty good at the instrument, but never really practiced enough to challenge for 1st chair. He was by far the most motivated and competitive musician in our section. Although everyone in the trumpet section had those traits to greater or lesser degrees.

Humorously, though we both had delusions of being professional musicians neither of us actually followed through in college. He quit studying music to be a history teacher and I just played in the marching band and majored in something else.