Sesame Street theme - Mellophone

[MissTheMoment13]

This is just... bad..

[rino214]

Its a Marching horn. A mellophone wouldnt use a french horn mouthpeice. puting the adapter on makes it a marching franch horn.

[flutemaniac7]

it isn't a mellophone for those who say it is, it uses a french horn mouthpiece with out the need of an adapter which a mellophone requires if you want to use a french horn mouthpiece instead of a trumpet mouthpiece. it also looks different.

[Maadiah21]

You can tell by mouthpiece it is an f horn

[PurplEFuZZyKangarOO]

@Maadiah21 Bb horns se the same mouthpiece....

[FreeHigh5s]

i think we have the same mello, which i cant ever find anywhere else.awesome

[ZayneeSuiters2010]

wowww your mellophone looks so much different then mine whats the brand of yours

[yoyima]

Please send me a link, I was unaware that they were two different instruments entirely.

[TheMusicmanMB]

@yoyima That's not a mellophone, that's a marching french horn. There IS a difference between a Mellophone and a Marching French Horn

[GreatBearMan01]

does it really matter what hes using? i think its a tuba...yea thats right btw im in marching band

[HornHead305]

LOOKS LIKE AN F MARCHING HORN

[Maadiah21]

@HornHead305 It is ugh!

[griffin3314]

@HornHead305 it is, look at the motuhpiece.

[griffin3314]

@HornHead305 it is, look at the mouthpiece.

[javanine]

yea, a mellophone is a marching french horn.

[SSDBlackNinja]

@yoyima

It is not at all a Mellophone, its a Marching French Horn in the Key of Bb

[CoolJoshBaby]

That is clearly a marching french horn. And YES there is a difference between a marching french horn and a mellophone. He is clearly using a french horn mouthpiece WITHOUT an adapter. A marching mellophone CAN'T take a mellophone or trumpet mouthpiece because the shank is too small.

[THEmelloMAN1229]

are u really asking if they hav mellophone mouthpieces? Of course they do i've never played a mellophone with my F Horn ever altough you could with an adapter.

[masterkeys48]

naw it looks like a f horn mouthpiece. certain mellophones have either an adapter or some are made so the horn mouthpiece would fit a mellophone

[debs12]

Try using a mellophone mouthpiece instead of that one. It looks like a trumpet one.

[danielwills93]

looks like a french horn mouthpiece, very common for mellophones

[debs12]

the mellophone one looks like a trumpet one. its a little bigger though and will help his embuchure

[danielwills93]

i agree he should probably use a melophone mouthpiece instead but i was just saying its not unommon for french horn mouthpieces are used. (as the mellophone is the 'marching' version of a french horn)

[midkid476]

try keeping ur lips more steady

[iplayalespaul]

and use hella faster air. and open your mouth wider your putting a firehose worth of air in a garden hose

[tinkerfan226]

wow your good for just switching...what instrument did you used to play...cuz i switched for marching band too...

[alliebean1102]

i use a trumpet mouthpiece, but i cant really remember what size it is at the moment. and musicjack, another word for a marching french horn IS a mellophone. but, you arent doing too bad! you just need to pull in your cheeks a little tighter and bring your lips in. it cuts down on the buzzing so your chops dont wear down as fast and you wont blat as much. just practice a little more with more air support and youll get the hang of it. i switched from flute to mello so i know how it is! good luck

[tacos931s]

umm no there is a difference between marching french horns and mellos

[PROIMZ]

do mellophones use the french horn mouthpiece or a different one?

[lillee13]

a true marching mellophone takes a trumpet mouthpiece but this is a bellfront fhorn and it takes a fhorn piece

[tacos931s]

drum corps use mellophone mouthpieces

[Flcracker94]

lol yea, schools use trumpet mouthpieces, but they're allways out of tune and you can't hit the partials easily. Mello mouthpieces solve that, and like taco said, Drum Corps use them.

If you use an Fhorn mouthpiece u need an adaptor, and its not as loud as a mello mouthpiece.

[jill08ian12]

iWasnt allowed to use a trumpet mouthpiece because my director told me iWould lose my ombeture. Now i see why my section leader played in jazz band with trumpet and we both play french horn iWuz second chair but everytime we had a concert iHad to cover for him because he lost his ombeture

[tacos931s]

is every word you say that starts with a W an apple product?

[jill08ian12]

iGuess

[Flcracker94]

not really...A mellophone mouthpiece is extremely close to a trumpet mouthpiece... Its a little deeper and has a shorter shank (part that goes into neck). You should avoid trumpet mouthpieces on mello's cause it will be out of tune, and usually crack more.

[melove7up]

do they even make those? i was told no1 has made a mellophone mouth peice so you had to use tmpt or f horn.

[backstop0999]

its a mellophone just with an extention on the bottom that gives it the lower french horn sound and with a possible attatchment to use a french horn mouth piece instead of a trumpet

[lillee13]

there are no extentions...thats just how it is and it takes a fhorn mouthpiece

[musicjack14]

its not a mellophone are flugelhorn. its a marching french horn. it uses a french hornr mouthpiece. i have one it the blessing brand.

[lillee13]

it is a mellophone its just a bell front f horn

[neuroticnikki]

that's a weird looking mello... o_O

[porkboi]

It looks like a King mello

[daltonhamblin]

that instrument is hideas

[PurplEFuZZyKangarOO]

fuck you the mellophone is far from hideous!

[Camjammin]

no thats a mellophone....a flugal's not that big plus he's using a french horn mouthpiece

[froggielover08]

ist that a flugal horn not a mellophone?

i think it is. the flugal horn plays in Bb if i remember correctly, and the mello plays in F!

[Trumellotonium]

there are also marching horns that look more or less like mellos and play in Bb. I can't tell by this video which it is, but I suspect it may be a Bb marching horn.

[porkboi]

Yeah there is but this one looks to be a King mello.

[SymphonicVA101]

That's it, I'm getting a webcam!

[gabynum1919]

air support from the diaphragm is key. sounds decent for just making the switch. stick with it. I switched over the summer some years ago so I'm proof that it can be done.

[epfreshman09]

Very nice. We played the Sesame Street show my freshmen year in marching band.

[lennonismykiotay]

you're really good, I play mellophone, and I have for about a year, u r way better than me, so it's all good

[dpstarcom]

dude if hes better than you must suck i played mellophone for six months and i could play the solo for black magic woman

[lennonismykiotay]

ur an asshole

[madcrazy235]

no hes being truthful. this sounded nothing like sesame street. i can play out of my ass better than this kid can

[UpcomingJedi]

I have GOT to see that!!

[PurplEFuZZyKangarOO]

i doubt that!

[dpstarcom]

lol well its true i did play it im not lying but im second chair with our french horns now. i switched over from trumpet in my freshmen year

[IncendiaryPistonOil]

more air support, and keep your muscles firm but relaxed

diaphragm s upport is key

[12blake12]

im a 4th year horn player kudos excelent

[euphoniummharon007]

aniong haseyo! nice very good work for a beginner!i play euphonium bugle here in the philippines!

[anonymous0123210]

for an absolute begginer you are actually kinda good.

[stoopidxbro]

wow chow...never thought i would find u posting a video of u playing the mellophone on here.