All your friends are band nerds
You actually audition for first chair
One word: Practice
you take your instrument home every day
Any part of your instrument is gold
You buy a $40 some dollar mouthpiece
You go to all of your school's football games so you can play in pep
band
you can spell the name of your instrument
Two words: private lessons
.You've given your instrument a sponge bath
you've actually memorized all 12 major scales
You know what an arpeggio is and how to spell it
.you have have any type of clothing or accessory that has your
instrument on it
.you go to "band Festivals"
.you don't talk during rehearsal
.the highlight of your week is your school lesson
.you think your band director is a "cool guy"
.you tap your foot while listening to the radio
.you can't stop tapping your foot
.You always know when a song on the radio or on a CD changes key
.You actually realize that the music you are playing has just changed
key
.You can hear the difference between 2/4 and 4/4
. You can count in 6/8 and 3/4
. You've seen the time signature 7/8
. You carry around a case you can fit a 5-year-old in