#'ok well just stop thinkjng about it' HOW

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I have no idea how many people in this fandom are musical and then are familiar with brass bands (a very english music ensemble) but like

I keep picturing a Sodor Brass Band, man. In a human/human-ish au i keep thinkjng about it man. Its like 1am and i should sleep but

Actually,, gonna ramble about it

So a brass band is different from other music groups because it uses instruments from only the brass family (and doesnt have trumpets or french horns, thats orchestras or concert bands/military bands)

And i hope u know anything abt brass bands bc otherwise tbis might be unjntelligable but LMAO. If u want a reference, id look up Grimethorpe Collary Band, Black Dyke, Brighouse and Rastrick, or Corey. I cant remember their full titles but all those bands are or were the best band in the world at some poibt or other.

But yeah anyway on with the post. Let thr headcanons flow throu you.

And like. Ok. Edward has big 1st Baritone energy. Good baritone players are always in demand but hardly ever in spotlight, but their parts r also usually hard. 1st bari is also somwtimes required to play solos. Usually a quieter sort of person. Ans he seems the most like a bandie.

Gordon is principle solo cornet. (Cornet is like a trumpet but a little smaller, ans a more mellow sound due to the piping.. i wont ramble abt it). Violins of the brass band. He has the most solos and theyre all flashy and difficult but he knows what he's doing. Goddamn. Go king go.

Henry. Principle Eb Bass. This is the lead tuba player. In a brass band there are 2 kinds of tuba (Eb and Bb) and Eb is smaller, higher, and has harder parts. Very important and occasionally gets solos. Good tuba players always seem to be Units as well.

James. Oh im torn between soprano cornet and principle euphonium. On one hand, euphoniums are the showponies, have the hardest solos, biggest centre of attention. But also... soprano cornet. One of the best instruments in the whole group. Highest instrument, your band is not complete without one and by god you cant miss hearing it. It screams over top and is amazing. Very flashy.

Percy has big trombone energy, cant tell if 2nd or bass trombone. But also i am a bass trombonist so i diagnose him with bass bc hes my fav and i said so.

Thomas would be a tenor horn player i think. Not necessarily solo horn but a good player none the less. The tenor horns often have fiddly parts but are important to the overall texture - you can def tell if theyre missing. I think thomas has been trying to prove himself good enough to sit 1st horn for ages and now occasionally gets to play top seat every now and then.

Toby is the flugel player, i think. You only have 1 flugel ans it has the most beautiful sound. Partway between a cornet and a tenor horn, it shares the 'i have the tune all the time' charavteristic of a cornet and thr 'i have all the fiddly bits' of a tenor horn. One of the hardest parts but the most unique sound. One of the instruments that adds the most 'colour' to a band's sound (the other is the bass trombone lol)

Gotten this far and remembered abt duck and oliver uhhh

Duck is def a euphonium player. Absolutely. If james is also a eupho then they argue over solos and who gets to play them. Oliver i think is Bb bass. (The lowercase b is a flat. B flat.) That or a percussionist.

Emily would be a tenor horn or a backrow cornet (probably repiano cornet). Molly would be 3rd cornet.

Deisel has front row cornet energy, meaninf he'd probably sit in thr same row as/beside Gordon. Lady can also be front row cornet but on the opposite end. Wants everyone in her section to just stop fighting please for once.

Mavis would be 2nd baritone. Salty another Eb bass. Boco could be another tenor horn or maybe backrow cornet. I dont have enough trombones oh god

Problem is tjat james also has big 1st trombone energy. Also emily, actually.

Ooooo wait. Victor as 1st tromvone and Rosie as 2nd. A trombone section of Victor Rosie Percy would be lethal (affectionate).

And like surprisingly thats most of a band?? I think u generaly have like 30ish players. Got no percussionists but. Hmm. Myabe bill and ben and toad are percussionists. Cranky is the timpanist.

And im gonna leave it there bc its now almost 2am and i need to sleeppppp

#ttte #thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #ttte human au #dj's au #brass band #god why did i wriye this #this is one of the most niche things iv ever written #but yea if u know much abt brass bands this might make sense fhsjshjsjs #also excuse typos im tireddd