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I'll pose a simple question: are we missing out on a ton of high quality potential DCI music because show design prevents corps from marching in between 80 and 160 beats per minute?

To me this is the biggest reason why we don't see the same quality of musical selections today as were done in the '80s and early '90s: the tempos simply don't allow for most of them.

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I'll pose a simple question: are we missing out on a ton of high quality potential DCI music because show design prevents corps from marching in between 80 and 160 beats per minute?

To me this is the biggest reason why we don't see the same quality of musical selections today as were done in the '80s and early '90s: the tempos simply don't allow for most of them.

kind of agree with what you are saying. I think this can be mostly attributed to the musical genres the corps are pulling music from. Lets see..there is,

Classical, symphonic, wind ensemble and symphonic influenced (For the majority of the corps...not all).

Last year I enjoyed the pacing and variety of the Madison Scouts tempos and this year Jersey Surf was a nice pace.

Need more moderation....nothing wrong with faster tempos...but 20 out of 22 corps shouldn't be pinning the needle IMO.... :)

sorry for any typos....

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I also notice a lot of standing still or ugh "body" during anything kind of difficult.

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all about the design team

Beat me to it. The slower tempo pieces can be utilized if the design team outs them together in such a way that it is "pleasing" both musically and visually.

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