Chat_Capone Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 This is purely hypothetical, but Im a newbie and I want to dig in and talk percussion turkey: could be marching band or corps. hypothetically for a open class corps: 50 horns Trumps: 16 Mids: 10 Baris/Euphs: 16 Tubas: 8 I would say 28 perc. 7 snares, 4 tenors, 5 bass, no plates 8 keys, 1 timp, 3 aux/keys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansan Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 (edited) This is purely hypothetical, but Im a newbie and I want to dig in and talk percussion turkey:could be marching band or corps. hypothetically for a open class corps: 50 horns Trumps: 16 Mids: 10 Baris/Euphs: 16 Tubas: 8 I would say 28 perc. 7 snares, 4 tenors, 5 bass, no plates 8 keys, 1 timp, 3 aux/keys What I'm hoping we achieve in a couple years or sooner: 36 Brass Sops: 12 Mids:6 Baris:12 Contra:6 note: these buggers are expensive. 16 percussion Battery: Snare:5 Tenor:2 Bass:5 Pit: Mallet/Keys: 3 Accessories/Toys:1 On the subjest of percussion, my opinion is to have 1/2 on the ratio of tenors to snares. We plan on buiding our line with Snares and Bass sections 1st and adding Tenors last. Edited June 24, 2008 by Kansan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiltieBD3 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 8 SNARES 5 TENORS 5 BASS 6 PLATES 10 KEYS 3 AUX 1 TIMP All depends on the number of horns. Kilts have 50 horns and Percussion shakes out like this 8 SNARES 4 TENORS 5 BASS 6 PLATES 8 KEYS 2 AUX 1 TIMP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansan Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 8 SNARES5 TENORS 5 BASS 6 PLATES 10 KEYS 3 AUX 1 TIMP All depends on the number of horns. Kilts have 50 horns and Percussion shakes out like this 8 SNARES 4 TENORS 5 BASS 6 PLATES 8 KEYS 2 AUX 1 TIMP Lots of fundraisers for all those Mallet instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliquads Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 On the subjest of percussion, my opinion is to have 1/2 on the ratio of tenors to snares. We plan on buiding our line with Snares and Bass sections 1st and adding Tenors last. Thats such and old school opinion. If your quads are to loud then ask them to play a bit lower. Im planning on going 4s 4q 4b 4c this fall with my line. Mmmm perfect box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyDog Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 The answer's going to be different depending on whether we're talking about a marching band or drum corps. A drum corps horn line with 50 players is going to be a LOT louder than a marching band with 20 or so flutes & clarinets. For a drum corps, I'd probably like 7-8 snares, 4 tenors, and 5 basses to balance a 50-person horn line. For a marching band with 50 winds, I might reduce that to 4/3/5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chat_Capone Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Thats such and old school opinion. If your quads are to loud then ask them to play a bit lower.Im planning on going 4s 4q 4b 4c this fall with my line. Mmmm perfect box. the perfect box would be having 2 elements of 4, the other 2 elements of 3....wouldnt it? 4² makes a rectangle. or the perfect box would be the hot new colorguard instructor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansan Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Thats such and old school opinion. If your quads are to loud then ask them to play a bit lower.Im planning on going 4s 4q 4b 4c this fall with my line. Mmmm perfect box. You guessed it, we are following the "Old School" ways Grass Hopper. 2 valve G Bugles, Snares with mylar heads etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFL Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 What I'm hoping we achieve in a couple years or sooner:36 Brass Sops: 12 Mids:6 Baris:12 Contra:6 note: these buggers are expensive. I'd like to see it as: Sop: 9 Mello: 6 Bari: 9 Euph: 6 Contra: 6 Give me fat-bottomed girls and fat-bottomed hornline sounds! 16 percussionBattery: Snare:5 Tenor:2 Bass:5 Pit: Mallet/Keys: 3 Accessories/Toys:1 On the subjest of percussion, my opinion is to have 1/2 on the ratio of tenors to snares. We plan on buiding our line with Snares and Bass sections 1st and adding Tenors last. And this: Snare: 6 Bass: 5 Tenor: 3 Pit: 4 So...you left out a snare and tenor. That's OK, you horn player, you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFL Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 (edited) Thats such and old school opinion. If your quads are to loud then ask them to play a bit lower. Nah, one good tenor player is worth at least two snares....heck, I balanced five snares one season by myself (and that was with mylar heads). And generally there aren't enough good players to fill out a large tenor line--got to keep the lightweights in the snare line, ya know! Edit: And, yeah, I guess I can be described as an old school guy. Kansan and I are brothers from different mothers on most of this drum corps stuff, though I'm a bit too Bridgemen at times for him. Edited July 24, 2008 by TAFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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