Glad To Be Hear Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 (edited) Since the hornlines no longer play bugles, wouldn't it make more sense to call it Drum and Brass Corps now? I think this is a more accurate description of what the activity has become. (Unless you prefer to use "bugle" in a nonliteral sense.) And the horn lines are no longer made up of sopranos and contras. They're called trumpets and tubas. As much as it hurts to say it -- that's what they are. In this sense -- in my opinion -- the activity changed in 2000. Of course, this doesn't apply to the DCA groups that actually use bugles. Those are Drum and Bugle Corps. Anyone else see it the same way? (Puts on flame suit...) Edited March 1, 2010 by Glad To Be Hear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SynthLine09 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 It would certainly be a better name than the abbreviated "drum corps." I can't tell you how many times I've been asked if i play drums. so frustrating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 It stopped being a real drum and bugle corps over 100 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glad To Be Hear Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 It stopped being a real drum and bugle corps over 100 years ago. Not technically. The name applies, in my opinion, if the group is playing drums and bugles. (I think bugles can have valves. Opinions will vary here, I'm sure.) Than maybe it all should be called Drum and Brass Corps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Not technically. The name applies, in my opinion, if the group is playing drums and bugles. (I think bugles can have valves. Opinions will vary here, I'm sure.)Than maybe it all should be called Drum and Brass Corps? Many people in the 50s (much less 100 years ago) wouldn't agree that the G horns with 3 valves are actually bugles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glad To Be Hear Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Many people in the 50s (much less 100 years ago) wouldn't agree that the G horns with 3 valves are actually bugles. True. So maybe this discussion is long overdue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 True. So maybe this discussion is long overdue? If you want to define "real drum corps" in anything but relative terms to its origin, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 "Bugle" has just been a name reflecting tradition more than anything pretty much since the advent of competitive corps; the key has nothing to do with the instruments being bugles or not. Having said that, I am 100% in favor of retaining that name and the related nomenclature (i.e., soprano, contra, etc.) for the sake of said tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 True. So maybe this discussion is long overdue? It's not overdue. It's been discussed in multiple threads in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrinkinOuttaCups Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 wouldn't it make more sense to call it Drum and Brass Corps now? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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