flammaster Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 The word "Contra" just seems to carry more power... tubas waddle, contras rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superOOk Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I was watching a Crown rehearsal the other day, and, being from Bluecoats '93 and '94, I yelled out something like "the sops just killed it"...I had a few people give me a look like WTF? lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Get over yourself drum corps is very similar to marching band. "Similar" does not mean "the same". Girl Scouts don't join the Brownies and Boy Scouts don't join the Cub Scouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seen-it-all Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 "Similar" does not mean "the same". Girl Scouts don't join the Brownies and Boy Scouts don't join the Cub Scouts. But a trumpet is a trumpet and a tuba is a tuba, whether they are used in marching band or in drum corps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perc2100 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Thanks for the replies. I always associated a tuba with something you slip your head through and it wraps around you, and a contra as being over your shoulder, with the exception being Jacksonville State Univeristy which marches 20J's. Actually you're talking about a Sousaphone. This is a traditional tuba on the march: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EuphoniumAndTuba_wb.jpg This is a contrabass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Contrabugle.jpg the difference being the lead pipe and which way it turns. This is a Sousaphone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Santaclaus2007_Sousaphone_dsc112.jpg You need a LOT of help with your verbiage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Thanks for the replies. I always associated a tuba with something you slip your head through and it wraps around you, and a contra as being over your shoulder, with the exception being Jacksonville State Univeristy which marches 20J's. 20Js--yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
year1buick Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 IMO, I don't think it's any more incorrect to refer to the instruments as sopranos, etc. now than it was when they were still keyed in G. To me, those terms were more in reference to the instruments' respective choir voicing and not their key. (Which I suppose would've made some sense in the days of true bugles.) I always thought it was more of a tradition holdover because we'd stopped playing true bugles years before the change from G was even allowed. Call 'em whatever you want, as far as I'm concerned. Hell, even the names of certain car makes can be used. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobchilds Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Going back to the 70s and 80s, there was a bigger difference between band and corps. But now, DCI has evolved to become more and more like band. That's not an insult. It's the result of a series of rules changes by the DCI boards of directors over the years. What's left? Woodwinds, trombones and Sousaphones? Once they are in, the transition to marching band will be complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anstig Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 1372551840[/url]' post='3276536']But a trumpet is a trumpet and a tuba is a tuba, whether they are used in marching band or in drum corps. Drum corps can be classified as bands. There is no set instrumentation for a band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Going back to the 70s and 80s, there was a bigger difference between band and corps. But now, DCI has evolved to become more and more like band. That's not an insult. It's the result of a series of rules changes by the DCI boards of directors over the years. What's left? Woodwinds, trombones and Sousaphones? Once they are in, the transition to marching band will be complete. Aren't Sousaphones allowed under the rules--brass, 3 valves, and bell-front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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