Hrothgar15 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 What weird or unexpected instrumentation has stood out to you that a corps has tried over the years, usually as an experiment for a particular show? Some that come to mind for me are Spirit's 9 bass drums in '88, Garfield's massive (for the time) hornline in '86, the bajillion tenors in Cadets '91, and a bunch of others I'm probably forgetting. Post-2014 brass band instruments like we've seen with French horns and trombones still count obviously, but that's old hat at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Can't speak for horns, but off the top of my head - Cadets' 14 tenors in '91, for sure (though they were criminally underused - MORE TENOR!) Madison added 4 grounded tenors for Funny in '91 too (so sad that all the PBS broadcast caught was them almost falling over) Cavaliers in '92 added 3 basses during the drum feature (so they had 8) Madison in '96 had 8 tenors for the entire show (I don't know if it was IBM's recording, but those were the quietest 8 tenors ever...) Madison '98 moved the battery around throughout the show - tenors moved to snare in the opener, snares moved to tenor in Remembrance. Les Etoiles... can't remember the year... also moved their small battery from instrument to instrument through the show Boston 2003 put the tenors on snare for the intro to Malaguena. Stretching my memory here, but didn't Crown move the entire hornline to soprano/mello in '14 for part of Out of This World? And Phantom '06 moved everyone to baritone during the ballad? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tesmusic Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Can't speak for horns, but off the top of my head - Cadets' 14 tenors in '91, for sure (though they were criminally underused - MORE TENOR!) Madison added 4 grounded tenors for Funny in '91 too (so sad that all the PBS broadcast caught was them almost falling over) Cavaliers in '92 added 3 basses during the drum feature (so they had 8) Madison in '96 had 8 tenors for the entire show (I don't know if it was IBM's recording, but those were the quietest 8 tenors ever...) Madison '98 moved the battery around throughout the show - tenors moved to snare in the opener, snares moved to tenor in Remembrance. Les Etoiles... can't remember the year... also moved their small battery from instrument to instrument through the show Boston 2003 put the tenors on snare for the intro to Malaguena. Stretching my memory here, but didn't Crown move the entire hornline to soprano/mello in '14 for part of Out of This World? And Phantom '06 moved everyone to baritone during the ballad? Mike Cavaliers had a number of guard members on cymbals in 1998, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Can't speak for horns, but off the top of my head - Cadets' 14 tenors in '91, for sure (though they were criminally underused - MORE TENOR!) Madison added 4 grounded tenors for Funny in '91 too (so sad that all the PBS broadcast caught was them almost falling over) Cavaliers in '92 added 3 basses during the drum feature (so they had 8) Madison in '96 had 8 tenors for the entire show (I don't know if it was IBM's recording, but those were the quietest 8 tenors ever...) Madison '98 moved the battery around throughout the show - tenors moved to snare in the opener, snares moved to tenor in Remembrance. Les Etoiles... can't remember the year... also moved their small battery from instrument to instrument through the show Boston 2003 put the tenors on snare for the intro to Malaguena. Stretching my memory here, but didn't Crown move the entire hornline to soprano/mello in '14 for part of Out of This World? And Phantom '06 moved everyone to baritone during the ballad? Mike Crown 2014: Yes, all the brass were on sop/mello at one point in the show. While we are recalling: Wasn't there another Corps in 2015 that did something similar? I think I heard commentary during a show that pointed this out, but I don't remember the Corps or the change. Help anyone? May not have been a Finals Corps, but I really don't know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) What weird or unexpected instrumentation has stood out to you that a corps has tried over the years, usually as an experiment for a particular show? Teal Sound.... utilized Rock Guitars in the World Class Division DCI Field competition for the first time, a few years back. That was a first, imo. I have no idea how the Rock Guitar performance execution is judged, nor what caption judge judged the playing that season, nor what the judges training, qualifications are on the proper playing technigues, sound quality, to come from the Rock Guitar instrument and from the Corps Rock Guitar performers. My guess, nobody else here can say for certain either.( haha!). Its a leap of faith when it comes to DCI judging and how they do their thing. Same as it ever was. But Teal Sound's utilization of Rock Guitars was " unexpected " for me. Heck, I did not even know DCI had approved this musical instrument for Field competition, until I saw it being judged on the field that season. Thats how " unexpected " it was for me as a long time fan when I saw it for the first time out there. Edited September 25, 2015 by BRASSO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad T. Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 It was Blue Knights (with the mirrors). The entire hornline was on mellophones and Baritones before breaking out into trumpets and tubas. The Mandarins had their guard playing brass for one section of their show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 And Academy, this year, had my favorite show moment when the on field percussion section became CG members and around 100 flags were used. More fans in the seats gave a quiet gasp when that moment took place than anything any other corps did during their shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 It was Blue Knights (with the mirrors). The entire hornline was on mellophones and Baritones before breaking out into trumpets and tubas. The Mandarins had their guard playing brass for one section of their show. It was the Mandarins I was thinking of. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfrontz Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 http://youtu.be/PH-aDgFbzpQ 2:15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthomas666 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 2006 PR -- sopranos moving over to baritones for the ballad 83-84 PR -- Tenors switching to snares for the end of 1812 (The recordings do NOT do it justice) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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