DezertTundra Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I think there are only two different ways. -Go to your dot -Guide to the form I like going to my dot, if you guide there alot of funk potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Dots are one of the reasons that I see so many awful lines. Lots of good and bad to both approaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megadrive Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 HAHA this scenario leads to much drum corps/marching band hilarity "This line is crooked...Sarah, move a little to your right" "But I'm on my dot!" "..........I DON'T GIVE A FLYING #### WHERE YOU ARE! GUIDE TO ####### FORM!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 HAHA this scenario leads to much drum corps/marching band hilarity"This line is crooked...Sarah, move a little to your right" "But I'm on my dot!" "..........I DON'T GIVE A FLYING #### WHERE YOU ARE! GUIDE TO ####### FORM!!!!" I loooove that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawaiituba Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 ok say im a rookie that wants to go to Blue Devils. How do i march Form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebirdy Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 ok say im a rookie that wants to go to Blue Devils. How do i march Form? I've always learned and taught form marching so here's a short summary (emphasis on short): Except for the extreme cases of form marching, you will always have a dot. However, if your exact dot according to the page were to be the size of a tennis ball, your actual "dot" is more like the size of a beach ball. You always head in the correct direction and step size of your dot, taking even sized steps, but you must remain in the form the whole time. Essentially, there is a never a break of the "picture" on the field. If the entire form is off by a step, then if you are in your dot you are wrong. Once you are given a dress center or other dressing time, you fix the form by going to your dot, and then adjusting to the form around you. This can be terrible if people around you do not know their dots, as the whole form will drift away from what is suppose to be. However, if used correctly, I believe it results in cleaner non-linear forms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonHill Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 ok say im a rookie that wants to go to Blue Devils. How do i march Form? You're looking at going next season, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerguy315 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 ok say im a rookie that wants to go to Blue Devils. How do i march Form? you march to your dot, making small adjustments to stay in the form. You should hit your dot, but you can adjust so you're in the form. basically... if you are in a curve, and your coordinates put you half a step in front of the form, you slightly adjust your coordinates so you are in the form. You don't stand outside the form and go "I am right, I'm on my dot!" The dot is a guideline, which tells you where-ish you should be. If the form hits 12.5 steps behind the hash, and it is supposed to be 12... you put yourself at 12.5, with the rest of the form. In unskilled groups (many high school marching bands) you "fit to the form" significantly more, which can end up pushing shapes 3 or more steps from the dots. This extreme "form marching" doesn't happen in drum corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellbloo Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 From my experience you use the dot system to learn the drill (and clean a little), and then use the form system to make the forms perfect, later in the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contrajedi8 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I am in my dot. I am right. The rest of you are wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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