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Are Basslines respected in the Drumline community?


Matthew Hines

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in most cases i do believe so. snares often get the most attention and have since God created the drum however

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On 8/31/2022 at 10:57 PM, Matthew Hines said:

I am a bass drummer from Muscle Shoals High school in Alabama, and I've been wondering if we are even respected, I mean we're not even audible even at full playing potential. 

Yes, you are respected.

If you aren't even audible then that is a balance/tuning issue your staff needs to address. I can hear my bass drum section just fine in the context of a marching band.

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yes,  most of the other sections, Tenors and Snares don't understand how we are able to play all that split stuff, and they are impressed as hell by it.  had one of the tenors I had marched with back in the 80's tell me in the 2022 bluecoats alumni corps that he doesn't know how we do that, referring to our splits and runs.

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