RiverCityAndTroopersFan Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I’ve been watching old Drum Corps shows and I am disappointed that the marching timpani is no longer around. Thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSnareDrummer Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Ask those who lugged those things around season after season how they feel. I sure wouldn't have wanted to do it. There was a certain charm of having one per drum from a coordination and musical standpoint and they did make your drum line bigger, but geesh, I always felt for those guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverCityAndTroopersFan Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 5 hours ago, OldSnareDrummer said: Ask those who lugged those things around season after season how they feel. I sure wouldn't have wanted to do it. There was a certain charm of having one per drum from a coordination and musical standpoint and they did make your drum line bigger, but geesh, I always felt for those guys. True. They just look sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 You wouldn't be disappointed if you ever had to carry one. Yes, they look "sick" but not worth the spinal disk fusion surgeries 40 years later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Wiedoeft Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 “disappointed that the marching timpani is no longer around“ I really miss those marching bells and xylophones too. Their dulcet tones reminded me of a ball-peen hammer to the ear drum. At least the timpani was a cool visual. Now about that color presentation……… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthomas666 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Marched xylophone in high school. The back issues started shortly thereafter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunther Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Another fantasy from the uninformed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DORCHESTER GUY Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 They looked incredible and sounded great when in tune. The problem was the tympani could be tuned by ear relative to each other, but it was often impossible to hear well-enough to tune to the horn line, especially when giant cymbals were stationed in between. The early move to "ground" tympani was beneficial to sound as well as bodies. I would never change the past, but I do have a fused disc and one leg 1/2 inch shorter than the other. The radiologist says it occurred "right around the age of 15", which was my first year carrying that instrument. We did always have a front row seat during concert, and got to hear a very ###### drum corps closer than anyone (inside the arc as FD would say), and see and hear the crowd sitting within feet of us. Marching tympani were a huge step in the evolution of drum corps, but tympani belong in the pit, being played by a single musician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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