Super Don-O Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Did DCI ever vote to permit woodwinds? Or is the harmonica synth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStainGlass Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Super Don-O said: Did DCI ever vote to permit woodwinds? Or is the harmonica synth? It's a real harmonica but I bet it gets past the rules as a percussive instrument. I know years ago someone used an instrument under it being a pit instrument when it clearly wasn't. From dictionary.com noun 1.Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones. 2.any of various percussion instruments that use graduated bars of metal or other hard material as sounding elements. Edited July 7, 2023 by BlueStainGlass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Don-O Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) So perhaps the reeds being metal is their workaround? I have always seen the instrument considered a woodwind previously. Edited July 7, 2023 by Super Don-O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 5 hours ago, Super Don-O said: Did DCI ever vote to permit woodwinds? Or is the harmonica synth? DCI is waiting until after Troopers semi-final performance to hit them w/ 10 point penalty for illegal instrumentation. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 20 hours ago, Super Don-O said: Did DCI ever vote to permit woodwinds? Or is the harmonica synth? They don’t actually ‘need’ a harmonica or a synth. Check out the beat-boxer on this video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamborista Viejo Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 I'm loving TLTS. Looking at the recaps in the last couple shows, the Troopers are getting high marks for Music and Percussion. Still lots of cleaning to do visually which is hurting them. If they can get Guard and Visuals cleaned up, I truly believe this will be the highest scoring year in Troopers history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phan1738 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Question.. if DCI actually did rule the harmonica as illegal instrumentation, could Troopers just record it as play it back as a 'sound effect'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGCpimpOtimp Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 They'd have to play it back one note at a time. That's why the current state of the rules is silly. You can't play the real instrument, but faking it on a synth is fine. I wish DCI would allow for like a "5 or fewer "anything goes"" instruments for cases like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 34 minutes ago, MGCpimpOtimp said: They'd have to play it back one note at a time. That's why the current state of the rules is silly. You can't play the real instrument, but faking it on a synth is fine. I wish DCI would allow for like a "5 or fewer "anything goes"" instruments for cases like this. Ready the sax quartet for Bloo. [dons my nomex suit] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denverjohn Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 55 minutes ago, phan1738 said: Question.. if DCI actually did rule the harmonica as illegal instrumentation, could Troopers just record it as play it back as a 'sound effect'? Kind of like recording your own horn line, then changing the pitch and coming back in again on a different chord after you do a visual "tilt"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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