Drum Ripples

[Bob Brady]

Here's my "horn player from 30 years ago" take on all of this.....

Y'all can Bicker & B### all you want , but..

1. The North Star "Chrome Wall" Kicked A##!!

2.Old School Drumlines Rock!!

3. That clip was cool as H###!!!

"nuff said.

*time to take my meds* :P

[Orpheus]

One more little comment, the 100 million thing obviously isn't a reflection of this particular group's popularity or anything, it's the number of people around the world who will watch the Edinburgh Tatoo on television. I doubt those Swiss guys are seen by anything approaching that number in a normal year. If an American drum & bugle corps performed there, they'd be seen by 100 million viewers, too. It's not out of the realm of possibility, either. I remember seeing an American college marching band there one time, years ago. I forget who it was, though. They're not all military units, although most of them are military or police or other official government bands from various countries.

[johnboy]

does anyone know how to do them.

[bluecoats88]

does anyone know how to do them.

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yeah most any Drum Corps bass drummer can do that. It's the same principle as what a bass line plays the whole show. All it is is a split part going down the snare line. whether it's an eighth note, 2 sixteenths, a tripple run, a 5 stroke roll, or 4 32nd notes the same principle applies and that is counting.

lets say you want a 5 stroke roll rippled down an 8 man snare line.

player one starts his roll on beat 1 and end on the upbeat 1+

player two starts his roll on the upbeat 1+ and ends his on 2

player three starts on 2 and ends on 2+

etc....

got it?

[drumcat]

Are they sure it's a 100 million, or is that spread out over several parades on different days? LMAO

[SkyRyder_FMM]

Are they sure it's a 100 million, or is that spread out over several parades on different days?  LMAO

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That worlwide audience figures for the Edinbugh Tattoo - a huge international event that gets little to no converage in the US.

[bluecoats88]

That worlwide audience figures for the Edinbugh Tattoo - a huge international event that gets little to no converage in the US.

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I think he was making a joke dude because everyone is up in arms about the DCI attendance being 50,000 and people are saying that's for the whole week

[SkyRyder_FMM]

I think he was making a joke dude because everyone is up in arms about the DCI attendance being 50,000 and people are saying that's for the whole week

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Ah - I read it the other way. Guess I need to stop being so serious, eh?

:P

[Orpheus]

That worlwide audience figures for the Edinbugh Tattoo - a huge international event that gets little to no converage in the US.

Seriously, though it did used to be on A&E or some similar cable channel. Is it still? I haven't seen it in a while. But yeah, in many other parts of the world, especially in many Commonwealth of Nations type countries, I understand that it's extremely popular.

[tommytimp]

I remember seeing it somewhere like A&E or PBS or somewhere a couple of times-good stuff if you're into military bands.

The most interesting thing to me about that clip is the flag corps actually spinning and tossing the Swiss colors. I don't think that would go over well with Old Glory.