Boof96 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 check this one out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HylianHero Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 That's how we do them at Colorado State. They're built into the pregame. That was early in the season, for the last few, we did them blindfolded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake_the_hydra Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 What was so bad about them? I'm all for experimentation in bell-front brass instrumentation. I love what the Blue Devils tried with the Meehaphones in the late eighties...corps should try that stuff now. Maybe a whole section of piccolo trumpets, or bass trumpets, or fluegelhorns, or altophones, or valve trombones... Screw woodwinds, vocals, and electronics...you can experiment with something the activity is actually about. let's don't and say we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Burger Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 What was so bad about them? I'm all for experimentation in bell-front brass instrumentation. I love what the Blue Devils tried with the Meehaphones in the late eighties...corps should try that stuff now. Maybe a whole section of piccolo trumpets, or bass trumpets, or fluegelhorns, or altophones, or valve trombones... Screw woodwinds, vocals, and electronics...you can experiment with something the activity is actually about. I totally agree. The drum corps activity does not need to create new rules for the addition of new instruments to make the activity more exciting. Why not use what we already have available to us already? There are many different avenues that can be taken in the percussion field as well as different arrangement of brass instruments. Lets see how creative they can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrothgar15 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 let's don't and say we did. Good lord... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manedible Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 What was so bad about them? I'm all for experimentation in bell-front brass instrumentation. I love what the Blue Devils tried with the Meehaphones in the late eighties...corps should try that stuff now. Maybe a whole section of piccolo trumpets, or bass trumpets, or fluegelhorns, or altophones, or valve trombones... Screw woodwinds, vocals, and electronics...you can experiment with something the activity is actually about. I agree, too. I forget that there is so much room to explore with in the guidelines. Good point Hrothgar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMBob Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Explore within the guidelines - an awesome idea! I have always wondered about experimenting with different bell-front brass, including alto and bass trumpets, higher key trumpets, flugels (used differently), and the cornet family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR_ducky Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 What was so bad about them? I'm all for experimentation in bell-front brass instrumentation. I love what the Blue Devils tried with the Meehaphones in the late eighties...corps should try that stuff now. Maybe a whole section of piccolo trumpets, or bass trumpets, or fluegelhorns, or altophones, or valve trombones... Screw woodwinds, vocals, and electronics...you can experiment with something the activity is actually about. speaking of ######## instruments, I remember back in the mid 80s (85?) Regiment had DEG make these horns to fill in between the French horns and Baritones. Can't remember what they called them, but looked like a small baritone and used a 12c mouthpiece. the tuning on them was atrocious and they only got used for 1 year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrothgar15 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 (edited) Imagine a fortissimo, perfectly in tune ensemble sound from an hornline comprised of these. Edited January 15, 2007 by Hrothgar15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornoBehnke Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 (edited) Imagine a fortissimo, perfectly in tune ensemble sound from an hornline comprised of these. ehh... Easier said then done. We only use 4-5 types of brass instruments for a reason, it is hard enough to get what we have now to sound good. How many people here have EVER heard more then ONE piccolo trumpet at a time? maybe blast did it, but that is all I can think of right now. Same with the other non corps instruments, they are never really played more then one in an ensemble because it is almost impossible to play them. I am sure they have been times when you have 5-10 pics, but you are not getting a bunch of 18-20 year old music ed majors to play them. Edited January 15, 2007 by CornoBehnke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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