Drum Corps or Marching Bands with Woodwinds?

wjdrummer · Post by **wjdrummer** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:57 am

Just seeing what people like best I, personally like Drum Corps.

redbeard · Post by **redbeard** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:56 am

Gotta love the strength and pure power horns can provide. Gotta love the timbre, texture winds have. How do you eliminate those woodwinds? My vote......................Woodwinds and horns together please!

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:46 am

Personally, I don't think woodwinds add much on the field. Brass and percussion are 99% of the necessary sound and timbre (for me) in field shows. So I went with drum corps.

redbeard · Post by **redbeard** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:26 pm

San Jose State University has a nice mix of sound. They allow saxes in addition to the brass and percussion.

geefunk1026 · Post by **geefunk1026** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:07 am

It's really tough to compare the two. Great high school and college marching bands will never be as strong as a winning drum corps because of the amount of time a drum corps has to clean, so it is easy to like drum corps better.
However, anyone who has seen Mt. Carmel this year knows that woodwinds can be very effective in a marching band show.
When woodwinds are allowed in drum corps (even though many think this would be completely unacceptable), we might be able to compare them fairly. Until that time, I vote for the textures possible with woodwinds, and the percision of every day rehearsals throughout the summer.
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Mark Stone · Post by **Mark Stone** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:22 am

These are two different beasts; like comparing an orchestra to a wind ensemble. I enjoy them both.

And those who think the woods add nothing to the marching band are listening to the wrong bands....just my opinion.

BD94Euph · Post by **BD94Euph** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:12 pm

I agree with Mark. Gotta be smart about "featuring" woodwinds though. many times lost in the tutti band sound. Staging has a LOT to do with sound on the field. (flutes behind the battery makes it tough to appreciate them)

AznAlexT · Post by **AznAlexT** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:19 am

redbeard wrote:Gotta love the strength and pure power horns can provide. Gotta love the timbre, texture winds have. How do you eliminate those woodwinds?

exactly! you can't completely eliminate the woodwinds!

cause if people did, i would need to pick up a new instrument. haha.

redbeard · Post by **redbeard** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:13 am

Do I hear PERCUSSION in your future?

Easy transition from flute to marching bass drum or mallet instruments

AznAlexT · Post by **AznAlexT** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:59 pm

redbeard wrote:Do I hear PERCUSSION in your future? Easy transition from flute to marching bass drum or mallet instruments

well, maybe not percussion.

but ill put in the effort to pick up a brass instrument if i have too.

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