On 18 Aug 2008 at 15:54, dhbailey wrote: > Maybe that's why the name is "Drum Corps International" and > not "Drum and Bugle Corps International" anymore -- all it > is in reality is simply a brass band pitched in G, where all > the instruments are of the horn family and none from the > trombone/trumpet family.
Since 2004, they aren't even pitched in G -- they allowed them to start using Bb instruments, and the big corps like Santa Clara Vanguard switched immediately (one of the reasons they sound better than they ever have!). I know this because my roommate was a contra player that year (if it wasn't 2004, it was the year they did Scheherazade). -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
