David W. Fenton wrote:
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).
Wow, that was one change I hadn't been aware of. Incredible!
So much for any sort of "bugle" realism!
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David H. Bailey
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