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A bass drum is a relatively large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. The bass drums are of variable sizes and are used in several musical genres (see usage below). Three major types of bass drums can be distinguished: the large orchestral bass drum, the smaller 'kick' drum, and the pitched bass drums. The type usually seen or heard in orchestral, ensemble or concert band music is the orchestral, or concert bass drum (in italian: gran cassa, gran tamburo). It is the largest drum of the orchestra. The 'kick' drum, struck with a beater attached to a pedal, is usually seen on drum kits. The third type, the pitched bass drum, is generally used in marching bands and drum corps. This particular type of drum is tuned to a specific pitch and is usually played in a set of three to five drums. The bass drum was imported from the Middle East. It is a direct descendant of the davul. ... Read more

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Corps Syle Marching
This book is helpful in understanding the history of the marching band.Maneuvers, percussion, color guard style, and other factors have changed drastically since 1977, but some of the basic elements of show design andteaching marching fundamentals remain constant.This is a good resourcefor the marching band director who wishes to understand the evolution ofthe marching band into its present form and function. ... Read more

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Ionisation for Percussion Ensemble of 13 Players ... Read more

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Thanks for the quick delivery. Glad to have this score. It will come in handy in the future. The fact that it's physically larger than other editions of the score is a bonus. This is has the additions of the final edition made in 1967 including the correct tempo markings, a few tremelos and some accents.

revolution/evolution
Lion's Roars, cloches, Field drums, tam-tam, Sirens, snare drums, temple block,s wood blocks, cymbals, Varese was hovering around the physical world, he was always interested in how blocks, and densities, like the growing experiences of cities made its way into the world of sound, of timbre. He always had more ideas than he knew what to do with, but his rather modest oeuvres had cast a beacon well into and past what we now call post-modernity. He thought percussion alone could be utilized for materials in music, It is music, although this piece is unfortunatly the most copied, by Hollywood chase scenes and creeping terminators but all the innovators, this was a work everyone needed to get past,we really don't know if anyone did and since then there have been attempts at purely percussion works perhaps holding in abeyance that modernity has past by all of us, as it has past as an angel of 'illumination' or darkness, as the 'sulphurs' of all the 20th Century wars,corruption(s), greed and genocides seems to be with us as strongly as ever.Well EREWHON by Hughes Dufourt is a tepid, tenuous piece, measuring the thousands of timbral particles,prior to its construction;It holds its own something Varese would have liked to hear.Steve Reich also with his modest piece for four woodblocks still contains a gentle fascination, and early Cage. The unaccompanied percussion solos was a good place Ionization felt its influence, Ferneyhough's "Bone Alphabet", Feldman's "King of Denmark". Ralph Shapey as well of all the post dodecaphonists held a close association to 'Ionization' and Varese in philosophy, freedom, committment and timbre.Curious how the percussion solo after the Wars became tamer than 'Ionization', not nearly as explosive,or brutal, percussion inhabited a Zen garden(well with Cage)a lyrical place "quieting" the populations. ... Read more

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The animal musicians of the Marching Smithereens introduce all the instruments and sounds of a marching band, in playful illustrations and a rhythmic, festive text. By the author and illustrator of Meet the Orchestra. ... Read more

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The best book in the world!
I may be a bit biased, since the author is my mom, but so what ... I think it's a greaaaaat book.

Incredible Illustrations!
This book offers good information about what various instruments sound like & has terrific watercolor illustrations of animals playing those instruments. ... Read more

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Marching band. Rehearsal, Bands of America, Brass band, Color guard (flag spinning), Drum and bugle corps (classic), Drum and bugle corps (modern), Drum major, Marching percussion, Military band, Scramble band, United States Scholastic Band Association,Ottoman military band. ... Read more

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Chapters: The Stooges, Iggy Pop, Andrew W.k., Bob Seger, Michigan Marching Band, Robert Ashley, Tally Hall, Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, Wolf Eyes, Disco D, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Taproot, Tom Smith, Src, Circle Confusion, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre ... Read more

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Chapters: Western Carolina Catamounts, Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band, Wwcu, Hunter Library, Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Western Carolina University (WCU) is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The university is a constituent campus of the University of North Carolina system. The fifth oldest institution of the sixteen four-year universities in the UNC system, the university was founded to educate the people of the western North Carolina mountains. The university has expanded its mission to serve the entire state and the nation and has grown to become a major cultural, scientific, and educational force in the state and region. WCU now serves more than 9,500 full time undergraduate and post graduate students, providing an education to students from 46 states and 39 countries. Map of North Carolina highlighting Jackson County, NCWestern Carolina University is located in Jackson County, in the unincorporated village of Cullowhee, North Carolina. The university operates satellite campuses in both Asheville and Cherokee with programs offered online and at various community colleges. The main campus is located in a valley of the Tuckasegee River between the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains, 52 miles (84 km) west of Asheville, North Carolina and 5 miles south of Sylva, NC. The university lies close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Reservation (officially known as the Qualla Boundary) and some of the nation's most beautiful national forest lands. At an elevation of 2,100 feet (640 m), but located in a thermal valley, the campus enjoys the best of all four season...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=200582 ... Read more

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Commentary (music and lyrics not included).Chapters: Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band, Mighty Sound of the Southeast, War Eagle, University of Alabama Traditions, Rocky Top, Dynamite, Glory, Glory, the Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way, Calling the Hogs, Hail State, Orange and Blue, Forward Rebels, On, On, U of K, Kentucky Fight. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 74. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band also called The Golden Band from Tigerland or simply the Tiger Bandis known by LSU Tiger fans and foes alike for the first four notes of its pregame salute sounded on Saturday nights in Tiger Stadium. This 325-member marching band performs at all LSU football home games, all bowl games, and select away games and represents the University at other functions as one of its most recognizable student and spirit organizations. Led by the drum major, the band takes the field for its traditional pregame performance. The LSU Tiger Band began as a military band in 1893, organized by two students: Wylie M. Barrow and Ruffin G. Pleasant. Pleasant, who later became governor of the state of Louisiana, served as director of the eleven-piece cadet band. (Pleasant was also quarterback of the football team and is credited along with football coach Charles E. Coates with changing LSUs official school colors from blue and white to purple and gold.) The band averaged thirteen members in its early years. In his written history of the band, current director of bands Frank Wickes describes the band's formative years: By the turn of the century the Cadet Band also became a marching unit. Tours of the state and appearances at Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans became early traditions. In 1904, the band joined four companies of cadets from LSU for a pe...http://booksllc.net/?id=12710708 ... Read more

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A dazzling pictorial celebration of the Michigan Band
"A Portrait of Tradition" chronicles the history of the Michigan Marching Band, through spectacular photographs, in celebration of the band's centennial season. As the most visible symbol of the University, theMichigan Marching Band's unique mixture of tradition and innovation shinethrough in this beautiful 160 page pictorial. A "must-have" for anyone whoenjoys one of America's great Saturday traditions-- the Michigan MarchingBand.

A Book of Historical Excellence
This book is an exciting look into the history of the Michigan Marching Band.Produced in part by the band members, it has a unique and colorful examination of that which makes the band what it is today -- anorganization of class, commitment and excellence. I truly enjoyed thisbook. ... Read more

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Chapters: Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina Regimental Band, Appalachian State University Marching Mountaineers, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Marching Mocs, Georgia Southern University Southern Pride Marching Band, Elon University Fire of the Carolinas Marching Band, Furman University Paladin Regiment Marching Band, Samford University Bulldog Marching Band,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Catamount Marching Band (also known as The Pride of the Mountains) is the marching band of Western Carolina University and the most recent recipient of the Sudler Trophy. The band performs pre-game, half-time, and post-game shows at all Catamount Football home games and provides exhibition performances throughout the Carolinas. The Pride of the Mountains has been featured several times as an exhibition band at the BOA Grand National Championships (a showcase for the nation's top high school marching bands) and at four BOA regional competitions in Atlanta, Georgia. The band will be participating in the 2011 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. Western Carolina's marching band was founded 1938 with 23 students at Western Carolina Teachers College. In 1991 the band numbered 88 total members, including 18 dancers. Since that time the band has experienced a steady growth to its present membership level of approximately just over 350 members. The marching band is open to all Western Carolina students regardless of class or major, with approximately 60% of its members non-music majors. In 2008, the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band was the special guest at the 2008 Bands of America Grand National Championships in Indianapolis, an honor given to only 1 college band ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22999280 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Princeton University Band, Harvard University Band, Stanford Band, Marching Owl Band, Yale Precision Marching Band, Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad, Scramble Band, Virginia Pep Band, Columbia University Marching Band, the University of Pennsylvania Band, Brown University Band, Bronco Pep Band, Dartmouth College Marching Band, Huskies Pep Band, Humboldt State University Marching Lumberjacks. Excerpt:Cal Poly Pomona Bronco Pep Band The Bronco Pep Band is an entirely student-run band at Cal Poly Pomona . The band is currently a group within the Athletic Department. It follows the tradition of marching bands such Stanford's Stanford Band or Rice's Marching Owl Band in the sense that the Bronco Pep Band focuses on the individuality of each one of its members. However, not having a football team, there is no need for this band to march. The pep band is entirely voluntary and all students at Cal Poly Pomona or anyone else in the area are free to join. History The first spirit band on campus was actually a marching band that was formed to support the Cal Poly Pomona football team, however, the program disbanded due to financial struggles and progressively the Bronco marching band did as well. For a while it survived as a pep band but around 1992, the band disappeared altogether. Nonetheless, Bronco athletics continued on playing at a competitive level without a band to support them throughout the 90s. As the new millennium arrived, the women s basketball team achieved back-to-back NCAA Division II national championships and the men s basketball started to become a dominant force, and the need for a spirit group became increasingly obvious to the university's Faculty Athletics Representative, Dr. James E. Swartz, who suggested late in 2001 to then Director of Athletics Dr. Dan Bridges, that ... ... Read more