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 Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:17 pm
OK I don't know about anyone else out there but does there ever seem to be a fued between the pit and drumline?
All throughout marching season all I hear is how drumline is so much better than pit. Why? Because they march. Now I'm not dissing drumline but I have a lot of resentment towards that because of my involvment in the pit.
I have been pit section leader for the past two years so I get a little edgey when drumline starts in on us. I'm not saying one is better than the other I'm saying we both have our more diffifult aspects that the other would not understand... For example:
DRUMLINE: Yes they march. But all they do is read rythms. If you're play snare of tenors this doesn't totally affect you, you both can get difficult rythms that I don't even want to attempt unless I have to. Bass players to me have it easy.... you have fairly simple rythms and the only thing that poses any effort is counting which beats you play on. I love drumline don't get me wrong, there is no way I could play something and march at the same time....
PIT: yes we get to stand in front of everyone and just play. I want to see some of these drummer play some of our music. We actually have notes to read and I know I had to play with 4 mallets 95% of the time. We do get luxuries like standing and doing nothing when you all run drills but it takes weeks even mouths to memorize our music due to all the different elements and parts that get involved.
NOw both have their good and bad things about them but what I can say for both is we work hard and when it comes down to it we're awsome. My percussion section alone was ranked 2nd in the state of Florida so we know how to bring it lol.
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:48 pm
In my personal experiance, the biggest fued between pit and drumline is:
DL: Lucky, you get to sit on yer arse. >____<;
Pit: Yup! ^^ But at least you don't have to roll those chimes up and down a hill to get to practice! ^^;
xD
I was in pit my freshman year, that was seriously the worst thing, people complaining that the pit was full of lucky mofos.
x3
Now there's no fueding of any form due to the lack of a pit because of the former pit member being in the drumline now and myself returning to the flute.
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:34 am
Our pit and drumline actually get along really well. We have nicknamed each other our percussion cousins.
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:30 pm
We actually get along too. We're like a big dysfunctional family.
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:33 pm
Our pit and drumline love eachother. We practice field show music together and give eachother tips. like they tell us when we speed up and we let them know when they messed up a trippelet or something like that. our pit is tiny tho. only like 3 people. its sad. Pit is awesome! and its fun to! You get to not march! and you get to play with random Percussion toys and mallet instroments! Why would someone not want to play pit? I dont know. . . . lol heart love for pit!
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:40 pm
im a fan of both, my skills are in mallet but my dream is in tenor...but we dont have that much seperation were all pretty mixed.
but now that i think about it im the only real mallet playing dude they all wanna play snare i just care for tenor bass and mallet and timpony
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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:20 am
Now I don't know what type of music your bass line has, but I've seen the snare and bass music this year for my school. the snare parts I can practically sight read (Which is weird cause usually it takes a while to learn snare music). The bass parts (I'm bass drums 2+4 we do stacked bass drums at my school. One on top of the other. A bit heavier than most tenor sets. ) are insane. We do not have more than 1 measure of rest in the whole show. We have 32nd notes split between all the drums. So, Although I can see your argument about the two different sides of the percussion section, I would appreciate you not undermining any of the instruments.
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:58 pm
I'm sorry, but i don't understand your pain, for my school doesn't have a pit. However, what you said about basses, is just not true. It can be really hard, especially because your trying to have 4 people play as if they are 1 person, which can get hard, especially when your instructor only gives you the hard music.
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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:27 am
drumline IS better than pit b/c you have to work out and drum your fingers to the bone. pit takes everyone. its nonexclusive, and even includes the "alter-pit" which are alternates that cant march OR play.
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:34 pm
i'm in the drumline and this may seem biased but i definintely think the line is beter. i mean my best friend is in the pit (xylophone) but theres absolutely no competition between the pit and the line; in fact we consider the pit to be part of the line itself! mrgreen
but i do believe that the line is better because the marching instruments that the line has are more powerful, i suppose.
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:51 pm
OMG!! I totally know what you mean! >.< I mean personally, I think they are both equally good and equally needed.
Battery is the heart of the band and are essential for marching band. And they read really hard rythmes which, of course, isn't easy.
But pit like...frames the band. The band sounds empty without us. I mean, sure we don't march, but we play with 4 mallets and read both hard rythmes and notes. And if we mess up, the whole band/audince knows.
I don't believe one is better then the other and BOTH need to stop being in competition for each other cause we are both part of the same thing.
the marching band drumline 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:58 am
In the words of my percussion teacher, Mr. Blair, I would like to say this;
"The band is like a plain cake, then the drumline comes in a screws everything over with a ton of icing, finally there is the pit who puts the sprinkles and designs on top."
I tried out for tenors freshman year. I made it, however I was a stick of a girl and I could not hold them. They moved me to bass drum and me and a senior battled it out for the spot. Of course the senior won. However, that made me a very well-rounded person for pit.
In pit I tried out against ten people for timpani. I beat all those sorry, miserable excuses for percussionists. xD
Timpani...I soon found out, was a b***h to learn. I learned, became bad a** at it, and gained respect from all grades. Our drumline (pit&line) are like a family. Except for people on the rack and bells. xD
ONE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER~~~~
But timpani is one of the most difficult instruments to play. You let me know otherwise...and you're in for a flaming, bitchy, debate. biggrin
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:32 am
Pit kicks DL a**!
And Pit members kick each others asses...
I have a philosophy:
If Band is a family than Pit would be the in-laws.
My band's Pit, anyway.
Oblivion's right, they can't exist without the other.
But Timpani is the best. Can't play but still great.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:33 am
Pit kicks DL a**!
And Pit members kick each others asses...
I have a philosophy:
If Band is a family than Pit would be the in-laws.
My band's Pit, anyway.
Oblivion's right, they can't exist without the other.
But Timpani is the best. Can't play but still great.
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