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 Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:23 pm
How sad....
But no cymbals make the show intiresting!
(Marching ones... that is...)
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:36 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:45 pm
ok so here is my whole thing with cymbals...
they are the best thing a drumline can have...because cymbals are the only ones who know how to rock em high...trust me... my drumline this past year was 5 basses, 2 tenors, 3 snares, and 2 cymbals, and we were one kickass drumline... you name a cadence and we could play it, of course our basses had been in there spots for 2 years so they new how to play.... cymbals are the icing on the cake as my band director would always tell us... and believe it or not alot of judges like cymbals, especially when they do visuals... you do not realize how many extra points our visuals got us... anyway...there is my view on cymbals, oh and our assistant band director was a cymbalist in the virginia tech drumline for four years, its not that he couldnt get anything else...he just had to much fun playing cymbals...any questions about our cadences or anything...plz pm me...i love talkin about our drumline...i might even send some vids....
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:57 am
skyboy22 ok so here is my whole thing with cymbals... they are the best thing a drumline can have...because cymbals are the only ones who know how to rock em high...trust me... my drumline this past year was 5 basses, 2 tenors, 3 snares, and 2 cymbals, and we were one kickass drumline... you name a cadence and we could play it, of course our basses had been in there spots for 2 years so they new how to play.... cymbals are the icing on the cake as my band director would always tell us... and believe it or not alot of judges like cymbals, especially when they do visuals... you do not realize how many extra points our visuals got us... anyway...there is my view on cymbals, oh and our assistant band director was a cymbalist in the virginia tech drumline for four years, its not that he couldnt get anything else...he just had to much fun playing cymbals...any questions about our cadences or anything...plz pm me...i love talkin about our drumline...i might even send some vids.... lol, our percussion won 3rd in one of the comps. we went to because of cymbal visuals. all the other bands had huge pits and batteries, and they were all really good, and we have a tiny pit. (no really, there were 3 people in pit.) and a medium line (10 ppl) but our drumline had such cool visuals for us, and we beat out most of the other percussion sections. blaugh
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:51 pm
We've never had a cymbal line (at least in the past 3 years I've been here). The music department (mainly the band) is so under appreciate. I fear that soon there will be no marching band because it just keeps getting smaller and smaller! crying
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:37 am
That's a shame...
I love cymbals.
But I know that they gotta be really gooud.
They can really up visual points.
And I love their effects.
I learned how to play them, but I love bass drum alot more. ;}
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:43 pm
musicaloner7 That's a shame...
I love cymbals.
But I know that they gotta be really gooud.
They can really up visual points.
And I love their effects.
I learned how to play them, but I love bass drum alot more. ;} Yeah bass drum! *high five* And I totally agree with you. I wouldn't want to march in a cymbal line (I'd feel like an even bigger dork xd ) but they are really cool to watch. Some of the things they can do are just soo cool!
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:53 am
GoddessOfTheGods musicaloner7 That's a shame...
I love cymbals.
But I know that they gotta be really gooud.
They can really up visual points.
And I love their effects.
I learned how to play them, but I love bass drum alot more. ;} Yeah bass drum! *high five* And I totally agree with you. I wouldn't want to march in a cymbal line (I'd feel like an even bigger dork xd ) but they are really cool to watch. Some of the things they can do are just soo cool! I'm the opposite. I hate being the one not really doing much cuz my drum weighs more than me when there are people doing awesome visuals! I love marching Cymbals! so fun! So fun...
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:27 pm
my band lost all members of the drumline except 2 who are sophomores. so now we had 1 freshman come up playing snare and 2 people had to switch over to base drum. so we have 1 quads, 2 snares and 2 base drums. our drum major plays cymbals for the star spangled banner but thats it.
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:07 pm
I've never played cymbals during marching band season, but they are important. For my school, they spin on the field. They are especially important if your band DOESN'T HAVE A PIT. (Cause not all bands do. I can't think of one!)
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:24 pm
i was for half the year (thank GOD)it was awsome because theres no 1 who can read percussion well enough to play there was like 9 of us so i was always being being moved ive played trips snare bass cymbals mallets drum set triangle (once) cow bell marcas(?) and so on ive played almost everything
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:30 pm
Mordeckai I've never played cymbals during marching band season, but they are important. For my school, they spin on the field. They are especially important if your band DOESN'T HAVE A PIT. (Cause not all bands do. I can't think of one!) lol, me and my other cymbal player spin all the time! Its so fun, but your thumbs get skinned for it. When i was learning how they said "If it doesn't hurt, your not doing it right."
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:01 pm
alhandra patchoulii I hate plates.
Marching cymbals is completely optional.
I don't see the point of them, anyway, the parts could easily be covered in the pit. It's like battery for beginners. rolleyes not true. marching cymbals have all types of sounds. in the pit, the most we do with cymbals, is hit suspended cymbals. in the line, they do all types of stuff, like sizzles, crashes, bell taps, and flashes. they add flash to the line, while making the music thicker ( if you know what i mean)
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Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:44 pm
We had a Marching Cybalist last year, be since he graduated nobody filled his spot. :/
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:59 pm
Anyone who says that marching cymbals contribute nothing to a line has never seen nor heard a good cymbal line. Our line marches 9 cymbal players and we try to play with a corps style technique (which allows for a variety of sound effects) in addition to doing a lot of visual stuff. And when you have 18 cymbals to work with, the sky's the limit on visuals. While they are a less significant factor to the sound, I think a talented cymbal line is more entertaining to watch than a battery section.
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