Which instruments are normally in a marching band?
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Marching bands consist of woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments. Due to the physical movement of the ensemble and the fact that they are playing outside, the instruments used are those that are sturdy and portable and create a substantial volume of sound. The woodwinds most commonly used are piccolos, flutes, clarinets, and alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones. Brass instruments include trumpets, French horns, baritones, and sousaphones and/or tubas. Percussion instruments include bass drums, snare drums, crash cymbals, and glockenspiels. Try this link for more information: http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/instruments/marching.html
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Depending on what style of marching band you are in: Normal Brass: Trumpets, Mellophones, Marching Baritones, Trombones, Sousas. Woodwinds: Tenor Saxes, Saxes, Flutes, Piccolos, Clarinets, and Bass Clarinets Bassoons, Oboes, Contrabass clarinets, and Bari-saxes don't march because it's very hard to play and march at the same time. in Drum Corps Brass: Trumpets or Cornets, Flugelhorns sometimes, some use Herald Trumpets as well, Marching French Horns, Marching Euphoniums, or convertible concert euphoniums, convertible concert tubas, Trombones, and no woodwinds! Hope this helps! Sparrow
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Okay, here's what was in my high school marching band. Woodwinds: Piccolos, Flutes, Clarinets, Alto, tenor, and bari saxes. Brass: Trumpets, Mellophones, Trombones, Euphonium (we didn't have marching baritones), and tubas (no sousaphones, either) Percussion: Cymbals, marching snare, tenors (we had quints, not quads), and marching bass drums. The pit's equipment changed from year to year depending on the show. Usually there was a glockenspiel, xylophones, maybe a marimba, sometimes a set of tympani, a traps set... I've seen other bands with bass clarinets, bassoons, oboes, bagpipes...not common to me, obviously.
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Now most profesional marching bands are going to Drum Corps. Where you only have the Brass section and the two versions of drums, the drumline and the pit. But high school marching bands play every instrument so that the kids will all be able to play.
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The typical marching band consists of these instruments, but are not limited to: High Brass: Trumpets/Cornets, Mellos/Flugels (also known as Mellophones/Flugelhorns) Low Brass: Trombones, Baritones, Tubas/Sousaphones/Contras Woodwinds: Flutes/Piccolo, Clarinets, Alto/Tenor/Bari Sax (some also march bass clarinets & bassoons, but I believe they're quite rare) Drumline (Battery): Snares, Tenors, Quads/Quints/Tenors, Cymbals Drumline (Pit or Front Ensemble): Marimbas, Vibraphones, Xylophones, Glockenspiel, Drumset, Bass Drum, Gong, Tympani, other auxiliary percussion. If you'd like to get into the color guard also, they use flags and weapons such as rifles and sabres, and other various objects (depending on the show theme/interpretation). Once again, the guard is not limited to these three things. Drum Corps, on the other hand (DCI) adopts a strictly brass rule, consisting of only brass and guard. This creates a rich, full, darker sound. High Brass: Trumpets/Cornets, Mellos (I don't believe they march flugels, i'm not sure) Low Brass: Baritones, Contras/Tubas
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Usally it is the Brass Section like the Trumpets, Tubas, Baritone, Trombones, and Mellepones. The French Horn and the normal baritone can't not be played at the marching because they are ment for concert bands. Woodwinds usally don't count because they are usally at concert bands with Violins, strings, and clarinets. Trust me, I am in a Marching band and it doesn't look right to see the flutes in it because of there positon. It looks very unconfertable.
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We actually have 3 barisaxes in our marching band=)
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