front ensemble
another name for front ensemble.
what is pit?
the main 3 drums in drumline.
what are snare, tenors, and bass
what are woodwinds and brass?
the main 3 things used in color guard.
what are flag, rifle and sabre?
what DCI stands for.
what is drum corps international?
the largest mallet instrument in the front ensemble.
what is marimba?
circular disks held on either hand, though more traditional, is seen in many of the latest bands.
what are cymbals?
the 4 brass instruments in marching band.
what are trumpet, mellophone, euphonium, and tuba (unspecified).
the angle of a certain kind of toss that is commonly used with a lasso motion, one handed, or two handed.
what is 45 degrees?
the time when dci takes place.
what is the summer?
the 2 other different mallet instruments occasionally paired with the xylophone.
what are crotales and glockenspiel/ bells?
a different drumline (and pit) specific ensemble that occurs after the marching band season and before the dci season.
a secondary marching wind ensemble that isnt marching band or dci.
what is indoor winds?
another color guard ensemble that occurs off the season of both marching band and dci.
what is winter gaurd?
the only family of wind instruments in dci.
what is brass?
the small cymbal that makes the loud ding sound typically played by the xylophone player.
the sound/ word that drumline members make/ say in order to keep time on the field without counting numbers.
the two different types of marching tubas.
what are the sousaphone and contra?
the name of the (tarp) part of a flag.
what is the silk?
the location of dci finals.
What is indianapolis, indiana? (+200 bonus points) in the lucas oil stadium.
the person who operates a large box on wheels that plays the sounds of the show. typically with a keyboard or synthesizer below.
who is the audio engineer?
a singular drum, low in pitch, and low in sound. used to train worse players how to play so they can be promoted sometime around. (though typically uncommon amongst normal drumlines)
what are flub drums?
where wind members look while marching.
what is the box?
flags with thin and short poles that have long silks and there's usually two being used by a single guard member (one in each hand).
what are swing flags?
the melody that many corps members across many different drum corps sing the words "happy birthday to you" and no other lyrics to when its someone in the corps birthday.
what is the U.S. national anthem?