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A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who play while marching.Historically they were used in armed forces and many marching bands remain military bands.Others are still associated with military units or emulate a military style, with elements such as uniforms, flags and batons and occasionally rifles or sabers.
Marching bands in general and especially marching drum lines emphasize uniformity. To achieve absolute uniformity, every member of the drumline must play with proper stick heights. A stick height is an approximate measurement of how high the bead of the stick comes off the drum head on any given note.
Color guards or flag corps[ 1] are teams of performers who perform choreographed dances and routines with various equipment to enhance and interpret the music of a marching band or drum and bugle corps show. Color guard teams can be found in American colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, and independent drum corps. [ 2]
College marching bands in the United States are frequently associated with college football and their performance activities often (but don't always) revolve around the sport. [1] In the context of football, marching bands can be seen on the field both at pregame and at halftime , and performing in the stands during the game.
Marching refers to the organized, uniformed, steady walking forward in either rhythmic or route-step time; and, typically, it refers to overland movements on foot of military troops and units under field orders. [ 1] Marching is often performed to march music and is typically associated with military and civilian ceremonial parades.
Marching arts. The marching arts are a collection of fine arts related activities that are closely associated with wind music. The marching arts include, but are not necessarily limited to marching band, drum corps, mummers string bands, pep band, color guard, winter guard, and indoor percussion. All of these activities are supported at both ...
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