Song definition: 1. a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, esp. one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad. 2. a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn's Songs without Words. 4. the art or act of singing; vocal music. 5. something that is sung. If you sing it, it is a song or a piece. If you play it, it, by definition, cannot be called a song. I don't care what you want to call it, but that is the correct terminology.
@@sterlinglee8832I myself am one, I feel like they go hand in hand with the complicated grooves, it’s just on a double bass drum in metal instead of a snare hahaha
If I had a quarter for every time I've heard portions of electric wheelchair taken by high schools and universities I'd have enough to buy a lot of beer.
Rafael Arechiga I flipped my shit when they ripped when I heard it. Vanguard was competitive this year and they rip off one of their most known cadence
Murray Gusseck (tenors '88-'92), wrote it for the '90 season. It went through many changes; the sheet music I have and the videos on UA-cam have a 12/8 intro. This '02 version is similar to the '91 and '92 editions. They didn't play it the rest of the 90s, not until 2002, then again the next year. Not sure where the name came from, or why they don't play it anymore. I have an audio-only recording of them playing everybody on at Preview of Champions in '92. They repped it about 4-5 times and got the crowd pretty wild.
Ah Memories. Being in high school watching this on an iPod touch trying to memorize parts of it to show off some sweet chops to all your friends that didn’t care.
It's a typical marching snare tuning. Cranked way the hell up. The drums are designed for extreme tension, and if you check out the black max heads [what I think they are using] or any other marching snare head, you'll see it resembles the texture of a seatbelt. That is kevlar, my friend. And then the snares aren't metal either. Nylon. Totally unique sound that's meant to carry across a football field with the utmost clarity.
this is me being pedantic as kevlar and the black max material is literally almost exactly the same just with minor chemical differences, but remo Black Max heads are Technora aramid fiber. they actually dye the fiber black because technora is normally a gold color. i wish remo sold them like that
The snares sound way better farther away. While they might not have the greatest tuning in the lot, I'll bet they sounded great in the stands and projected really well as hyper soprano voices (if you were there, by all means, feel free to contradict!)
DCI is about the music, not the fans. Football games and showstyle competitions are to pump up the fans and have fun. DCI is for musicians by musicians and rythms that make a fellow drummer get pumped may have no affect on the average fan. Thats the difference between corps and showstye, corps fans ARE pumped up by the complex and impressive music whereas normal fans are pumped up by the funky rythms and excited showmanship of showstyle
Expression in what sense? Their is expression in the collective playing. The control and technique is impeccable and expresses their sacrifice to play a certain way. The love for drum corps is like no other. It will change your life forever.
Indeed, this is a great video. This line is so cleeaannn! The cadence really grooves. I've got the music for this and I'm learning it. Bicycle corps? Hmmmm.
not really a dci fan but this is n has always been my favorite cadence of all time!!! electric wheelchair is way harder than ditty!! n dam those snares sound so good 🌈🌈🌈🔥🔥🔥 . and i miss lines playing with those real tenor sticks!!!
He's got a point. Being the best is a great thing but getting the crowd pumped is important as well. If you're a performer it should be a bout the audience
@AntiTeeVee No one wants to see the bassline. It just sounds cool, it doesn't look cool. I'd much rather see tenors sweeping, than one hand of a bass drummer.
maybe its the quality of the sound, but at the beginning, the snares sounded like they were playing on a table. But as it progressed it sounded better.
Back when they had legato style going! OH how i love it! And is that Johnny MaCFarm on the end snare next to bass? If so i love that dude, he was in the ledgendary 04 SCV line, i actually had a few lessons from one of guys who use legato at its highest!
These guys could play music like yours with out trying. Get your line to play stuff like this. It's better to be able to play complicated music and be able to cut down your playing to entertain a crowd than play music to entertain a crowd...and that's it. More possibilities in your future and besides after you graduate no one will care that they were entertained that one time at a football game.
Can anyone please tell me (or just write it out) how to play that opening snare lick? I have a copy of Electric Wheelchair, but it is a little different. Drum lines change intros all the time anyway, too. But the point is that I can't figure out exactly how to play that (mostly I mean the measure just before all the snares join in) and would love to find out, because it sounds BA. Thanks =)
Everything you just said is completely wrong, mintkendishin. Google defines music as "an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner." If you want to argue that you need melody to make music, just listen to the tenors. So calling drumming music is not an opinion. It's a fact. So go listen to more batterie percussion music and enjoy yourself. :)
Actually both of you are wrong. Chuck Mangione actually wrote and composed this piece ( Legend of the One Eyed Sailor) for a orchestra. Yes he did compose the drum part. Steve Gadd played with Chuck on certain gigs and ripped this part of Legend and used it for some of his solos. Check out the live version at the Hollywood Bowl of this song. It's amazing. Chuck made an album out of this recording.
@TheMightyZooblin Many people do. To me it doesn't sound like they are breathing or resonating, and thats what drums are ment for (soundwise) to breate and be alive, not choked up. I love scv , and i tune my tenors to the 08 pitches since 08. cause they tune their tenors awesomely. Im not a fan of them choking the basses either. But thats drumming, its all personal taste :)
not entirely correct, as you can sing a piece thats normally played as well. Or play a piece that is normally sung. It's the music that matters, not the tags you put onto it. What matters is: is it appealing to the ear? If it is, let one call it a song, another a piece, and a third a composition. Who cares? Please, just take it as it is for once. Do you really think the people who started making music got worked up over how to call it? Please, you're overdoing it.
If you Google "tapspace electric wheelchair" the first link should take you to a site where the music is $6 for the snare, tenors, and bass or $18 for the whole line. They have a lot of SVC's stuff there. It's a download so make sure to save it to your hard drive if you do purchase it.
is this even music? not that im tryin to can you even make music with the drums? because its not like you can play any notes with drums. Its not like you can play a song with the drums because you cant play any notes so tell me is it really music? or is it just sounds?
clarification a cadence is a piece that lasts anywhere from 30-90sec that groups march out on the field to a warmup piece is a 30-90 sec piece that people warm up their hands with. so techincally, they can both be the same thing. if SCV was marching to this, it could be a warmup and a cadence
the intro is inspired by Crazy Army, a drumbeat written by a rudimental drummer from Connecticut Ed Lemley about 1934 . My percussion instructor was good friends with his son Ken Lemley. Email me and I can link you with an article all about it :)
lol i dont know why you're such a DCI hater. we realise it has changed from the "park and blow" deal from when it was first founded. and now its more visual. you dont have to like how its changed. but dont bash me and other people for liking it.
It's more often used in the guitar world. For example, a guitar magazine might publish "20 Essential Hendrix Licks" or a hip guitarist might ask you to show off some licks. Sort of the same thing as riff or phrase, but definitely a swankier term.
@drumpredator1 its how the heads get put on. The rim will be low if they put on and cranked tight the top head before the bottom head was put on and tightened. to get a good balance of rim on both sides of the drum (what i do) you put both heads on lose then tighten back and fourth untill desired level
and what use has your comment? I post a great vid of a great band with a great warm-up and all you americans do is whine and talk shite. Say something constructive, gobshite. The vid is there, and you can take it as it is, or fuck off! You're probably just jealous you weren't in that line.
In the performance notes of Parking Lot Etudes Gusseck says that he got the idea for the intro from Gadd's solo at a Buddy Rich Tribute concert. Look up "Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd" in youtube and you will find it.
@whitecastleawesome well they sound like pipe band snare. and after time, you would think that people would try to tune even higher, but in fact they went down a little bit and they don't use the snares under the batter anymore
oh, and we used the cheaper 13" pearl competitor snares, remo white max tendura (i think they sell them as cybermax now) for top and ambassador for the bottom. just saying, we got this kind of sound out of that equipment
Okay forgive my ignorance as I haven't watch much of DCI for a decade, but when did they start angling the snare drums? Good idea since it's better for posture, etc. Are other lines doing this, or was this a one time thing?
chill chill... for high school kids out there, they play watered down versions of these things as cadences. it's not like corps have cadences, for the most part, these days; corps play warm ups or show music...
well in marching band u must whear the overall thingies.... idk why but it sorta makes u look like a mechanic.. but they dont sound to bad, but the overalls can make u sweaty on a hot day of marching around town.
Why does davew0927 have -10 thumbs on his comment? While most everyone refers to a piece as a song, the word "song" implies that it must be sung. Therefore all music that does not involve singing is referred to as a "piece."
@woolters you cant compare these snares with scottish pipe band snares. the scottish pipe band snares have snares on the top and bottom heads. so it has "double" the snare so it sounds tighter and higher.
scv marches pearl and the heads are remo, i think remo ambassadors black... the head instructor, Ben Prima used to instruct my old high school and he bought us the same heads as the ones they're using
And you're just a user on an internet service. Easily banned. Stop your childish lamenting or I will make use of the option. from your personal page I can make up that you whine everywhere. Troll.
This is PERFECT. Makes me want to drive back to my hometown and lay down a beating on the guy on the end of my high school snareline who always dirtied this up when we played it.
@heypete15 not really i like this exercise just cuz it has a compilation of many rudiments ditty has like the same repeated over and over and besides this cadence grooves a shit load :P
FAMU is good but they use too much arm and the only cadence their know for is Duckmouth which is so easy I was able to teach a sixth grade drumline how to play it......clean I might add
some also use them if the sleeves of the uniform are really long and baggy, so the sticks don't get caught and dropped. thats the main reason the high school i march for uses them.
For anyone who wants the sheet music, buy Murray Gussek's parking Lot Etudes. It has this, It's in 4, Martian Mambo, Fat Mama Dancin, etc. It is a great buy and totally worth it.
i really think its the raph henderson sticks they use... they make a huge difference when you compare it to other sticks (like the scott johnsons) when its played on a loose head.
everyone and their mother has sampled that opening. i do believe it came from "Legend of the One Eyed Sailor", an old jazz tune and i think another one of Steve Gadd's signatures
Oops. I screwed up. My drum instructor Tony Nunez is the tenor tech there. One of my friends got the sheet music for it and I remember hearing "Tony". Wonder how that got mixed up.
You do realize they march too, right? They "Dont jus stand there." It's just a cadence. And most "black schools" have a different approach to drumming than DCI lines.
thank you to whoever posted this. I marched on this line and this really brought me back to a wonderful and powerful time in my life.
Sam Anderson oh wow dang which one were you
Fallen xNightz on the snare line, I’m the goober who rolled his sleeves up. One off the shorter guy in the center.
@@samanderson8142 mad respect dude. SCV is one of my favorite groups. It's quite incredible how good their drumline is.
@@brianself5598 agreed. Always been my favorite line to watch.
Most welcome, mr. Anderson. And thank you for inspiring so many people like myself, years after!
no room for dirt with those snares. wow truly amazing
0:58-1:05 the sweetest part of the whole cadence
God, that fourth measure is so freaking cool.
Yes you said "the guy who wrote this is my musical arranger" The guy who wrote electric wheelchair is Murray Gusseck.
That intro solo is cool
Song definition:
1. a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, esp. one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
2. a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn's Songs without Words.
4. the art or act of singing; vocal music.
5. something that is sung.
If you sing it, it is a song or a piece. If you play it, it, by definition, cannot be called a song.
I don't care what you want to call it, but that is the correct terminology.
dam you gotta be amazing to be clean on those snares
I love the skank feature! :D haha.
i really like it too lol
@tollhouseballer No problem
I wonder why the people who post bad comments are jealous.
i second that
yea the head is tight beacsue if they are tight you can do a buzz roll easy
still the highest tuned snares in the game even in . 2019 *edit* 2022
Any higher, and they would sound like Scottish pipe snares.
@@jandyb79 they already do kinda!
Yea. No doubt. But honestly… tooo high is not necessarily a good thing
Edit: 2024
Man it sounds like they’re drumming on a hard tabletop. Drums tuned incredibly high! Not a bad thing, just different
OH YEAH! This grooves so hard! Nothing like a good old fashioned groove in a DCI line!!
0:57 That is a true djent groove
Shout out to you love when metal heads like us are into drum lines!
@@sterlinglee8832I myself am one, I feel like they go hand in hand with the complicated grooves, it’s just on a double bass drum in metal instead of a snare hahaha
Anyone who doesn't love the part from 0:57 to 1:05 needs a soul
callMeCentury honestly one of the grooviest things everrr
It’s such a natural feeling thing too. One of the reasons I love Bluecoats is because their stuff seems to groove a lot more than other lines do
haha agreed. I actually stole that and the tenor solo before it and put it in everything I could when I was on drumline!
In my high school cadence, we had a part like that
That groove (specifically what the basses are doing) is taken from a Sting song "Englishman in New York" that happens at about the 2:30 mark
I didn't know Draco Malfoy played snare for SCV in 2002...
+TFordSuperstar Was 2002 his age out year? Haha
now we have liam neeson for bluecoats
THAT INTRO SOUNDS AWFUL LOT LIKE BLUE DEVILS 16 SNARE INTRO
If I had a quarter for every time I've heard portions of electric wheelchair taken by high schools and universities I'd have enough to buy a lot of beer.
Rafael Arechiga
You mean 2017? Lol, I flipped my shit when I heard they mashed this in their opener, along with 18 snares. Mind. Blown. Lol
More like 2017 lol. Its almost exactly the same
phcasper yeah I meant the 16 snare players that play it. lol
Rafael Arechiga I flipped my shit when they ripped when I heard it. Vanguard was competitive this year and they rip off one of their most known cadence
What is the history of this cadence, why doesnt Santa Clara do it anymore?
Murray Gusseck (tenors '88-'92), wrote it for the '90 season. It went through many changes; the sheet music I have and the videos on UA-cam have a 12/8 intro. This '02 version is similar to the '91 and '92 editions. They didn't play it the rest of the 90s, not until 2002, then again the next year. Not sure where the name came from, or why they don't play it anymore.
I have an audio-only recording of them playing everybody on at Preview of Champions in '92. They repped it about 4-5 times and got the crowd pretty wild.
Tim F >why they don't play it anymore
It was a Gusseck thing. Now that Rennick's there, all the material is different.
+Tim F my high school drumline that I'm in plays electric wheelchair, it's not as advanced as this but it grooves just as well as this does.
Rennick has a lil bit of a different style.
There is nobody like Gusseck. Dude is very unique.
Ah Memories. Being in high school watching this on an iPod touch trying to memorize parts of it to show off some sweet chops to all your friends that didn’t care.
The McGavock Band cared, and took this cadence to grand national championships. We got best drumline. Failed to win it all.
Love the tone of SCV tenors, real tangy.
I love the tuning and the attack/technique. Really resonates the crap out of those drums
Those Pearls were deep, resonant and juicy.
Amazing they can march with balls that big
It's a typical marching snare tuning. Cranked way the hell up. The drums are designed for extreme tension, and if you check out the black max heads [what I think they are using] or any other marching snare head, you'll see it resembles the texture of a seatbelt. That is kevlar, my friend. And then the snares aren't metal either. Nylon. Totally unique sound that's meant to carry across a football field with the utmost clarity.
this is me being pedantic as kevlar and the black max material is literally almost exactly the same just with minor chemical differences, but remo Black Max heads are Technora aramid fiber. they actually dye the fiber black because technora is normally a gold color. i wish remo sold them like that
Milo Johnson remo white max and black max are made from the same material as sails used on boats
what model are the snares?
@@augustburnsorange1748 They played Pearl with natural finishes back then. I'm not sure what the specific model was.
This is the sound of a electric wheelchair malfunctioning😂 I love it
The snares sound way better farther away. While they might not have the greatest tuning in the lot, I'll bet they sounded great in the stands and projected really well as hyper soprano voices (if you were there, by all means, feel free to contradict!)
The microphones weren't as good as they are today. This was also filmed on tape.
You posted this 6 days before I was born😳😂
DCI is about the music, not the fans. Football games and showstyle competitions are to pump up the fans and have fun. DCI is for musicians by musicians and rythms that make a fellow drummer get pumped may have no affect on the average fan. Thats the difference between corps and showstye, corps fans ARE pumped up by the complex and impressive music whereas normal fans are pumped up by the funky rythms and excited showmanship of showstyle
1:04 to 1:08
Listen to the Snare Singles.....
Someone Pulled out, and dirted it.
I played bass myself for two years. Timing is everything, and half of our line struggled there.
this is my highschools's cadence this year. I have a feeling that it will be quite badass
*👍класс и привет от тренера по футболу!!!!!-!!!!!-!!!!!-!*
one of the sweetest jams in DCI history
Expression in what sense? Their is expression in the collective playing. The control and technique is impeccable and expresses their sacrifice to play a certain way.
The love for drum corps is like no other. It will change your life forever.
Indeed, this is a great video. This line is so cleeaannn! The cadence really grooves. I've got the music for this and I'm learning it.
Bicycle corps? Hmmmm.
not really a dci fan but this is n has always been my favorite cadence of all time!!! electric wheelchair is way harder than ditty!! n dam those snares sound so good 🌈🌈🌈🔥🔥🔥 . and i miss lines playing with those real tenor sticks!!!
Ditty isn’t a cadence though. It’s a short warmup.
thats about the tightest bass drum line I've heard in years-great job
Legendary video
Anyone know where I can find solely the Snares or Bass parts?
Google is your friend. SnareScience.
Those snares.... just sound SOOO GOOOD...... Me likey the tuning :)
Brilliant warm up, brilliant drumline, brilliant corps, brilliant year!
0:14 now where have I heard that before? 🤔
This is the audition music for my high school drum line... rip me
Mellow-man I'm in the same boat buddy
Mellow-man just play flam taps and you'll learn this easy
it's 2019 and I still come back to this video after hearing some dirty stuff haha
Best version of Electric Wheelchair IMO.
#BringBackElectricWheelchair!
1:10 my god basses
can you adopt me
yeah adopt him
do it
...this cadence was everything for us back in highschool marching band 😆. Granted nobody could play it even remotely clean
Wow... even the bass drums sounded amazing!!!
Worlds driest snares?
Dude. . . . it actually came from Steve Gadd at one of the Buddy Rich Memorial concerts.
Awesome! Nobody does this cadence like SCV!
Snares are clean as hell
He's got a point. Being the best is a great thing but getting the crowd pumped is important as well. If you're a performer it should be a bout the audience
How did they get their drums so TIGHT? I've never heard such high pitched snares, apart from Highland drumming.
@AntiTeeVee No one wants to see the bassline. It just sounds cool, it doesn't look cool. I'd much rather see tenors sweeping, than one hand of a bass drummer.
maybe its the quality of the sound, but at the beginning, the snares sounded like they were playing on a table. But as it progressed it sounded better.
used to watch these videos over and over when they'd come out in high school.
Back when they had legato style going! OH how i love it! And is that Johnny MaCFarm on the end snare next to bass? If so i love that dude, he was in the ledgendary 04 SCV line, i actually had a few lessons from one of guys who use legato at its highest!
putting the "snare" in snare drum got more ring than half these guy's hairlines.
Electrifying!
What heads did they use in this season? They sound so freaking amazing.
These guys could play music like yours with out trying. Get your line to play stuff like this. It's better to be able to play complicated music and be able to cut down your playing to entertain a crowd than play music to entertain a crowd...and that's it. More possibilities in your future and besides after you graduate no one will care that they were entertained that one time at a football game.
Can anyone please tell me (or just write it out) how to play that opening snare lick? I have a copy of Electric Wheelchair, but it is a little different. Drum lines change intros all the time anyway, too. But the point is that I can't figure out exactly how to play that (mostly I mean the measure just before all the snares join in) and would love to find out, because it sounds BA. Thanks =)
Everything you just said is completely wrong, mintkendishin. Google defines music as "an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner." If you want to argue that you need melody to make music, just listen to the tenors. So calling drumming music is not an opinion. It's a fact. So go listen to more batterie percussion music and enjoy yourself. :)
Actually both of you are wrong. Chuck Mangione actually wrote and composed this piece ( Legend of the One Eyed Sailor) for a orchestra. Yes he did compose the drum part. Steve Gadd played with Chuck on certain gigs and ripped this part of Legend and used it for some of his solos. Check out the live version at the Hollywood Bowl of this song. It's amazing. Chuck made an album out of this recording.
@TheMightyZooblin Many people do. To me it doesn't sound like they are breathing or resonating, and thats what drums are ment for (soundwise) to breate and be alive, not choked up. I love scv , and i tune my tenors to the 08 pitches since 08. cause they tune their tenors awesomely. Im not a fan of them choking the basses either. But thats drumming, its all personal taste :)
not entirely correct, as you can sing a piece thats normally played as well. Or play a piece that is normally sung. It's the music that matters, not the tags you put onto it.
What matters is: is it appealing to the ear? If it is, let one call it a song, another a piece, and a third a composition. Who cares? Please, just take it as it is for once.
Do you really think the people who started making music got worked up over how to call it? Please, you're overdoing it.
If you Google "tapspace electric wheelchair" the first link should take you to a site where the music is $6 for the snare, tenors, and bass or $18 for the whole line. They have a lot of SVC's stuff there. It's a download so make sure to save it to your hard drive if you do purchase it.
is this even music? not that im tryin to can you even make music with the drums? because its not like you can play any notes with drums. Its not like you can play a song with the drums because you cant play any notes so tell me is it really music? or is it just sounds?
clarification
a cadence is a piece that lasts anywhere from 30-90sec that groups march out on the field to
a warmup piece is a 30-90 sec piece that people warm up their hands with.
so techincally, they can both be the same thing. if SCV was marching to this, it could be a warmup and a cadence
the intro is inspired by Crazy Army, a drumbeat written by a rudimental drummer from Connecticut Ed Lemley about 1934 . My percussion instructor was good friends with his son Ken Lemley. Email me and I can link you with an article all about it :)
lol i dont know why you're such a DCI hater. we realise it has changed from the "park and blow" deal from when it was first founded. and now its more visual. you dont have to like how its changed. but dont bash me and other people for liking it.
It's more often used in the guitar world. For example, a guitar magazine might publish "20 Essential Hendrix Licks" or a hip guitarist might ask you to show off some licks. Sort of the same thing as riff or phrase, but definitely a swankier term.
@drumpredator1 its how the heads get put on. The rim will be low if they put on and cranked tight the top head before the bottom head was put on and tightened. to get a good balance of rim on both sides of the drum (what i do) you put both heads on lose then tighten back and fourth untill desired level
and what use has your comment?
I post a great vid of a great band with a great warm-up and all you americans do is whine and talk shite. Say something constructive, gobshite. The vid is there, and you can take it as it is, or fuck off!
You're probably just jealous you weren't in that line.
Bring back electric wheelchair or a buffed version. Please!!
In the performance notes of Parking Lot Etudes Gusseck says that he got the idea for the intro from Gadd's solo at a Buddy Rich Tribute concert. Look up "Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd" in youtube and you will find it.
@whitecastleawesome well they sound like pipe band snare. and after time, you would think that people would try to tune even higher, but in fact they went down a little bit and they don't use the snares under the batter anymore
oh, and we used the cheaper 13" pearl competitor snares, remo white max tendura (i think they sell them as cybermax now) for top and ambassador for the bottom. just saying, we got this kind of sound out of that equipment
Okay forgive my ignorance as I haven't watch much of DCI for a decade, but when did they start angling the snare drums? Good idea since it's better for posture, etc. Are other lines doing this, or was this a one time thing?
chill chill... for high school kids out there, they play watered down versions of these things as cadences. it's not like corps have cadences, for the most part, these days; corps play warm ups or show music...
well in marching band u must whear the overall thingies.... idk why but it sorta makes u look like a mechanic.. but they dont sound to bad, but the overalls can make u sweaty on a hot day of marching around town.
It's not about having funky cadences. It's about being the best.
Why does davew0927 have -10 thumbs on his comment? While most everyone refers to a piece as a song, the word "song" implies that it must be sung. Therefore all music that does not involve singing is referred to as a "piece."
@woolters you cant compare these snares with scottish pipe band snares. the scottish pipe band snares have snares on the top and bottom heads. so it has "double" the snare so it sounds tighter and higher.
scv marches pearl and the heads are remo, i think remo ambassadors black... the head instructor, Ben Prima used to instruct my old high school and he bought us the same heads as the ones they're using
And you're just a user on an internet service. Easily banned. Stop your childish lamenting or I will make use of the option. from your personal page I can make up that you whine everywhere. Troll.
This is PERFECT. Makes me want to drive back to my hometown and lay down a beating on the guy on the end of my high school snareline who always dirtied this up when we played it.
@heypete15 not really i like this exercise just cuz it has a compilation of many rudiments ditty has like the same repeated over and over and besides this cadence grooves a shit load :P
FAMU is good but they use too much arm and the only cadence their know for is Duckmouth which is so easy I was able to teach a sixth grade drumline how to play it......clean I might add
some also use them if the sleeves of the uniform are really long and baggy, so the sticks don't get caught and dropped. thats the main reason the high school i march for uses them.
For anyone who wants the sheet music, buy Murray Gussek's parking Lot Etudes. It has this, It's in 4, Martian Mambo, Fat Mama Dancin, etc. It is a great buy and totally worth it.
i really think its the raph henderson sticks they use... they make a huge difference when you compare it to other sticks (like the scott johnsons) when its played on a loose head.
everyone and their mother has sampled that opening. i do believe it came from "Legend of the One Eyed Sailor", an old jazz tune and i think another one of Steve Gadd's signatures
Oops. I screwed up. My drum instructor Tony Nunez is the tenor tech there. One of my friends got the sheet music for it and I remember hearing "Tony". Wonder how that got mixed up.
You do realize they march too, right? They "Dont jus stand there." It's just a cadence. And most "black schools" have a different approach to drumming than DCI lines.