Re: Re: Re: Inquirey


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Posted by Gus Pratt on August 22, 2000 at 18:50:09:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Inquirey posted by Marc on August 22, 2000 at 09:16:53:


There are several reasons I believe the Bbs are here to stay.

1. Economics: Most of the smaller corps in the long run will be able to get by on a smaller budget because they'll be able to ask the sopranos to use there own trumpets.

2. Recruitment: One of the factors that keeps some players from joining is the fear of learning to play a G bugle. Although it is basically no different then playing a Bb for some reason some kids are afraid of the G. Switching to Bb allows for a broader scope of players.

3. Support from the local band directors. More band directors will now see the DCI as a goods means of getting kids to play over the summer. Currently some directors are afraid the switching back and forth between the Gs during the summer and the Bbs during school years isn't good for the students. Since the students will be playing the same horn during the school year and the summer, more directors will support the corps.

4. Wider base of instruments: Since all manufacturers make Bb horns corps won't have to stick to just a few brands of horns.

5. The long range trend that has been developing over the past 20 years has been that the corps horns have been metamorphasizing into Band horns. Bugles started with no valves, then one piston, then one piston and rotor, then 2 vertical pistons, then 3 vertical pistons, now to the key of Bb. I don't believe this metamorphasis was accidental, but that each step was to make the bugle more like the band horns.



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