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#146440 - 06/25/07 05:01 AM 'manliest' pit instruments
hiredgoonthug Registered: 05/15/07 Loc: Ontario, California	at your school, what seem to be the pit instruments that everyone inside (and out) of the pit have respect for or would want to play? the two big ones are timpani and chimes. chimes seem to cut through the entire band, and timpani is a lot of fun to play. _________________________ Lasciate Ogni Speranza Voi Ch'Entrate www.myspace.com/esalv_ftw
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#146441 - 06/25/07 11:22 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: hiredgoonthug]
Sajre Registered: 10/06/04 Loc: Lancaster, PA	Nothing rocks more than hitting a gong and bass at the same time. Booooomshhhh!
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#146442 - 06/25/07 05:03 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Sajre]
drumline_YOUKNOW Registered: 10/15/04 Loc: Virginia	most manliest...hmm, definatly have to agree with sajre bass and gong. _________________________ -Vince RIP LCPL Stotts
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#146443 - 06/25/07 07:11 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drumline_YOUKNOW]
PanasonicYouth Registered: 05/07/07 Loc: Oxnard, CA	Triangle. _________________________ Matt Rice Moderator, SnareScience.com
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#146444 - 06/25/07 09:54 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: PanasonicYouth]
Anonymous User has negative Karma.	yesh! bass and gong at the same timeee! but i think timpani gets the "highest respect"
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#146445 - 06/25/07 11:31 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: ]
chstenors09 Registered: 05/13/06 Loc: Cabot, Arkansas	Personally, I think the old school marching timps deserve more respect than any other instrument.
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#146446 - 06/26/07 07:00 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: chstenors09]
snare777 Registered: 05/16/07 Loc: Ft.Mitchell KY	cowbell. _________________________ Dixie Heights Marching Colonels 8th grader - Top bass (first year) 9th grader - Snare (second year) Steve Vai - “Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.”
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#146447 - 06/26/07 08:33 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: chstenors09]
CMCMystique Registered: 05/16/07 Loc: Pensacola,FL	Quote: Personally, I think the old school marching timps deserve more respect than any other instrument. Man those old school timps looked ridiculous.
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#146448 - 06/26/07 09:08 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: CMCMystique]
ctownpit Registered: 02/17/06 Loc: Clayton North Carolina	finger cymbals YEAH!!! _________________________ We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle 384-322 B.C.
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#146449 - 06/27/07 03:25 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: ctownpit]
drum_freek Registered: 06/07/05 Loc: OK !!!!	gotta say the marimba rules our pit!!! Next to the timpani!!! _________________________ Indoor Drumworks
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#146450 - 06/28/07 03:43 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
insanejin Registered: 08/02/05 Loc: irvine, ca Post's Karma Value: 20	i thought the drumset was pretty manly, but if you want a retarded answer, the triangle is the way to go. _________________________ Pacific Crest 2008
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#146451 - 06/28/07 01:08 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: insanejin]
asuno Registered: 05/23/05 Loc: Florida	i'd have to say the bass drum gong, something about that loud smash is just manly, that and the timpani. _________________________ 04-07 Mallets 07-08 Timpani (BOOYAH) When everyone stares at you like your crazy, rip off your shirt and scream your favorite food at the top of your lungs. That way everyone KNOWS your crazy.
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#146452 - 06/28/07 04:42 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: insanejin]
hiredgoonthug Registered: 05/15/07 Loc: Ontario, California	Quote: i thought the drumset was pretty manly, but if you want a retarded answer, the triangle is the way to go. i dont usually enjoy drumkits in pits, but i suppose it is a manly instrument. as for triangle, i think it takes a lot of courage to play! every second movement key poulan has ever written ends with a triangle hit after a measure or so. if you arent paying attention you make the band look stupid! _________________________ Lasciate Ogni Speranza Voi Ch'Entrate www.myspace.com/esalv_ftw
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#146453 - 06/30/07 05:10 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: hiredgoonthug]
insanejin Registered: 08/02/05 Loc: irvine, ca	triangles are manly only if you can march it. _________________________ Pacific Crest 2008
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#146454 - 06/30/07 10:02 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: insanejin]
n00bpwner Registered: 03/27/07 Loc: Dublin Ohio	The marimba, although the audience has a hard time hearing it, is the coolest thing in the pit. It takes the most skill if played correctly than any other instrument in the pit. But the marimba is just next too the timps because they take snugglebunny of skill and technique as well to play correctly. _________________________ pit (I learned to enjoy the marimba) '05 pit (wanted to advance my mallet skills) '06 tenors (then wanted to try somthing new) '07 tenors (drum line section head!) '08
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#146455 - 07/01/07 08:28 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: insanejin]
PanasonicYouth Registered: 05/07/07 Loc: Oxnard, CA	Quote: triangles are manly only if you can march it. I did that for the city Christmas parade last year. No joke. My director just wanted a four measure triangle "solo" in the closer of last year's show, and we never actually played it in competition because no one could get the choke pattern right at the time. _________________________ Matt Rice Moderator, SnareScience.com
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#146456 - 08/29/07 09:53 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
Yoda Registered: 08/27/07	Manliest is probably gong. But I respect the melodics players the most. _________________________ 2007-2008 Marching Season: 1st Bass
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#146457 - 08/30/07 10:00 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Yoda]
Shimes Registered: 06/13/07 Loc: Upstate NY	More cowbell BABY!!! _________________________ Shimes "This I believe... SHUT UP... AND PLAY THE MUSIC!!!"
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#146458 - 08/30/07 09:24 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Shimes]
Yoda Registered: 08/27/07	Quote: More cowbell BABY!!! YEAH!! One of our stand songs is Lowrider, but our 4th bass always plays the cowbell solo at the beginning. Edited by Yoda (08/30/07 09:25 PM) _________________________ 2007-2008 Marching Season: 1st Bass
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#146459 - 09/18/07 11:29 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: insanejin]
EcjMallets06 Registered: 07/09/07 Loc: U.S	I think a nasty timbali player beats all.... Even though i am a fan of the gong and bass _________________________ Christopher Williams
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#146460 - 09/19/07 12:29 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: n00bpwner]
MhsSenior Registered: 12/11/05 Loc: Texas	Quote: The marimba, although the audience has a hard time hearing it, is the coolest thing in the pit. It takes the most skill if played correctly than any other instrument in the pit. But the marimba is just next too the timps because they take snugglebunny of skill and technique as well to play correctly. The marimba is one of the loudest instruments in the pit not counting the electronices. A guy who can play with good technique on a marimba and are good and not ashamed of it, is something that I think is amazing. In my area of bands, you don't see many male marimba players. But when you do, the change is kind of nice. _________________________ The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. - Pierre Abelard
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#146461 - 09/19/07 01:40 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: MhsSenior]
snarepaint Registered: 06/13/03	Marimba gets my vote, just because of the proficiency level required. Now a marimba player that backs away for one sternum cracking smash? That is a man baby! _________________________ DCI, DCA, WGI, done it all in some form.
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#146462 - 09/19/07 04:18 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
TripletPsycho Registered: 05/15/07 Loc: Florida	Timpani first bass and gong a close second
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#146463 - 09/19/07 09:42 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: TripletPsycho]
Raouf Registered: 10/21/06 Loc: Virginia	this year i have to play set, because apparently Im the only one that can play set (in time and w/ good technique) it the most ghetto set up, its a pair of hi hats, snare and a steve weiss china mounted on the bass drum tom mount... and the manliest part is, i have to stand up
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#146464 - 09/19/07 11:34 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
ChopShop Registered: 09/05/07 Loc: Cleveland,OH	Gotta say set. _________________________ West Geauga High School '97-'98 Snare '98-'99 Center Snare '99-'01 Tenors/Percussion squad leader Current Drumset,Rudimental educator
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#146465 - 09/20/07 11:23 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: ChopShop]
MhsSenior Registered: 12/11/05 Loc: Texas	I am not a big fan on sets in front ensembles during marching season. Indoor season maybe, but full band marching season I don't like. Still sticking with the marimba. _________________________ The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. - Pierre Abelard
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#146466 - 09/21/07 03:57 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: MhsSenior]
akeith5913 Registered: 07/10/07 Loc: Northbrook, IL	The "rock pod" hands down. I would have loved to have been the guy who was in the pod with '85-'86 Devs. Coolest pit part ever. If I couldn't do that I would play vibes. I'd give anything to be a great, jammin' vibe guy. _________________________ Univ. of Ky - Tenors, '89-'91 Cavaliers - Tenors, '91-'92 Chicago Bears Drumline - Tenors, '05-'09
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#146467 - 09/21/07 04:45 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: akeith5913]
WCUPerc2012 Registered: 03/11/07 Loc: West Chester University	The guy who hits all the china and splash chokes in the Cadets 2000 show. That's the best. Aux percussion- Bass and Gong, cymbal and tom rack, brake drum, timbale, and all the other fun doodads that go on the traps stand... definitely the manliest and most fun! _________________________ I love band.
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#146468 - 09/21/07 08:23 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: WCUPerc2012]
SFZ541 Registered: 01/22/06 Loc: Tampa, FL	I think the guys thats ends up jumping around the most is the person I respect the most. It's more of a challenge to do twenty things at once than just one marimba (which is why vibes > marimba, pedaling and flat bars), so the the guy with the cymbals and toms and other things, yeah I respect that guy (or girl) most. _________________________ Website www.paulegavin.net
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#146469 - 09/23/07 11:31 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
Paul Registered: 09/23/07 Loc: Kingman, Arizona	definetely Marimba, cause if you have a "good" percussionist, who can play the marimba well, and a show with an amazing mallet solo with four mallets, it just makes the audiences jaws drop, and isn't that what we are all going for.
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#146470 - 10/13/07 10:58 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Paul]
Aaronicus Registered: 08/31/07 Loc: United States of America	i was thinkin the jingle bells... _________________________ Londonderry High School Marching Band Multi-Tenors
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#146471 - 10/13/07 01:39 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Aaronicus]
Shoesinadryer1 Registered: 11/07/04 Loc: Florida	Honestly, I think the player makes the instrument manly, not the other way around. Also if your normal dynamic of forte can be heard over the band, without microphones, I think that instrument is manly. Bass drum and gong/tam tam played together is an example, as explained before. A strong marimba player can make the marimba a beast. Same applies for vibraphone and xylophone players. If the player is strong enough, he could probably make an Ibo drum in the pit, manly. That's my take. _________________________ I remember the silences, and I remember the screams... of the home stands going wild and the feeling of dreams. The music makers and those beautiful girls, doing a ten minute show that you wish would last forever...
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#146472 - 10/22/07 02:49 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: hiredgoonthug]
Anonymous User has negative Karma.	The manliest thing would have to be the gong or the bass drum because you get to hit those hard, but since I'm a mallet percussion freak as well as a tenor freak, I'm gonna say the xylophone
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#146473 - 01/19/08 08:36 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: hiredgoonthug]
Dooley Registered: 01/14/08	A gong / bass drum hit, but you have to do a pelvic thrust while you do it! Edited by Dooley (01/19/08 08:36 PM)
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#146474 - 01/20/08 12:01 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Dooley]
glassmen07 Registered: 05/28/04 Loc: Magnolia,TX	When I first read the thread title, I instantly thought of that big guy that was in Phantom's pit the last few years. My answer? Anything that dude plays. Wow. Far left. Attachments 275880-Phantom\'04Pit.jpg (65 downloads) Edited by glassmen07 (01/20/08 12:04 AM) _________________________ Zach Harston harston.zach @ yahoo.com (281) 723-3580 OASAASLLS
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#166040 - 06/24/08 12:29 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: EcjMallets06]
EcjMallets06 Registered: 07/09/07 Loc: U.S	I agree. Melodic pit players are most respected. But manliest has to be timbali. bass and gong. So B.a _________________________ Christopher Williams
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#166042 - 06/24/08 12:32 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: EcjMallets06]
tukytenor User has negative Karma. Registered: 06/19/08 Loc: Texas	I'm gonna go ahead and put my vote in for cowbell, nothing gets the ladies goin like a good cowbell player.
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#168801 - 08/05/08 02:31 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
xp4nd00bi3x Registered: 08/13/07 Loc: TX	cowbell, gong, timpani, and marimba
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#168845 - 08/05/08 01:04 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: xp4nd00bi3x]
PercussionMan Registered: 08/03/08 Loc: TN	I got a fever...and the only perscription...is more cowbell....no seriously, back when I was in college it had to be the Marimba...5 octave rosewood...
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#176971 - 01/02/09 05:18 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: EcjMallets06]
TheJRice User has negative Karma. Registered: 12/27/08 Loc: Cleveland, OH. U.S.	Marimba & Timpani Rules them all! _________________________ NDIPE 2011 Bass 1
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#176972 - 01/02/09 06:27 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: EcjMallets06]
Bacon User has negative Karma. Registered: 11/29/08 Loc: US	For the hischool's I instruct at... EDHS: Marimba, Bells, Xylo, and Chimes UMHS: Timpani and Synthesizer At eNVision, it seemed to be Xylo... sadly... I'm not in eNVision anymore... to much snow and money. At Mandarins, it was Marimba. _________________________ myspace.com/drillogicaldrummer
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#176994 - 01/02/09 10:38 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Paul]
cahery Registered: 12/12/08 Loc: Ohio	Tambourine and vibroslap. _________________________ Freshman/Sophomore/Junior- Front Senior- Front? Yes. Mentor High School
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#181643 - 02/08/09 09:54 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
Rizzah User has negative Karma. Registered: 01/30/09 Loc: United States	Timp for the most part here, though that player is also said to be the laziest. Our most respected player though is a guy who plays some wicked marimba.
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#181655 - 02/08/09 10:23 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: cahery]
spokroll27 Registered: 04/07/08 Loc: NJ	Originally Posted By: cahery Tambourine and vibroslap. agreed.(even though you misspelled vibraslap :P) theres also a certain something about a good slapstick player that i cant quite put my finger on... _________________________ Carolina Crown 10 - United Percussion 08, 09, 10, 11 - Jersey Surf 08, 09 - Bushwackers 07
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#181731 - 02/09/09 05:53 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: spokroll27]
dredpir8roberts Registered: 10/23/07	That guy in BD 04 wacking the I-beam with the giant metal pole.
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#181732 - 02/09/09 05:59 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: spokroll27]
Joseph Registered: 02/09/09 Loc: San Antonio, Tx	I always felt like a boss when I picked up a good pair of crash cymbals in the pit.
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#182134 - 02/13/09 08:45 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Joseph]
bigtuna Registered: 12/05/08 Loc: GA, fayetville	The Timpani and xylophone are the ones that are most sought after.
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#182144 - 02/13/09 10:52 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: bigtuna]
marimbaplayer92 Registered: 11/13/08 Loc: New York	I would have to go with xylophone also because it is one of the loudest instruments in the pit. _________________________ Victor Marching Blue Devils: 2005-2010 Pit Empire Statesmen: 2008-2010 Marimba
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#182175 - 02/14/09 10:27 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: marimbaplayer92]
cahery Registered: 12/12/08 Loc: Ohio	Originally Posted By: marimbaplayer92 I would have to go with xylophone also because it is one of the loudest instruments in the pit. Actually, I have to say it is the most piercing of pit instruments. Loudest is something along the lines of a tam-tam. The tam-tam is now my official most manliest instrument. You know you have a manly instrument, when the guy behind it punches it with his hand when he drops the mallet. _________________________ Freshman/Sophomore/Junior- Front Senior- Front? Yes. Mentor High School
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#182242 - 02/15/09 01:10 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: cahery]
TitanTenor Registered: 09/26/07 Loc: Rammer Jammer Alabamer	Gong, Bass Drum, timpani maybe... and a keyboard player with a wicked part. keyboards do not include bells/glockenspiel in this category _________________________ Trombone 07-08. Tenors Marching, Trombone Symphonic 09-11. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzAFg3aFDc
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#182351 - 02/17/09 02:39 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: TitanTenor]
Dragon150043 Registered: 11/15/05 Loc: Santa Barbra, CA	Bass Marimba. _________________________ Do you miss DLPN? If so, go to showB4theshow.com ! It's new and needs your support! Excellence is the willingness to be caught learning. - Me
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#182354 - 02/17/09 04:34 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Dragon150043]
marimbaplayer92 Registered: 11/13/08 Loc: New York	Is a bass marimba that much different from a normal marimba, other than it is a lower pitch. Edited by marimbaplayer92 (02/17/09 04:34 PM) _________________________ Victor Marching Blue Devils: 2005-2010 Pit Empire Statesmen: 2008-2010 Marimba
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#182939 - 02/25/09 04:19 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: TitanTenor]
IPstixrawesume Registered: 01/13/08 Loc: Columbus, IN	I'd have to say the "rack," especially with the kind of music the rack player for Glassmen '08 had. _________________________ (8") DONKEY SPOCKS FTW!!!
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#183534 - 03/05/09 08:59 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: IPstixrawesume]
9Volt Registered: 02/12/08 Loc: Yup	If were talking manliest, I'm gonna have to go with "Bass N' Gong"
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#183681 - 03/08/09 08:13 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: 9Volt]
Wade_quinn Registered: 10/30/08 Loc: California	the manliest pit instrument? hands down the microphone. just watch the cadets. Edited by Wade_quinn (03/08/09 08:13 PM) _________________________ Ponderosa HS: 07,pit. 08,tenors Mandarins: 2010 contra Staff: INT percussion arranger '10
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#184057 - 03/16/09 07:23 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: hiredgoonthug]
Dave Registered: 03/14/09 Loc: Trenton, IL Post's Karma Value: 24	Last year, we used an anvil in our closer. It was like, "DONG DONG!" At the beginning of Taps. So I would have to say that's pretty manly. I totally played the xylophone. _________________________ Xylophone 2008-2009 Snare 3 2009-2010 Snare Captain; Drum Captain 2010-2011
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#185703 - 04/11/09 11:01 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Dave]
warboy Registered: 04/08/09 Loc: Michigan Post's Karma Value: 3	I'd have to say rack or-if the pit has one- a drumset. The more stuff that makes clangy loud noise, the better. Look at Blue Devils drumset if you want an example of a drumset that is amazing. I think that thing could create a black hole.
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#186111 - 04/18/09 11:25 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
Jessedrum323 Registered: 12/31/08 Loc: Alabama, USA	Our manliest instrument is our "Big Bertha" Marimba. It's frame is HEAVY and it has heavy duty wheels. _________________________ Prattville High School 2007 - 2010 Spirit Drum and Bugle Corps 2010 Jacksonville State University 2010
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#186141 - 04/19/09 01:22 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: warboy]
Dave Registered: 03/14/09 Loc: Trenton, IL Post's Karma Value: 4	We had a drumset but it hardly made any noise. It was a jazz set though -- _________________________ Xylophone 2008-2009 Snare 3 2009-2010 Snare Captain; Drum Captain 2010-2011
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#186451 - 04/22/09 08:09 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Sajre]
Armitando Registered: 01/20/09 Loc: Evanston, IL	Originally Posted By: Sajre Nothing rocks more than hitting a gong and bass at the same time. Booooomshhhh! This. Also timpani is pretty manly (which is what I hope to get this year.)
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#186452 - 04/22/09 08:18 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Wade_quinn]
Tory Registered: 10/12/04 Loc: Florida, for now.	Originally Posted By: Wade_quinn the manliest pit instrument? hands down the microphone. just watch the cadets. _________________________ This is why we can't be friends. All posts are my own opinion.
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#186581 - 04/24/09 01:47 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Tory]
Chambana Registered: 08/20/07 Loc: ♩♬♩♫	Maybe Wade_Quinn was pointing out underlying phallic symbolism in regards to how the microphone relates to masculinity in equipment utilized by the modern front ensemble. Out of curiosity, has a Lion's Roar ever been used by a pit? How about a conch shell?
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#186948 - 04/29/09 06:04 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Chambana]
snare13 User has negative Karma. Registered: 01/04/06 Loc: Russell, Ky	The manliest has to be the 3 foot bass bass drum you wack with a 12 pound mallet. You have to put some mass behind that thing. Microphone is pretty great too, if you sound like James Earl Jones..
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#189183 - 06/06/09 11:52 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
Stonk Registered: 05/31/09 Loc: NJ	the ocean drum.
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#189385 - 06/08/09 07:35 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Stonk]
Insomniac Registered: 09/24/03 Loc: Ann Arbor, Michigan	Amplified accordion Edited by Insomniac (06/08/09 07:35 PM) _________________________ Kanye West: the world's best troll.
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#189508 - 06/10/09 01:18 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Insomniac]
bluehoo User has negative Karma. Registered: 05/07/09 Loc: VA	A stomp tube. I'm not sure if thats the correct name for it but its a 7ft tall, 10in wide PVC pipe which is capped on the bottom. To play it you pick it up and slam it on the ground. The one at our school is tuned perfectly to a concert F
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#189510 - 06/10/09 01:24 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: bluehoo]
FreshmenChops User has negative Karma. Registered: 10/11/08 Loc: Florida	Surdo drum _________________________ Freshmen - Timpani Sophmore - Snare WGI- TCI
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#189908 - 06/17/09 09:21 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: FreshmenChops]
Jeremy T. Smith User has negative Karma. Registered: 06/16/09 Loc: Muscle Shoals, AL	timp
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#191319 - 07/10/09 06:40 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Sajre]
Snare2009 User has negative Karma. Registered: 07/05/09 Loc: California	Originally Posted By: Sajre Nothing rocks more than hitting a gong and bass at the same time. Booooomshhhh! Definitely agree. We were playing at a back to school night, playing Olympiada and there's a part in our arrangement that has a quiet part, then a ffff gong/bass drum hit out of nowhere. we nailed it and i looked into the crowd and saw this asleep old lady awaken suddenly with eyes wide open. it was hilarious. _________________________ Freshmen 2008- Pit Sophomore 2009- Snare
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#198625 - 01/18/10 05:28 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Snare2009]
SneakyJoeIII User has negative Karma. Registered: 01/09/10 Loc: USA Post's Karma Value: -20	brake drum...anyone?
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#203621 - 10/17/10 11:39 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
NCHSDrumline1020 Registered: 10/17/10 Loc: Acworth, GA	the huge rose-wood marimba, and the bass/gong combo is pretty beast to. Oh and, I am new so HI! Edited by NCHSDrumline1020 (10/17/10 11:39 PM) _________________________ 2011- NCHS Pit
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#204156 - 11/23/10 09:31 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: SneakyJoeIII]
Inthepits Registered: 09/05/10 Loc: USA	I guess that would be the bass drum and gong being played at the same time for us. Or maybe the trash cans... Although the fact that I'm female probably negates any manliness. xD
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#205054 - 02/03/11 09:06 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Inthepits]
STApercussionkid User has negative Karma. Registered: 02/03/11 Loc: Louisiana	I'd have to put in a vote for glassmens synth player this year. I mean, look how much he got into the music! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gdm927p53c] _________________________ My opinions are my own. St. Amant High School 2010 Synth St. Amant High School 2011 Synth
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#205074 - 02/04/11 12:58 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: STApercussionkid]
SnareTan Registered: 10/12/09 Loc: FL Post's Karma Value: 6	The Manliest instrument... Vibes. They are made of metal and they have a motor. How much more manly can you get? Tan
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#205077 - 02/04/11 03:22 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: SnareTan]
JToguchay Registered: 01/28/11 Loc: New Mexico Post's Karma Value: 20	If your looking for a "drum" go for Timpani, but if your going for a mallet instrument go for Vibes _________________________ AHS 9th Grade - Bass 1 AHS Winter 9th Grade - Bass 1 AHS 10th Grade - Quints/Tenor
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#205751 - 04/03/11 09:12 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: JToguchay]
Marimbaist Registered: 04/03/11 Loc: Dallas, TX	While the Concert Bass Drum/Gong combo is pretty beast, I'd say Timpani is probably the "manliest" instrument of the pit. _________________________ Rowlett HS Front Ensemble 2007 Xylophone 2008 Vibraphone 2009 Marimba 2010 Marimba (Section Leader)
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#205763 - 04/04/11 08:24 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: ChopShop]
batman98 Registered: 03/06/04 Loc: Dartmouth, MA	a big ol' Rain Stick _________________________ EIRT Beta (Co-Founder) Vic Firth Ed.Team Remo,TRICK, Sabian endorser www.steveogrady.com
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#205768 - 04/05/11 07:20 AM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: batman98]
Sir Flamalot Registered: 07/01/10 Loc: ParkingLot, AlaBAMA, B-hamm Post's Karma Value: 15	When I marched in Gray Ghost, Our pit had a set of 5 Break drums and 2 Ball-ping hammers.
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#205769 - 04/05/11 04:59 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: Sir Flamalot]
warboy Registered: 04/08/09 Loc: Michigan Post's Karma Value: 21	Originally Posted By: sirflamalot When I marched in Gray Ghost, Our pit had a set of 5 Break drums and 2 Ball-ping hammers. And we have a winner.
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#205914 - 04/20/11 10:16 PM Re: 'manliest' pit instruments [Re: drum_freek]
marimba evan User has negative Karma. Registered: 04/20/11 Loc: Novi, Mi	timps. our timpanist john shoop is on a throne in the marching band world. _________________________ First year is over... '10 3rd Vibe Fall, 3rd Marimba/Xylo Winter bakedgoods=classiness
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