I made the same comment on another vid and it goes for this one, too: I was the center tenor of the '82 and '83 lines (original Q5) and we thought we were the shit back then. These guys, and all the lines for the last 15 years for that matter, are playing stuff in their warm-ups that we never even dreamed of, let alone had in our shows. The natural evolution of the activity has taken the quality nowhere but up, up, up. Keep drummin', Q5!
There are 3 people who visited and watched this vid : One is a snare player who got jealous of tenors, one is a tenor player who got jealous of them, and the other is an uninterested bass player who was impressed but didn't find the like button. He pushed another button that also has a handshape.
I wish. I was going to be marching with the Spartans of Nashua NH this summer...but unfortunately the corps went bankrupt and didn't field this year. Maybe next year.
@HoundPride04 If I'm not mistaken the Lick of the Week series was made in 2006 so that could possibly be Tim's lick that Scott Johnson took and made a snare part for. Highly unlikely but still possible.
He is such a bad ass he just listens to his own music whilst tapping off for the blue devils tenor line..... I thought I heard about a prophecy where a dude named jesus did it.. could be mistaken
I have loved the tenors all my life, but the past two years at highschool I've played the snare and bass... I'm praying that I can get those multi-tonal membranophones hooked up this year to play them for marching band, they're my obsession
@doublebassheeltoe I think the issue is those damn vegas. the sticks are longs as hell. it makes it harder to play in a comftorable arm and hand position and stay in the zones. thats why companys like to make tenor mallets and sticks shorter. tenors now sit farther away from the body than they used to. i had the same issue in high school using vegas.
They are still considered Membranophones. Which fall into the category of being a drum. And to be a drum does not require it to have tonal qualities. spocks are considered drums, whether everybody considers them to be or not.
@DaJmsta There's nothing wrong with everyone playing dead center if the techs that year wanted that specific timbre or technique. Generally it may be "right" to play at half of the radius, but it's all at the discretion of the staff where they want playing zones to be. If everyone is playing "exactly the same," then you're right in this activity, and playing at exactly the level you should be at.
like the description says, maybe a metronome? i listen to it when i play my set, or my bass, but only cuz im playing along with the music but that yea thats strange. or he had it off and was trying to cut down on the noise from the horns.
Anybody know what they're playing around :30? The first measure or so is what they use on their DVDs, if you've watched a Blue Devils dvd you'll know what i'm talking about.
I want so badly to play on a corps tenor line. I'm sad tho that I'm pretty sure I'm not quote good enough. I'm a junior in high school and I practice every day.
You are right. It doesn't change the fact that it is a drum. The lack of tonal quality changes the fact that it is a tenor drum. You wouldn't call a bass drum a tenor drum would you? Just because it is a drum doesn't mean it can be considered a tenor drum. The spocks are effect drums (kind of like a cowbell mounted on a snare), not tenor drums. which leaves quads. It really isn't that big of a deal. We still call ours quints at my school.
Just stop all the hate about the damn Blue Devils! God! Im a Teal Sound auditioner so i defiantly am not as good as them but seriously! Just because they are better than you and you be all jelly doesnt mean that they suck or their doing it wrong, just go hate somewhere else Drum Corp doesnt need people like you
@doublebassheeltoe Right... BD techs.... idiots... right. There's way more to musicality in battery percussion than the rigid technique they teach in high schools. Zone definition works for tenors just as much as it works for snares. It's just that with tenors you have far fewer situations where you would deviate from conventional playing areas. The techs probably wanted a deader sound, whether due to the heads or the ensemble . They're all playing the same areas. So, sorry, they're right.
Is it common for people to listen to an ipod or mp3 while playing their music/the drums? First time I've seen it but I'm no msician. Sounds mad anyway.
Yeah especially since they had Tom Aungst writing their book, and like 4 or 5 other guys from the Cadets teaching it. The line was going to be awesome. Mike Moore (center tenor for cadets in 2005) was the caption head. It was going to be awesome.
well, if you really want to get technical.... The spocks (6" drums) are so small that have no tonal quality and therefore are not considered drums. This leaves 4 tenor drums. If there is an 8" spock then it cranked so high that it doesn't have any tonal quality anymore either, rendering it not a drum. Therefore, both quints and sexes (sextets, hexes, six-packs) are technically quads as they only have 4 tenor drums.
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I made the same comment on another vid and it goes for this one, too: I was the center tenor of the '82 and '83 lines (original Q5) and we thought we were the shit back then. These guys, and all the lines for the last 15 years for that matter, are playing stuff in their warm-ups that we never even dreamed of, let alone had in our shows. The natural evolution of the activity has taken the quality nowhere but up, up, up. Keep drummin', Q5!
There are 3 people who visited and watched this vid : One is a snare player who got jealous of tenors, one is a tenor player who got jealous of them, and the other is an uninterested bass player who was impressed but didn't find the like button. He pushed another button that also has a handshape.
BD 2004 = Horridly underrated.
you guy are amazing.
my god I've watched this wayyyyyy tooo many times to be considered normal anymore
I wish. I was going to be marching with the Spartans of Nashua NH this summer...but unfortunately the corps went bankrupt and didn't field this year. Maybe next year.
LOL ive never seen this video of tim and pete. thats awesome
@HoundPride04 If I'm not mistaken the Lick of the Week series was made in 2006 so that could possibly be Tim's lick that Scott Johnson took and made a snare part for. Highly unlikely but still possible.
you guys rock
Ok, I didn't want to be the only one to say I thought so, so thank you, lol.
I got to march Tenors in Spartans back in 1995-96 and I think they will come back stronger than before. Just give them a chance.
haha 0:30 is the tenor lick at the beginning of scojos series
thanks for the reply:) makes sense, to be a metronome or to cut out some sound.
that lick at 0:31 is the opening lick for scojo's lick of the week
it sounded like the first thing they were playing was triplet diddle. idk wat other bands call it, but thats wat our school calls it.
tims a beast
i heard dey coming bak dis year
WHOA. ok i picked out the blue devils media quad lick thing. from :30 to :34
I need to learn how to play that.
yes it is.
that was back when iPod's were just coming on to the scene. big investment for a dci kid
He is such a bad ass he just listens to his own music whilst tapping off for the blue devils tenor line..... I thought I heard about a prophecy where a dude named jesus did it.. could be mistaken
I have loved the tenors all my life, but the past two years at highschool I've played the snare and bass... I'm praying that I can get those multi-tonal membranophones hooked up this year to play them for marching band, they're my obsession
@doublebassheeltoe I think the issue is those damn vegas. the sticks are longs as hell. it makes it harder to play in a comftorable arm and hand position and stay in the zones. thats why companys like to make tenor mallets and sticks shorter. tenors now sit farther away from the body than they used to. i had the same issue in high school using vegas.
97 spree yes
and the first lick yes
i like the white heads for snare butt for tenors you cant see your playing spots i like the clear ones
Soooo manyyyy tripletssss..........
Well, there is a met application for your iPod Touch and iPhone. It's called xMetronome. You can look for it on Apple's app store (it's free, FYI).
@DJCatura so true!!!!!!
They are still considered Membranophones. Which fall into the category of being a drum. And to be a drum does not require it to have tonal qualities. spocks are considered drums, whether everybody considers them to be or not.
Any one know why they played 97 spree and 04 spree that season? They seemed to trade them out quite a bit on several different videos.
@DaJmsta There's nothing wrong with everyone playing dead center if the techs that year wanted that specific timbre or technique. Generally it may be "right" to play at half of the radius, but it's all at the discretion of the staff where they want playing zones to be. If everyone is playing "exactly the same," then you're right in this activity, and playing at exactly the level you should be at.
@HoundPride04 yeah it is
@HoundPride04 sounds like it... they just cut the rest off after the dry crush
mattfinnish...I have tapes of '82 & '83 blue devils and thought that the Ludwigs were the best sounding tenors
Try looking for the app iTick on iTunes App Store.
agree, no shoulder movement perfect hands, everythings good always lol
like the description says, maybe a metronome? i listen to it when i play my set, or my bass, but only cuz im playing along with the music but that yea thats strange. or he had it off and was trying to cut down on the noise from the horns.
Anybody know what they're playing around :30? The first measure or so is what they use on their DVDs, if you've watched a Blue Devils dvd you'll know what i'm talking about.
@HoundPride04 yup
@DJCatura SO TRUEEE!!!!!!
Me too! Is it possible to come back a BD tenor drummer in the next life if you were a BD tenor drummer in this one? I hope so!
I want so badly to play on a corps tenor line. I'm sad tho that I'm pretty sure I'm not quote good enough. I'm a junior in high school and I practice every day.
@KickinBabys
THATS WHY THERE ARE MARCHING
Sick..
Thats just a general term. for instance
4 drums-quads
5 drums-quints
6 drums-hexes (or sexes)
I've seen em called all
HA! isn't :30 the beggining lick for the scoo lick of the week thing?
it is the lick of the week thing
Ohhh, ok. I never knew that.
i want such drums :D
those tenor are huge what is it? like 6" and 8" spocks.10", 12", 13", and 14" quads? that's intense,
@tjw889 well the one on the left is definitely playing in the dead center, so if they are all doing the same thing then they're all wrong
what is the lick the tenors at the end play called?
@HoundPride04 Yeah
You are right. It doesn't change the fact that it is a drum. The lack of tonal quality changes the fact that it is a tenor drum. You wouldn't call a bass drum a tenor drum would you? Just because it is a drum doesn't mean it can be considered a tenor drum. The spocks are effect drums (kind of like a cowbell mounted on a snare), not tenor drums. which leaves quads. It really isn't that big of a deal. We still call ours quints at my school.
dude, wtf?
the blue devils r really good.
@SystemicMusicality correction, were
you know its good when a warmup sounds like music
It's kinda weird watching this video knowing now that BD uses Evans, Pearl, and Pro Mark instead of Remo, Vic, and Dynasty.
i second that!
The phrase at :30 sounds like the one that ScoJo uses at the beginning of Lick of the Week.
i realize that now... and i reflect on wat a noob comment it was, iv marched them before, there fun to march
yah at :30 thats the lick for scojo lick of the week haha
THEY ARE CALLED TENORS
Can someone pleeeassee tell me where to find that duet at the end cause Christ I wanna play it
0:30 = scojo theme lick
@SabbethRomance I agree, their line just has that full sound. I hate blue devils tuning...
Seriously.......i can't find it anywhere
That's a standard set of tenors.
Just stop all the hate about the damn Blue Devils! God! Im a Teal Sound auditioner so i defiantly am not as good as them but seriously! Just because they are better than you and you be all jelly doesnt mean that they suck or their doing it wrong, just go hate somewhere else Drum Corp doesnt need people like you
lol the general term is still quads or Q's or tenors
Is there any reason why their spock heads are not facing forward?
i
who do you think tunes the best then? just an honest question
@drumboy1313 its just how it goes haha thats how my school does it
Well this was 2004
@doublebassheeltoe Right... BD techs.... idiots... right.
There's way more to musicality in battery percussion than the rigid technique they teach in high schools. Zone definition works for tenors just as much as it works for snares. It's just that with tenors you have far fewer situations where you would deviate from conventional playing areas.
The techs probably wanted a deader sound, whether due to the heads or the ensemble . They're all playing the same areas. So, sorry, they're right.
suede emperors?
Is it common for people to listen to an ipod or mp3 while playing their music/the drums? First time I've seen it but I'm no msician. Sounds mad anyway.
Yeah especially since they had Tom Aungst writing their book, and like 4 or 5 other guys from the Cadets teaching it. The line was going to be awesome. Mike Moore (center tenor for cadets in 2005) was the caption head. It was going to be awesome.
don't want to hate on them when they were actually good but 0:17 PLAYING AREAS
he's probably using it for tempo
multi tom ftw
0:29 Scojo's lick of the weeeeeek opening
What's the spree they play in the beginning?
isnt the first exercise 97 spree?
@imsuperior1227 you're wrong. i'm smart enough to know i'm stupid bhahaha
lol...Willy is like WTF.....LMAO
This is joyous stuff ... !!!
:)
BD Spree 97'?
lol is he listening to his ipod the whole time?!
@DaJmsta They're all playing in the same areas... so no.....
well, if you really want to get technical....
The spocks (6" drums) are so small that have no tonal quality and therefore are not considered drums. This leaves 4 tenor drums. If there is an 8" spock then it cranked so high that it doesn't have any tonal quality anymore either, rendering it not a drum. Therefore, both quints and sexes (sextets, hexes, six-packs) are technically quads as they only have 4 tenor drums.
they are called quads
:50 Rhythm X 2010's quad phrase???
I'll give you jedi knight if you have the quad lick.
yes lol
@DJCatura The clear ones are terrible because you can see EVERY SINGLE hit mark.
My independent indoor line uses the clear ones and i can't stand it.
cough, bluecoats vanguard, cough
hahaha who knows if he messed up?