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Jennifer
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It has been MY experience that the pit is traditionally orchestrated in this way.... There are several marimba, vibes, xylophone, that provide the "meat" of the parts. There are all different ways to put these insturments on the field, and of course there are "toys" everywhere....but for our purposes I am just going to address these 3for now. I have found that at any point ALL can be unison...all playing different parts. It just depends on what is trying to be done. Typically the marimba and xylo mirror each other. I.e. they would be likely to be unison in a two mallet run as the vibes would also. I guess what I am trying to explain is that if you split the pit right down the middle there would be an aspect dealing with vibes and the other with the wood. Again every pit orchestrates differently.
I was just recently talking about the orchestration of drum corps pit parts. I think in corps the pit is used as an independant voice more often than most places. The pit in certain situations has the ability to mirror a string section. Especially in fast passages. We are able to produce the speed and texture that would be lacking. I so often walk into high schools to find the pit has been given flute parts to play on bells.... even at a higher level I often see the pit being used as just another layer to the melody. In corps the pit has its own voice and is treated as another seperate texture. Of course we don't project at the level of 50 horns but we do have a more integral part to the ensemble.
Marching corps was a great experience for me at a great age. The phrasing...... yes we do have to phrase together. I suppose as string players. The idea is more to be one voice, I have never played anywhere in such a tight ensemble. I say this came at a great age because I was exposed to phrasing and told EXACTLY what to do. After so much practice matching others and going over and over things, and then changing.....well I was exposed to phrases in music and then had the technical ability to do them before I could really hear them myself. I wonder if that made sense?
When I began playing later at a collegiate level I couldn't believe the freedon I had! It was great then to be able to say....now I have the technical ability to do whatever I want.....what do I WANT this to sound like?
I realize everyone's experience with corps is different, and it is a bit hard to try to generalize these things. These are just things I have found to be true. If I can make anything clearer let me know.
One last thing....it is hard on your hands. I am proo of that!
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