looking good (marching, drill, etc) or sounding good?
2006-10-14 12:47:07 · 8 answers · asked by musicaangelica 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Both are important, but I'd say sounding good needs to be the hightest priority. You can simplify the drill to make it look better, but especially at the college level if you don't sound good it doesn't say a lot for your schools music program. Unfortunately you'll get your largest audiences at football games. I say unfortunately because you won't get that many people and that variety of people coming to your concerts. The music is what will grab your audience and make the lasting impression of your band. Most of your audience won't know much about drill design, but they all have ears and likely listen to music. Let's face it most of them are grabbing a hot dog and using the restroom in between talking with their buddies, there not watching. But they are listening, even if they don't appear to be. As a culture we've grown accustom to passively listening to music. If the band is really wailing you'll get their attention.
2006-10-16 02:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by Rick D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looking good is probably a bigger priority. Becuase, first off, it's harder to play with beautiful tone when you're constantly thinking. Therefore, often sheet music for marching band is somewhat simpler than concert bands. Also, many have two instruments: a nice one for indoor concerts, and a not as expensive and good, to even a barely functional one for marching band. Because the best quality instruments in terms of sounding good would not survive long outside, the use of "lesser" (for the lack of a better word) instruments would adversely affect "sounding good". Lastly, marching bands have to compete with crowds, wind, and other loudness outside that wouldn't affect an indoor concert- hence volume is an essential key when performing a half-time or similar marching band venue. However, when certain instruments get louder than normal, they sound sharp or edgy.
So even spacing, straight lines, and correct positioning may be more important than sounding good.
2006-10-14 14:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by rl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to win awards, you cannot make one a priority over the other. Both are equally important. This doesn't mean that you have to have the most expensive uniforms or even the fanciest moves, but whatever the routine is, you have to do it right and not be out of step. You also have to play in tune and have your sections well-balanced. You really can't choose one or the other - both factors have to be there!
2006-10-14 17:27:02 · answer #3 · answered by runningviolin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounding good is more important, but don't think a band can go on the field with crooked lines out people out of place and doin things halfway. It's unacceptable.
2006-10-14 17:01:59 · answer #4 · answered by Just Dance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer truly, and actually some colleges will contain community activities on your more advantageous-curriculars (ie. church youngsters team or a community football team - see you later because it isn't prepared by technique of your persons). something that handed off before 9th grade received't count number to schools and can't be positioned on a school software. in difficulty-free words contain stuff that handed off in grades 9-12.
2016-12-04 20:18:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your director. Ours wanted us to look good and have a brilliant visual show more than sound good. It drove me batty.
2006-10-14 12:49:40 · answer #6 · answered by nezzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the sound is very important
2006-10-14 14:23:36 · answer #7 · answered by nkettler03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shouldnt it be the sound, since first and foremost it is a band?
2006-10-14 18:08:48 · answer #8 · answered by la carlotta 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋