About a year and a half ago, I witnessed this video for the first time. I maybe watched it 2 or three times a day, I was so mesmorized that I couldn't help it. I couldn't believe what this guy was pulling off, and how composed he was. That's when I knew that this is what I wanted to do. I wanted to join DCI in a pit. After many months of practice and many lessons, I honestly believe that I could play most of this show (maybe not those runs, but most of everything else). Next season I will be auditioning for an Open Class corp along the East coast. It's amazing how much inspiration can come from one video.
That's how it is when it's done right. I love it too! **edit** amplification has helped with this too, since the performers can play more fluidly and musically without having to overplay and distort sound quality in order for their sound to cut through.
Favorite drum corps pit! This was so much fun to take me back to my front ensemble years. What I love about the Cavies pit is they REALLY know how to work the dissonant notes and resolve them with the band, it's such perfectly integrated keyboard writing!
I am a mallet/marimba player myself going into my first year of marching band. I aspire to do this well... I completely admire marimba and mallet players.
2:31 to 3:51 is fucking awesome. I was in the pit through high school and this video was so inspiring to me, I just tried to find it again for like half an hour and it’s as good as I remembered it.
+aPattyson I've always been taught that the drumline consists of the battery and the front ensemble. It's really meant to encompass all percussionists on the field, matching or not. Perhaps the definition changes depending on where one learns it?
after spending two years on pit, and two years on drumline, with both of my drumline years spent managing both sections (we didn't have a percussion instructor) I have a lot of respect for both sections. they are both important and both present their own challenges
Lol we have the same mallets. When I make enough money, I'm buying my own marimba, because being a marimbist is a lot of fun. Also, nice stick throw. Always happens. Can't escape it.
well most members of corps go into teaching what they know best so its not uncommon for students to go watch their teacher's performances. Especially if their instructor put their name on the video
Just watching this video and seeing how fast he's playing on the marimba with the four mallets makes me smile at the sight. I'm playing marimba for my school's marching band and playing with four mallets is pretty hard once you first learn it, but it gets easy. Playing cords with the notes really close to each other is hard but I'll soon get used to it
Rebecca Mylum Not necessarily. I was playing at a dome for championships during my first year in my school's national class band, and one of my hard xylophone mallets broke halfway through a 16th note run. Of course, only the top half of my right mallet broke so I kept on using it till a snare break where I was able to switch to a different pair. It wasn't really scary at all - I found it funny, actually. Especially because I was using those mallets since the beginning of the season. Although, DCI may be different. I don't know of any penalties that my state's conference have on mallets breaking.
Thomas Neal When you practice 12 hours a day for three months and even learn it before the season starts, you'll be fine. Not to mention that there's a lot of memorable patterns in pit music that are not as easily seen by non percussionists. His runs simply scale modes. Chords and perms and yadayadayada.
yasss! I play the Synthesizer in the pit at my high school and just omg the honor of getting to even be that close to a marimba player!! They are so talented, I envy my section leader
Ona Music i listen to tons of drum corps shows on soundcloud but 2013 cavies isnt on there cuz of the star trek music but there is a bunch of other cavies shows
As in they are more focused on being hard than sounding good? Of course, but you don't win drums with an easy book that sounds great. You win with a hard book that sounds great. See Carolina Crown if you need proof that easy (relatively) but pleasant books don't win.
Yes, but a lot of the marimba book shown makes very little musical sense. It's just ridiculously fast scales and arpeggios. There's honestly no finesse or musicality involved - and I think that's the problem with DCI these days, brass books AND drum books alike. A lot of it is just showing off.
I for one think it sounds epic and awesome too. It really is a mindset. If you're used to popular/pop music you'll have a hard time appreciating the tonal spectrum of this kind of music. Also keep in mind because this is filmed from the player's kind of view the sound of his own marimba is greatly emphasised and you're not able to hear the "whole thing".
Oh I completely get it and love it. Hell, I better since I'm in a DCI front ensemble, but seriously undoubtedly being difficult is a major aspect of DCI front ensemble books nowadays.
+alyssa I think he's referring to the minor second intervals in those chords. A minor second interval is basically, on a piano, two keys basically directly next to each other. So a d and d sharp. They sound very very off and personally I cringe whenever i hear one.
Allows you to play scales with the inner two (hard to get down) and seamlessly play 4 note chords with all 4 mallets (also hard to get down at the start). Then you can play arpeggios in a descending or ascending order without moving your mallets around too much!
+Delroy Langston There's different kinds for a reason. Sometimes a music calls for soft sound to be played so you use softer mallets. Or a sharp sound so you use a harder stiffer mallet. As for the multiple mallets, its like a piano except you play with mallets. The usual playing is with two mallets. But more advance playing is with four and even 6 mallets. I played in my marching band, concert band, marimba ensemble, wind ensemble and drum corps alot with xylophones and marimbas. I sometimes play up to 4 mallets and its not really easy either. Its fun to. I love playing mallets when I played back in 1997-2001. Loved it alot and you will too once you get the hang of it. Placement of the mallets in you hands can feel a little weird too.
Also depends which grip your using for 4 mallets. Some are easier to learn and master than others. Stevens grip (one used in the video) takes a lot of practice and time to master but in the end extremely worth it
bcmasur Transcibe it. You have all you need. Though chances are you can't play it. Before I did DCI, I transcribed an MCDC (Open class) show only to find that it was damn near impossible for me at the time. Remember that it always looks easier than it is, but if you work on it (with someone who's been there preferably) perhaps you'll find yourself with the music not because you transcribed it, but because it's your show for that summer.
Xtrovid yeah that is very true. I am about to try out for jersey surf just for the experience and of course this music is wayyy out of my playing ability. but it would be something really cool to have in my library to play when i am at that level.
I tried learning piano many times being a brass player of 10 years but honestly having marched one year of DCI and seen this video, I would rather learn marimba.
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About a year and a half ago, I witnessed this video for the first time. I maybe watched it 2 or three times a day, I was so mesmorized that I couldn't help it. I couldn't believe what this guy was pulling off, and how composed he was. That's when I knew that this is what I wanted to do. I wanted to join DCI in a pit. After many months of practice and many lessons, I honestly believe that I could play most of this show (maybe not those runs, but most of everything else). Next season I will be auditioning for an Open Class corp along the East coast. It's amazing how much inspiration can come from one video.
As someone in drumline I love the way pit players move when they play. It looks so fluid and full of passion. Awesome
That's how it is when it's done right. I love it too! **edit** amplification has helped with this too, since the performers can play more fluidly and musically without having to overplay and distort sound quality in order for their sound to cut through.
if anybody ever disses pit, show them this
This has to be my all time favorite marimba cam. Speechless at how ridiculously awesome this is.
I have watched this so many times, it's inspiring.
Ikr :,)
Them mallet runs. And them abs... GOD EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS AMAZING
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What abs...?
Favorite drum corps pit! This was so much fun to take me back to my front ensemble years. What I love about the Cavies pit is they REALLY know how to work the dissonant notes and resolve them with the band, it's such perfectly integrated keyboard writing!
I am a mallet/marimba player myself going into my first year of marching band. I aspire to do this well... I completely admire marimba and mallet players.
I think we need to start a charity called shirts for dci where we all donate money so that dci people can have shirts XD
they have shirts. It's hot, so everyone takes them off
+Zachary Kinnard the joke flew so high over your head it hit snoop dog
The cars
@@noahvanhyning7752 when your reply gets more likes then the comment
@@bricesonwatson8833 haha it's funny seeing old comments like these from me, it's like a whole different person
These are my favorite videos to watch on youtube because the pit is absolutely amazing!!
I BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR A MARIMBA CAMERA THANK YOU
There are not enough Marimba Cams out there
Agreed. The world needs more front line!!
best go-pro video I've ever seen in DCI
I can't believe that this is my private lesson tutor
Noah John That’s cool! Is he still your tutor?
Wow i am in the drumline and this right here has proven , that whatever you choose , most things are cool!
Good job!
It got intense at 1:45
Wherever these guys learn percussion, I'm applying.
Indiana University
“I will delete it”
5 years later
Still not deleted. Not that I am complaining and am so happy he didn’t delete it! Anyone else?
THIS guy right here is a Marimba God!!!!
This is the best thing I've ever seen. I can pretend I'm really good at playing with four mallets.
2:31 to 3:51 is fucking awesome. I was in the pit through high school and this video was so inspiring to me, I just tried to find it again for like half an hour and it’s as good as I remembered it.
This is why I aspire to someday be on a Corp frontline.
And people say drum line is cooler I don't think so I love being in pit
+Abby Rusher Pit is part of the drum line. I believe you're thinking of the battery.
+aPattyson I've always been taught that the drumline consists of the battery and the front ensemble. It's really meant to encompass all percussionists on the field, matching or not. Perhaps the definition changes depending on where one learns it?
+aPattyson same here
+aPattyson that's correct
after spending two years on pit, and two years on drumline, with both of my drumline years spent managing both sections (we didn't have a percussion instructor) I have a lot of respect for both sections. they are both important and both present their own challenges
It is a band all by itself. I have enjoyed it. Thanks.
Pit is Legit
I need to make t-shirts that say that.
HipieofBSA I would buy that Tshirt
+Ambrosia Ackerman Samee
+Hank Fuentes Bars.
Simply amazing. This is a great new perspective for me.
Good God the chops needed to play this piece are crazy!!!
WHO THE SHIT WRITES THESE PARTS DEAR GOD LET ME LEARN FROM THEM
I didn't want it to end
This has to be my favorite DCI video I've ever seen
Favorite pit cam to this day
Best cam I think I've ever seen...
I love that concert snare part at 11:18! You are a Marimba God!!
Lol we have the same mallets. When I make enough money, I'm buying my own marimba, because being a marimbist is a lot of fun.
Also, nice stick throw. Always happens. Can't escape it.
what mallets do they use?
Holy fuck, thank you for proving that this can be an exciting instrument
The incredible flexing marimba (11:11)
will always come back to this.
Great recovery at 5:32
agreed
Anyone notice the stick drop at 5:32 or so?
Wow! I didn't notice it the first time!
all the good old days in the pit.
This guy works at my high school now
thatd what alot of people say
well most members of corps go into teaching what they know best so its not uncommon for students to go watch their teacher's performances. Especially if their instructor put their name on the video
yeah a lot of dci members end up teaching in schools. My percussion director was in blue stars pit in 2012
my percussion teacher marched bluecoats 2007, 2009, 2010 snare
That is some GREAT writing!!! Great skills, too!
Just watching this video and seeing how fast he's playing on the marimba with the four mallets makes me smile at the sight. I'm playing marimba for my school's marching band and playing with four mallets is pretty hard once you first learn it, but it gets easy. Playing cords with the notes really close to each other is hard but I'll soon get used to it
I like how u dropped ur mallet and kept going!
+Rebecca Mylum Nah he dropped his mallet so he was gonna give up half way through the show lol
+uasuka usually you have an extra in the stick bag. if you run out, you keep playing like it didnt happen. It's all about uniformity and composure.
+Zane Stackhouse I'm just saying that because some people would've gotten embarrassed and froze up during the show
Rebecca Mylum Not necessarily. I was playing at a dome for championships during my first year in my school's national class band, and one of my hard xylophone mallets broke halfway through a 16th note run. Of course, only the top half of my right mallet broke so I kept on using it till a snare break where I was able to switch to a different pair. It wasn't really scary at all - I found it funny, actually. Especially because I was using those mallets since the beginning of the season. Although, DCI may be different. I don't know of any penalties that my state's conference have on mallets breaking.
AHhh now I remember why I stuck with auxiliary percussion.
Amen
uasuka
^^^ love it when people have no sense of humor...
I wish there was a marimba cam from 2011 :/
"I'll delete it".
No you won't lol!
"I'll delete it." Haha, well so much for that.
not exactly sure why, but this made me mind blown
Those are some pretty keyboard sweet runs!
It's amazing that you can memorize a 13 minute show, while most of the kids at my middle school cant even remember their region music.
Thomas Neal When you practice 12 hours a day for three months and even learn it before the season starts, you'll be fine. Not to mention that there's a lot of memorable patterns in pit music that are not as easily seen by non percussionists. His runs simply scale modes. Chords and perms and yadayadayada.
ikr
Needs more cowbell
Okay that joke is so old
+Drummer From Heaven this comment is old
Sarah Elizabeth your mom is so old
Good lord that was intense! I had no idea that what these guys did is that difficult
I just learned the grip he is using. This guy is really good!
yasss! I play the Synthesizer in the pit at my high school and just omg the honor of getting to even be that close to a marimba player!! They are so talented, I envy my section leader
Tiana Clark I also play the synthesizer in the pit! But I also play marimba too.
Your name sounds like a wizard101 character 😂😂😂
Joseph Ludwig So true 😂
Joseph Ludwig yours sounds like a mario character
Our drum captain needs to watch this.
The only reason synths should be used in Drum Corps. Right.. About... There 6:04
Perfect!!!
As a Cavies snare potential, the pit, especially marimba, seems like such a difficult yet, for lack of a better word, awesome group.
Oh my god even the marimbas are awesome
Marimbas were always good...
Those mallet runs...
how 2 chops pls
Use a pillow and try to keep your hits to sound the same. It burns... But no pain, no gain.
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I have so much respect for mallet players. Playing mallet instruments is HARD, it's certainly not for everybody; it really takes talent.
That's incredible!!!!
"How do i stop it?"
That ensemble goes hard!
5:50--is that supposed to be a break drum? Small mallets for one if it is!!
Sam Schellhase I think those are bell plates
Damn this looks so cool!
Jose Reyes dude me too, I'm only a freshman though but I'm going to try out for drum line next marching season.
The_Actual_Ghost_King Nice man! Good luck:)
That was awesome!
Those runs... Soo sick.
where can we stream buy or downloaf his music
Ona Music i listen to tons of drum corps shows on soundcloud but 2013 cavies isnt on there cuz of the star trek music but there is a bunch of other cavies shows
wow he's amazing at that
Does anyone get the feeling that most marimba parts in DCI are demand for demand's sake?
As in they are more focused on being hard than sounding good? Of course, but you don't win drums with an easy book that sounds great. You win with a hard book that sounds great. See Carolina Crown if you need proof that easy (relatively) but pleasant books don't win.
Yes, but a lot of the marimba book shown makes very little musical sense. It's just ridiculously fast scales and arpeggios. There's honestly no finesse or musicality involved - and I think that's the problem with DCI these days, brass books AND drum books alike. A lot of it is just showing off.
I for one think it sounds epic and awesome too. It really is a mindset. If you're used to popular/pop music you'll have a hard time appreciating the tonal spectrum of this kind of music. Also keep in mind because this is filmed from the player's kind of view the sound of his own marimba is greatly emphasised and you're not able to hear the "whole thing".
Oh I completely get it and love it. Hell, I better since I'm in a DCI front ensemble, but seriously undoubtedly being difficult is a major aspect of DCI front ensemble books nowadays.
Well of course, but making music difficult doesn't mean it can't be awesome to listen to anymore :)
Oh my gosh, I would flip out in dci cause all those sticks hitting my legs when I play (maybe it's my broken stick bag)
Ukeleyla Pretty sure its a broken stick bag. My school has just as many mallets and my mallets don't hit my legs
Darn...that sucks :/
Ig I just gotta deal with it
"I will have it deleted"
@napkinoftruth its a ribbon crasher!
Thanks!
Inside 2's were amazing in technique
What type of mallets were those at 7:50?
Amazing
7:07 to7:20 killed me omg
CRINGEEE
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+alyssa I think he's referring to the minor second intervals in those chords. A minor second interval is basically, on a piano, two keys basically directly next to each other. So a d and d sharp. They sound very very off and personally I cringe whenever i hear one.
yes there is some insane mallet technique as well.
Ok I have to start playing marimba. one question though.....whats up wit the multiple pairs of sticks? The double sticking is awesome.
Allows you to play scales with the inner two (hard to get down) and seamlessly play 4 note chords with all 4 mallets (also hard to get down at the start). Then you can play arpeggios in a descending or ascending order without moving your mallets around too much!
And the multiple pairs are just different types. Hard, medium hard, soft, etc. Depends where on the instrument you're generally playing
Well doesn't seem hard to learn, but hard to master
+Delroy Langston There's different kinds for a reason. Sometimes a music calls for soft sound to be played so you use softer mallets. Or a sharp sound so you use a harder stiffer mallet. As for the multiple mallets, its like a piano except you play with mallets. The usual playing is with two mallets. But more advance playing is with four and even 6 mallets. I played in my marching band, concert band, marimba ensemble, wind ensemble and drum corps alot with xylophones and marimbas. I sometimes play up to 4 mallets and its not really easy either. Its fun to. I love playing mallets when I played back in 1997-2001. Loved it alot and you will too once you get the hang of it. Placement of the mallets in you hands can feel a little weird too.
Also depends which grip your using for 4 mallets. Some are easier to learn and master than others. Stevens grip (one used in the video) takes a lot of practice and time to master but in the end extremely worth it
I wish I could get the music for this. You wouldn't happen to have it would you?
you just watched it
i realllyyy want the sheet music too
bcmasur Transcibe it. You have all you need. Though chances are you can't play it. Before I did DCI, I transcribed an MCDC (Open class) show only to find that it was damn near impossible for me at the time. Remember that it always looks easier than it is, but if you work on it (with someone who's been there preferably) perhaps you'll find yourself with the music not because you transcribed it, but because it's your show for that summer.
Xtrovid yeah that is very true. I am about to try out for jersey surf just for the experience and of course this music is wayyy out of my playing ability. but it would be something really cool to have in my library to play when i am at that level.
Awesome, sweet technique
They came to my school and practiced the year of 2014
I tried learning piano many times being a brass player of 10 years but honestly having marched one year of DCI and seen this video, I would rather learn marimba.
4:20 name of the instrument tied to the bar?
Ribbon crasher
My only question is how?
This is so sick!!!
F'ing SNIPER with mallets!
This is extremely demanding music
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#Legend👑
That run @ 3:00 ...... I could never
was this used in a vic firth video?
Cavies use Innovative Percussion so no
oh. i thought this was though....
+Why Not They may have used the Cadets video from the same year.
ok
This song😭👌
Those chops!
What song is that, have any printed music, i want to play that !
I think he was a pit instructor at our school for indoor last year.
How does someone get to do the Go-Pro thing? Are they chosen by the director or something or can they just bring in a camera and record themselves.
I'm pretty sure a member can bring one in for a rehearsal.
Really good to know, thanks!
i wish there was a "love" button
What's that thing attached to the bar in front of the marimba?
It's called a ribbon crasher.
Is it metal or bamboo or . . . ????*****
Stephen Coe Usually metal