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Re: Fw: March definition

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Subject: Re: Fw: March definition
From: David Taylor <dtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 15:15:00 +0100
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In message <008a01bf061b$1d003620$2b5afea9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ron
Grice <ronhg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

>Lets face it ,some of you in the U K are complaining about the letterof 
>the law being upheld,you are better of than here where rules are swayed 
>by the organisers (perhaps they don't understand the rules either) at 
>least you know where you stand as unpalatable as it seems at the time.

Sounds like a case of the grass always being greener on the other
side...
> 
>Ron Grice
> 
>By the way if anyone can pen a foolproof definition please post it.

How about something like:- "The march to be played should be in duple
time, or a multiple thereof, with the duple unit occurring at between
110 and 130 beats per minute. It should be played by the standard brass
band, with a percussion section using only instruments that can be
carried, marched with, and played on foot by a single person each."
Subject to approval, obviously. 

This is still slightly fudgy; perhaps if a band suggested that tympani
were suitable for marching with, then they could be required to
demonstrate:) The 'standard brass band' should be slightly open to
interpretation anyway, and it doesn't limit the size of the percussion
section - is this a problem?
Also, I thought that a quick march was at the speed of 144 bpm, not 120;
I remember being told this by someone who was in the army.
It also allows marches in times like 12/8, 4/4 etc.. (as Celebration is,
I think), but not 3/4 (like Zamora - how many legs do Spaniards have?),
although a fast 3/4 could be marched to 1 in a bar (then it could be
regarded as duple time if it divided up into even numbers of bars).
Any piece in the right time at the right speed with the right
instrumentation fits the definition, but this is subjective. It's
probably not necessary to monitor this too closely - a band that played
something else would presumably be penalised by the adjudicators anyway.

Hope this is useful,
Dave Taylor


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