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I have to go with percussion...Not because I am the section leader of the basses and the overall percussion section leader...But because we keep the band alive, we give it some flavor and give the crowd something to look at. The cheerleaders are there for all the horny guys and the perc. section is there for the people who aren't into the bubble heads in tight clothes. We are the band...and we don't parade out in gay clothes like the guard...

*glare glare* our guard uniforms aren't gay, except last year which we're never using again, our guard gets to wear fishnet... and we're everywhere on the field.... and we toss things in the air and if a band member gets hurt it's not really our fault.... and our guard was better than the rest of our band.... including percussion!

If you'd stop using gay as an insult, I'd really appreciate it.


Anyway. I think everything in the band is really important; it sounds weird to play without anything. But, percussion helps everyone keep time (hopefully).

First off....no. Percussion is not the band. they are a very important part of the band.

Also, not all guard is stupid. They're not all "Bubble heads in tight clothes" either.

As a drum major, i know how it is to try to get along without a section of the band. it is possible, but its hard, and the music doesn't sound good.
with any given piece of music thats written for a band, all sections have an important part. weather it be the beat for percussion, the melody with high brass and woodwind, or the bass line with low brass, if you take out any of those parts the music isn't going to sound the same. so yes, percussion is a very important part of the band, but, so is every other section.

i know a lot of percussionists who are very talented and work really hard to get to where they are at musically, but everyone who is skilled at any kind of instrument works just as hard as percussionists to get there. besides, it doesn't matter what section is better, because:

your all in the same band, and a band is only as good as its worst section.

I agree with Kokihi. Every section in the band is improtant to the overall efect of the band show on both parts of your audience; the judges and the regular ppl who go to shows. Well you do have your band parents but thats there job to cheer ya'll on.

okay i gotta tell you this "that last part is a tiny bit offensive" only because i am in cg and have no clue on how to read sheet music and yet i can do a doule ratimacue. and ya know the funny thing is my band directer and the dl instructer can't do a double ratimacue. that to me is sad they can't do it yet a cg kid who can't read sheet music can.

Even though i play in our percussion section, percussion isn't the most important section in the band. all the sections are pretty much equal, because u wouldn't have the right sound without any given section. for example: if u didnt have percussion there wouldn't be a beat to keep the band together. also, if u didn't have brass, there would be no volume.