marching band is a group of line of people who play one or a few songs using a combination of musical instruments (brass, percussion, and a number of pit instruments) together. Appearances row orchestra is a combination of game music (brass, and percussion) and action marching from the players. Generally, the appearance of rows of orchestra led by one or two people Field Commander, and performed well in the open field and closed field lines forming the pattern formation with a constantly changing according to the flow of choreography to the song being played, and accompanied by dance act which carried out by a number of players flag
Orchestra rows are generally categorized by function, number of members, composition and type of equipment used, and the style or mode of appearance. At first row orchestra known as another name for drum band. Appearances in the first row of the orchestra is as accompanist parade or festival celebrations conducted in an open field in the form of rows with a fixed and rigid patterns, as well as play songs mars. The dynamics of the appearance of balance is obtained through individual attractions made by majorette, or some instrument player personnel. However, the current row orchestra music game can be done either in the open field, or closed as a filler in a celebration event, or a championship.
Musical compositions played by the orchestra ranks are generally more harmonious and not merely play songs in the form of mars, the variety of equipment used is more complex, more dynamic line formation, and the mode of his appearance to make the orchestra row represents a separate and distinct category with the orchestra rows formerly called a drum band. At that time, drum band generally has a composition that more use of percussion instruments a lot of wind musical instruments. A typical line shape and appearance of the best known orchestra is the orchestra ranks held by the military or police institutions. Further adaptation of the interface row orchestra on the stage is in the form of brass bands.
Orchestra row stems from an ancient tradition as the activities carried out by several musicians who play music together and performed while walking to accompany a celebration or festival. Along with the traveling time, the orchestra evolved into more structured ranks in the military in the early days of the city-state era. These form the basis for the beginning of the military orchestra which became the beginning of the current row of the orchestra. [1] [2]
Although the pattern of rows of the orchestra has grown far, there are still quite a lot of military traditions that survive in the culture of the orchestra ranks, military tradition is seen in uniform attributes are used, the procedure runs, the model of instruction in general practice is an adaptation of a military tradition been adjusted in such a way.
In Indonesia, the culture of the orchestra rows are the further development of the culture drum band that had previously been under the auspices of the organization PDBI (an abbreviation of "Unity Drum Band The whole of Indonesia"), which fostered by Menpora (an abbreviation of "Minister of youth and sports"). Orchestra rows of birth as activities that focus on game performance and visual music in a balanced way, with different drum band more focused as a sport. In the process, the orchestra row in Indonesia are many variations to adapt the techniques used by game drum corps groups in America, especially on percussion instruments. This makes the mode of the game in a row orchestra performances to more easily be distinguished from appearance style drum band.
