This type of music includes the fallopian tubes (or other natural instruments such as natural trumpets or natural horns), bagpipes, or piccolos and almost all of the drums. This type of band used to elevate the morale of the troops on the battlefield, as well as for their entertainment. ...
I find brass bands have a melancholy sound. All right out of doors, of course - fifty miles away. Like bagpipes, they turn what had been a dream into a public nuisance. —Thomas Beecham 23 I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension...