Bass drum
The biggest instruments on the drum line. usually 5 of them each at different pitches to make a melodic sound to the drum line. The bigger the better.
BASS DRUM
1. Some of the sweetest instruments in marching band. Starts at #1 (usually carried by the smallest member) and increases in size. High schools normally have around four or five. Colleges/universities usually have many more.2. That really big drum in concert band/pit.Rusty Bass Drum
marching bass drum
A marching instrument usually used along with other bass drums which are pitched from a low to a high sound. They often have different sizes.
Example:
Our bottom marching bass drum is the lowest!
Our bottom marching bass drum is the lowest!
bass drum clusterfuck
When you have 10 or more bass drums for a marching band parade and everyone keeps hitting each other’s drums because they have no peripheral vision skills
bass drum roll
A drumline tradition during which new bass drummers must stand on their heads while inside their harnesses being held up by their drums. After this they are officially part of the marching band. (Filming is optional but highly recommended.)
Example:
Shannon: Hey Jack get over here!
Jack: *starts walking*
Shannon: PUT ON YOUR BASS DRUM! NOW!
Jack: *scared* ok... *puts on drum*
Shannon: *pushes Jack onto the ground head first and makes him do a bass drum roll*
*Pat walks over and starts filming*
Jack: Are you filming yet?
Pat: No not yet
*This continues for two minutes*
Shannon: Hey Jack get over here!
Jack: *starts walking*
Shannon: PUT ON YOUR BASS DRUM! NOW!
Jack: *scared* ok... *puts on drum*
Shannon: *pushes Jack onto the ground head first and makes him do a bass drum roll*
*Pat walks over and starts filming*
Jack: Are you filming yet?
Pat: No not yet
*This continues for two minutes*
Mexican in the trunk with a bass drum
The only possible explanation for all the loud booming that comes from a low rider car. There must be a Mexican in the trunk with a bass drum.
Example:
El Bajito Loco drives up and down the street with a Mexican in the trunk with a bass drum. The Mexican keeps beating on that drum, perhaps to let everyone know he's in there.
El Bajito Loco drives up and down the street with a Mexican in the trunk with a bass drum. The Mexican keeps beating on that drum, perhaps to let everyone know he's in there.
throwing pennies at the bass drum
When a kid in junior high, usually the one relegated to triangle or wood block, throws pennies at the bass drum to give the sonic impression the bass drummer played off beat
Example:
He got kicked out of band again for throwing pennies at the bass drum The bass drummer said nothing but his own shit eating smile gave him away.
He got kicked out of band again for throwing pennies at the bass drum The bass drummer said nothing but his own shit eating smile gave him away.
marching bass drum
An type of drum in the drumline of a marching band that is big, tilted 90 degrees to its side, and strapped to the marcher's chest. They are heavy instruments, the lightest being 20 pounds, and the heaviest being 45 pounds. There are usually 3,4, or 5 bass drums on a drumline, and the pitches are different on the drums with the smallest being the highest and the biggest being the lowest. Bass drum players are usually males, as they carry the big, heavy instruments and make loud sounds with their mallets. These males are badass, as they are on the drumline, they are hot, they are funny people who pull jokes, and attract a lot of attention, usually from the color guard, of how sexy hitting a bass drum is.
Example:
Color guard #1: Check out that marching bass drum player's ass.
Color guard captain: DAYUM, he sexy.
Color guard #2: Man, bass drummers are so badass
Color guard #1: Check out that marching bass drum player's ass.
Color guard captain: DAYUM, he sexy.
Color guard #2: Man, bass drummers are so badass
Drum&bass
Based almost entirely in England,Drum&bass (they called Jungle),emerged in the early 90's. It is one of the most rhythmically complex of all forms of dance music. Usually its entirely instrumental,consisting of nothing but fast drum machines and deep bass.