I was never a part of marching band back in high school but I know plenty of people who were. It seemed like fun.
It is i was in my hish school Marching band. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwind, and some percussion instruments
What are some of the different instruments in these categories?
Percussion and wind instruments were used on the battlefield since ancient times on military marching bands.
Oh, so like flutes and things like that?
Yes, A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as a flute player, flautist, flutist .
Flautist sounds so awkward to say compared to just saying flute player haha.
I know hahah i like just reffering them as flute players.
Same here, or even flutist makes sense because of guitar players being called guitarists and all that.
type of chordophone, traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut, nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning. The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument.
There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (Spanish guitar/nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic
Marching band
A marching band is a group in which instrumental musicians perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Most marching bands wear a uniform, often of a military style, that includes an associated organization's colors, name or symbol. Most high school marching bands, and some college marching bands, are accompanied by a color guard, a group of performers who add a visual interpretation to the music through the use of props, most often flags,