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Members of the Sri Lanka Navy Band perform at Mattur Public Grounds during a community relations event in 2018. Sri Lankan military bands (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා යුද හමුදා කණ්ඩායම) refer to the joint-service musical units of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces representing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force.
The name "ikman" comes from the Sinhala term "ඉක්මන්" meaning "fast", or "quick". [1] ikman.lk Launched in June 2013 and is owned by Swedish company Saltside Technologies. ikman.lk became the 6th most visited website in Sri Lanka after three months of operation. [2] The site was initially developed by technical teams based in Sweden ...
The Brazilian Marching Band and Pipes and Drums is composed of 74 musicians who play instruments ranging from instruments for marching bands to traditional instruments. [42] Individual military units operate music bands. Currently, the 3rd Army Division Music Band serves one of the largest military garrisons in the country. [43]
Pages in category "Sri Lankan musical instruments" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
Instruments in this category are instruments in a configuration used only in marching musical ensembles; i.e. marching bands or drum and bugle corps. Pages in category "Marching band instruments" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
High tension drums began and were perfected in the pipe band market and later moved into the marching band and drum corps areas. The bottom (or resonant ) side of the drum has a tightly tuned head and synthetic gut or metal snare wires, which are often secured to the drum using a strainer to limit their movement and make the sound more staccato .
The first marching band formation, the Purdue All-American Marching Band "P Block". Instruments have been frequently used on the battlefield (for example the Iron Age carnyx and the medieval Ottoman military band [1]) but the modern marching band developed from European military bands formed in the Baroque period, partly influenced by the Ottoman tradition.
The contrabass bugle (usually shortened to contra or simply called the marching tuba) is the lowest-pitched brass instrument in the drum and bugle corps and marching band hornline. [1] It is the drum corps' counterpart to the marching band's sousaphone : the lowest-pitched member of the hornline, and a replacement for the concert tuba on the ...