Marching Band 步操樂團
What is Marching Band? 甚麼是步操樂團?
A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who 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, rifles, and sabres.
行進樂隊(Marching band)也稱為儀樂隊、步操樂隊等,是一項結合步操與樂器演奏的戶外表演和比賽方式,樂器主要銅管、木管和打擊樂器。儀樂隊的演奏者身穿仿軍事風格的制服, 制服上包括學校或組織的符號、筒狀軍帽(、遮陽帽、手套、肩帶和斗蓬(等配件。
若您希望認識步操樂團,觀賞音樂電影《鼓浪青春》(Drumline)會是一個很好的起始點。電影會為大家介紹步操樂團的訓練過程,以及在球賽前的公開演出。當然,步操樂團最矚目的,就是軍樂對決(Drumline),尤如兩軍對陣,以軍樂決勝負的音樂對決,是最令觀眾興奮的音樂比賽形式!
戴文(尼克·卡農飾)生活在紐約黑人集中居住的哈林區,他一心希望考入大學,擔任一名出色的步操樂團鼓手。現在,他的夢想終於得到了實現的機會,他考獲南方一所大學獎學金,可以進入這所大學讀書。考入大學後,戴文的才華果然得以施展,他很快在老師的調教之下成為學校内最出色的鼓手。加入樂隊之後,戴文對鼓手的意義有得深入的理解。他意識到只有團结合作,才是自己的樂隊和鼓手真正需要的精神。經歷不少挫折的他,最終要協助樂團,和勁敵在球場中央展開最後對决…..