"Gloria Estefan" - The drummer who keeps sticking an extra beat in that one measure break and in doing so, quite effectively...


Wait for it...


Turns the beat around

Thank you, I'll be here all week, please try the shrimp.

Cowbell Fever- Going crazy on the cowbell, usually breaking the stick or majorly damajing the cowbell.

cool here is one
rollin' it up- when the rest of the marcing band is playing for warm ups and the line just...rolls!

ear tampons- ear plugs

"the runs"

when that one guy doesn't practice, but he wants the really fast parts.

Here's two more for you from yours truly
Nightstick-the thickest triangle beater you can find
Church Bell- The thickest triangle you can find that gives you a very low pitched sound

Hey ya'll Im playing the timpani's this year

Your ongoing breaking of the rules (this one being spam/off-topic posting) will only get you to Bantown. I suggest you start following our rules.

-P.S. Please learn the proper usage of the apostrophe.

Snare Ball (n): Game in which a bouncy ball, preferably a tennis ball, is thrown into the air. Meanwhile, the snares underneath must bounce the ball back up into the air using their drums. IE, a drumline version of keep it up. (can be played with tenors as well)

Baby Seal Killers (n): 1)Thickest triange beater 2)Overly large or combersome beaters of any sort

Mallet Game (n): A game in which pit members find a room with lots of obstacles, and play a game of hard core dodge ball using mallets. Can be played with dodgeball rules (you get hit, and your out) or first to draw blood wins (you can guess) *Different than the Mallet Game listed in the big list*

Set: Yelled very loudly by a section leader or drum tech to call a drumline into attention. ie. "drumline, your at attention... drumline shut up... SSSSEEEEEETTTTTT!!!!!!!!"

Widowmaker (n): The largest bass drum in a drum line. Also see "Castrator", "Ball Breaker", "Crippler" and "Dislocator"

Meat Grinder (n): A drill exercise used to practice verbal commands. Band or section blocks up at one end of the field, is told a series of commands, then must execute them on a loop, slowly creeping toward the end of the field. The band must reach the end of the field without one member screwing up, or everyone starts all over again.

Here are a few I've come across that weren't on the list in this form...

Elephant Nuts (el uh fant nuts) pl. n. - Bottom bass mallets.

Squirrel Nuts (skwer al nuts) pl. n. - Top bass mallets.

This goes along with clam and clam chowder, but we use just chow.

Chow (chow) v. 1)To dirty up a lick. 2)To drop a stick or accidentilly hit it when playing fast, making it flip out of your hand.

Question: what does ripping the end of a roll mean? I heard Scott Johnson talk about it on VF.com in respect to his I&E solos back in the day.