Front ensemble
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In a marching band, drum and bugle corps, or indoor percussion ensemble, the front ensemble or pit is the stationary percussion ensemble. This ensemble is typically placed in front of the football fie
The front ensemble for the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps rehearsing their 2007 show, "Criminal"
Glockenspiel
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The glockenspiel or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibr
Front ensemble
…the ensemble may contain any type of percussion instrument. The main emphasis of the front ensemble are the mallet instruments: marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, chimes, crotales, and xylophone. Some marching band circuits also allow non-standard instruments (such as the violin) or electronic instruments (such…
A glockenspiel made by Malletech
A glockenspiel made around 1910 in Leipzig, Germany
A Mardi Gras musician playing a horizontal bell lyre
A vertical bell lyre in use by the National Marching Band of the RAF Air Cadets