Marching percussion instruments are percussion instruments specially designed to be played while moving. This is achieved by attaching the drum(s) to a special harness worn by the drummer, although not all marching bands use such harnesses and instead use traditional baldrics to sling their drums.
Eagle High School Drumline 2023
The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
A drumline with sling-harness snares
A tenor player with four drums
A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. They are most popular in the United States, though not uncommon in other parts of the world. 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 sabers.
Goin' Band from Raiderland, a college marching band in the United States
The first marching band formation, the Purdue All-American Marching Band "P Block"
The University of Detroit Band performing at Dinan Field in the 1920s.
The Marching Illini, the first band to perform a halftime show at an American football game