ASPECTS FOR ARRANGING FOR DRUM CORPS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC!!! by JOHN A. LEGGETT, B.M. A THESIS IN MUSIC THEORY Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF MUSIC Approved Chairperson of the Committee Accepted Dean of the Graduate School May, 2004 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank You, LORD for granting me the strength to realize my dreams, my destiny, and how I may serve others Thank you Dr. Michael Stoune for your extreme patience, fatherly advice and determination in the creation of this project. To Dr. Paul Cutter, a professor that I admired ...I respect the both of you and will always remember you with a smile on my face. There are no words to express how the both of you influenced my life. To Dr. Edward Pearsall, a music theorist with a Heart of Gold and the passion of a true musician. Without your leadership and genuine concern in my academic life, I would have never achieved my dream. Thank You Drs. Peter Fischer and Thomas Hughes...for your compassion, advice, and tutelage to help me "stay the course." I could not ask for a better choice of advisors on this project. To Joan Arlene Mueller (deceased) ...you taught me to believe in and help others in a way that I will always treasure ...I will always miss you. To my daughter Tracy, you taught me to love and protect those that are special to me and to go forth and make a difference. I will always love you. To my wife (deceased) Donna Jean ...as every day passes, I realize how much you mean to me and what I meant to you. As my life goes on, I patiently wait until we meet again under the arches of Vahalla. To G-Angel....for showing me what is and what can be....I will always love you and be your friend. To those who participate (d) in the Summer Music Games, DCA and Especially Syracuse Brigadiers....May the Contest Always Continue This Project is for All of You. Ill TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii LIST OF TABLES vi LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES vii CHAPTER I. JUSTIFICATION 1 II. THE BIRTH OF DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL (DCI) 17 III. BRASS INSTRUMENTS USED IN DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS CIRCA 1976 38 IV. ASPECTS OF ARRANGING FOR A DRUM CORPS HORNUNE 52 V. HOW THE CHANNEL ONE Sf/TE ARRANGEMENT WAS CREATED 72 VI. CH/4A//VEL0A/ESL//TE: MELODIC ANALYSIS 92 VII. BLUEPRINT OF CH/\/\//VEL0A/ESL//7E 118 VIII. HARMONIC ANALYSIS OF CHANNEL ONE SUITE 135 IX. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 146 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 150 IV APPENDIX A. PERMISSION LETTER FROM WARNER BROTHERS PUBLICATIONS 154 B. CHANNEL ONE SUITE SCORE ARRANGED BY JOHN A. LEGGETT 156 LIST OF TABLES 1: Distribution of Brass Instruments in DCI Sanctioned Corps 55 2: Distribution of the Battery in DCI Sanctioned Corps 58 3: Channel One Suite Mvt. I 124 4: Channel One Suite Mvt. I 125 5: Channel One Suite Mvt. I 126 6: Channel One Suite Mvt. I 127 7: Channel One Suite MvL II 128 8: Channel One Suite MvL II 129 9: Channel One Suite Mvt. II 130 10: Channel One Suite Mvt. Ill 131 11: Channel One Suite M\n. Ill 132 12: Channel One Suite Mvt. Ill 133 13: Channel One Suite Mvt. Ill 134 VI LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES 1. Table of Octaves 45 2. Soprano Bugle Written and Sounding Ranges 46 3. French Horn Bugle Overtone Series 47 4. French Horn Bugle Written and Sounding Ranges 48 5. Mellophone Bugle Written and Sounding Ranges 50 6. Baritone/Euphonium Bugle Written and Sounding Ranges 52 7. Contra Bugle Written and Sounding Range 54 8. MM. 4-9: Channel One Suite, Mvt. Ill Arr. By John A. Leggett 62 9. MM. 31-36: Channel One Suite, Mvt. I Arr. By John A. Leggett 62 10. MM. 18-25: Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 63 11. MM. 27-34: Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 64 12. MM. 23-31: Channel One Suite, Mvt. II Arr. By John A. Leggett 64 13. MM. 99-100: Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 65 14. MM. 10-13: Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 66 vu 15. MM. 55-61: Channel One Suite, Mvt. II Arr. By John A. Leggett 69 16. MM. 3-7: Channel One Suite, Mvt. II Arr. By John A. Leggett 70 17. MM. 10-13: Channel One Suite, Mvt. I Arr. By John A. Leggett 71 18. MM. 9-14: Original Com position, Channel One Suite 76 19. MM. 10-13: Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 77 20. Bass Ostinato: MM. 15-16, Original Composition Channel One Suite 78 21. Bass Ostinato, Contra, MM. 14-15, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 78 22. Saxophone Section: MM. 41-49, Channel One Suite 79 23. Mellophone Section: MM. 41-49, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 79 24. 3/4, 3/8 and12/8 Time Alterations, MM. 79-85, Original Composition, Channel One Suite 81 25. 6/8 Time Alterations: MM. 87-93, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 82 26. MM. 8-15, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 83 27. Trumpet Section: MM. 119-127. Original Composition, Channel One Suite 84 vni 28. Soprano I and II: MM. 23-31, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 85 29. Flute Section: MM. 128-133, Original Composition, Channel One Suite 85 30. Mellophone Section: MM. 32-37, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 85 31. Bass Guitar: MM. 128-131, Channel One Suite 86 32. MM. 32-35, Contra, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 86 33. Bass Guitar: MM. 36-142, Channel One Suite 87 34. Rhythmic Alterations Contra, MM. 40-47, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 87 35. 1^' Tenor Sax Solo: MM. 143-151, Original Composition, Channel One Suite 88 36. Solo Mellophone: MM. 47-55, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 88 37. Saxophone Section: MM. 201-203, Original Composition, Channel One Suite 91 38. Mellophone Section: MM. 38-41, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 91 39. MM. 53-55, Contra, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 92 IX 40. Form: Mvt. I, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 94 41. Motive 1,MM. 2-3, MvL I, Channel One Suite 95 42. Motive 1, MM. 2-8, Mvt. I, Channel One Suite 95 43. Motive 2,MM. 10-13, Mvt I, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 96 44. MM. 10-13: Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 97 45. Motive 3, MM. 14-15, MvL I, Channel One Suite 98 46. Theme A: MM. 18-21, Mvt. I Channel One Suite 99 47. Motive 4, MM. 27-28, Mvt. I, Channel One Suite 100 48. Motive 5, MM. 27-33, Mvt. I, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 101 49. Theme A1: MM. 40-49, Mvt. I Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 102 50. MM. 57-58, MvL I Channel One Suite 103 51. Theme B: MM. 58-65, MvL I Channel One Suite 104 52. MM. 38-39, Mvt. I Channel One Suite 104 53. Theme C: MM. 79-82, Mvt. I Channel One Suite 104 54. Form: Mvt. II, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 105 55. Theme A: MM. 1-5, MvL II Channel One Suite 106 56. Theme A: MvL I Channel One Suite 106 57. Theme B: MM. 7-15, Mvt. II Channel One Suite 106 58. Theme C: MM. 15-23, Mvt. II Channel One Suite 107 59. Theme A1: MM. 23-31, MvL II C/7anne/One Suite 108 60. Section B: MM. 32-37, Mvt. II, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 108 61. Theme D: MM. 39-43, MvL II Channel One Suite 109 62. Theme B2: MM. 47-55, Mvt. II Channel One Suite 109 63. Theme CI: MM. 55-57, MvL II Channel One Suite 110 64. Ad. Lib. Soprano Solo, MM. 61-64, Mvt. II, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett 110 65. Form: Mvt. Ill, Channel One Suite Arr. By John A. Leggett Ill XI 66. Motive A: MM. 4-6, Mvt. Ill, Channel One Suite 111 67. Motive B: MM. 15-16, Mvt. Ill, Channel One Suite 112 68. Motive 4: MM. 27-28, Mvt. I, Channel One Suite 112 69. Theme A3: MM. 5-13, MvLIII, Channel One Suite 113 70. Motive B1: MM. 15-17, MvL III, Channel One Suite 114 71. Complex Call and Response: MM. 22-30, Mvt. Ill, Channel One Suite 115 72. Section A1: MM. 33-41. Brass Reduction, Mvt. Ill, Channel One Suite 116 73. Variant of Motive A: Motive A^ 117 74. Theme C: MM. 47-51, MvL III, Channel One Suite 117 75. Theme B1: MM. 62-67, Mvt. Ill, Channel One Suite 118 76. Section A3: MM. 69-72, Mvt. Ill, Channel One Suite 119 Xll CHAPTER I JUSTIFICATION Within the past two decades, the drum corps movement in North America (United States and Canada) has influenced its counterparts in the United Kingdom ^England, Scotland), Europe ^(Belgium, Germany, Sweden, France, the Netherlands), South Africa^ (Eastern Gauteg Province, Western Cape, and Kwazulu-Natel Province) and Southeast Asia ^(Philippine Islands, Republic of China, Japan and Indonesia).