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2.Theimportanceofyesterday’srudimentstoday- universallanguageessentialforsectionwork- standard26usedinourwarm-ups- Question:Doesstandardisationriskuniqueculture?- planfor19th centuryfifeanddrumcorpsinMelbourne

3.Soundsignatureandinstrumentmaking- AirForcedrums- Navydrums

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QUICK MARCHESRoyal Australian Air Force Drums

Andoneforthebassdrummers…

…ashortpoem

Let speak thy beastie’s steady rhymeDrum bark a rouse for slumber’s a crime

Stout of arm unleash thy will,without thy pulse their feet be still

Let fly thy cudgel, be not discreet,may all four quarters march to thy beat

Be it seventy or one sixteen,be sure the dead know what you mean

Thankyouall foryourinspiration!

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