Fanfare band

A traditional marching band is a musical group whose musicians play natural trumpets and field drums. Some fanfares have an expanded cast of secondary instruments, which consist mostly of par force horns, timpani, snare drums, bass drums or tanks. Another type of fanfares is the modern marching band. In this fanfare It - valve trumpets are primarily used. The other instruments are subject to a much wider variety than traditional fanfare. For example, Tenor Horns, Marching Bell, shoulder basses, trombones, various varieties are used in percussion such as small drums or even complete drums.

The most common sentiment is there. Due to lack of valves, the individual tones are exclusively produced with the lips with natural trumpets; Therefore, only the so-called harmonic series is playable. A common games with, for example, marching bands and brass bands is therefore limited. But appropriate literature, especially for fanfares and brass band, is available. In modern fanfare, however, are mainly Es- valve trumpets used occasionally trumpets, which allows for chromatic playing and so greatly expanded the possibility of interaction with other brass bands.

History of fanfares

Originally belonged to the fanfare natural trumpets and timpani. Over time, however, the Landsknechttrommel has prevailed in traditional fanfare as the most common percussion instrument. Many fanfares expand its line-up with other instruments, such as par force horns, timpani, snare drums, bass drums or tanks. Bass natural trumpets, which are tuned an octave lower, also come occasionally used. The tools of modern fanfares extends over an even larger area, because of the possibility to integrate almost any instrument in the group, mainly various modern percussion instruments and shoulder bass trombones and have become established as expanded instrumentation.

Today's natural tone fanfares play a repertoire that consists of both traditional marches and lifts as well as from concertante music. Still a few years ago, the marching music in the foreground, so more and more emphasis was placed on compositions for the stage play in the recent past. The present fanfares use not only compositions of old masters as well as works by composers of today.

Musically, the two types of fanfares differ partially elementary. While traditional fanfares mainly play marches and concert music due to their limited tonal range, a modern marching band is to play in a position almost all genres of music.

Organization of fanfares in Germany

Fanfares are organized in the various state associations. In addition, in Germany there are two interest groups that have taken on the task to maintain the tradition of fanfares and redistribute.

For the southern German area there is the Association of South-West German fanfares eV, which currently about 40 pure Naturtonfanfarenzüge from southern Germany, divided into four sections belong. Each year, an annual meeting of the sections and a total Südwestdeutsches Fanfarenzugtreffen is organized. Also common appearances of an entire section at various events (Formula 1 race at the Hockenheimring, Oktoberfest in Munich, etc.) have already been realized.

Early 90s, the new guild of field trumpeters and timpanist army, the interest association of pure fanfares NRW formed, in North Rhine -Westphalia (NRW). This community of interests currently include about 20 Naturtonfanfarenzüge that all come exclusively from NRW to. Again, there is an annual meeting of all member clubs. Similar to the southwest German association it also comes in NRW as a highlight to the common game of all fanfares, make music at the same time about 400 musicians in the.

Fanfares can be organized in the following regional associations:

Hessischer music association, country Blasmusikverband Brandenburg, country music association NRW 1960 eV, country music Rheinland -Pfalz, country music Sachsen- Anhalt eV, country music and minstrels Sachsen eV, National Association of jugglers and fanfares eV, national Association for the game man beings eV, musicians Association of Schleswig -Holstein Music Association Hamburg, Music Association NRW eV, Lower Saxony Music Association, Saxon Brass Band Association, folk musician covenant NRW, Blasmusikverband Baden- Württemberg, Association of South-West German fanfares eV Blasmusikverband Berlin, Blasmusikverband Thuringia, brass Association Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, the Association of German brass music 'Associations

The Federation of jugglers, fanfare, horns and marching bands ( DBV) directed every 2 years from a German championship for fanfares, in which the natural tone fanfares fight in the Naturtonklasse for the title. All these associations, at the federal level, under the umbrella of the Federal Association of German music associations. Due to the many organizations, there are several German championships.