Drum band is another name for marching band, a group of musicians who play instruments of music at the same time and line. The history of the music group was developed inside the military corps. Today, marching bands or drum bands are also performed in the middle of people. Drum bands in Indonesia usually perform in parades or ceremonies where thousands of people attended.
Drum band consists of various types of music instruments, which are brass, woodwinds and percussions. The line of drum bands usually was lead by a commander. Used to go, drum bands were usually played in the field or in the street; but now it depends on the condition and need; if event organizer requires the group to perform indoor, they usually will do it. The number of the personnel is vary, depends on the need. Some groups of drum band consist of hundreds of personnel because they use also dancers and flag performers.
Drum band usually perform in football matches in United States, but they usually called it as marching band. The performance of marching band is like a mandatory performance because spectators will always have it when they come to the stadium. The variant of the music is also varying today because the marching bands are also playing modern songs.
