I have no idea what he's trying to say. I've stood in front, behind, and in the middle of the Aggie Band. It's loud. Could it be louder if it were all male, all the bells on the horns pointed forward, and there were no wood winds. And if the BQs had not done midnight yell the night before, played for an hour long march in, played in the stands before and after, etc etc etc
How "being in tune" magically makes things louder, I don't know.
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The exclusive use of bell-front brass instrumentation is a defining musical element of drum corps.