parade music
Brass and drums
Parade music is music composed or arranged for marching bands to play during parades and processions.
The style emphasizes strong, regular rhythms suitable for synchronized walking, with bright brass and prominent percussion.
John Philip Sousa's marches epitomize the genre: The band struck up some parade music as the floats passed by.
- sousaphoneBody-encircling parade horn
- bass drumLarge mallet-struck cylinder
- euphoniumTenor-range brass instrument
- military marchesOrganized troop movements
- marching bandMobile musical ensemble
trombone · snare drum · John Philip Sousa · fanfare · cadence · march · oom-pah · religious processions · patriotic anthems · clarinet · cultural festivals · military parades · ticker tape · cymbals · drum major · color guard · brass section · trumpet
- celebration musichappy birthday, wedding march, graduation march, anniversary waltz, first dance song
- marching bandmarching band, military bands, drum lines, color guard, drum majors
- Louisiana MusicCajun, zydeco, New Orleans jazz, second line, brass band
- military bandsmarching bands, marching band, brass bands, pipe bands, drum corps
- military musicdrum, drums, fife, bugle, bugles
- carnival musicsamba, calypso, steelpan, brass band, street band
parade musicambient music
Tonal, moodscape-focused genre
meditation music · minimalist music · chamber music · art song · nocturne
parade musicfuneral music
Compositions for mourning ceremonies
dirge · requiem · elegy · lament · meditation music