I honestly really don't know what made me want to pay quads. (Technically quints, but no one calls them that at our school.) It was a very gradual change. I was always one of the snare guys, striving for that. But tenors just looked... better. I could only find one thing that I hated. They looked heavy. I guess I'll get to find out in May, if all goes well.

lets see..... in 7th grade, my band director pulled them off of a shelf and said, "This is the note that goes to this drum..... (etc.) Play it!" when i went home that day i tried my hardest to learn all of the stands music while learning how to play them. after that i fell in love with the instrument and had no interest in anything else. +++ i hate traditional grip.

In 8th grade in my middle school my band director bought a set of marching percussion cause we did many local parades. Everyone in the band wanted to play snare and bass, but there was this one drum that consisted of 5 drums and from that point on after I chose that drum...I've been addicted!

*Tenor Love*

I've wanted to play those since I was a little kid. They were always the coolest instrument at the football games! It's pretty cool to be playing the same cadence that I've been listening to for over a decade.

when i first joined field band i saw the two kids playing tenors and watching the scrapes and all the cool things you can do with more than one drum i think is what made me want to play

I just remember hearing some great licks at a DCI show in Baton Rouge when I was in 6th grade and just decided that's what I want to do.

yeah i grew up listening to tenors from my older bro so it just clicked

take it from some one who plays both snare and tenors snare takes a lot more muscle and chops to pull off but tenors take much more accuracy i love them both for different reasons, but i do play snare for my corps

i chose them cause everything just flows and the combinations of different rudiments, grooves, or whatever are just endless to me..

I like teh way they sound.