Quote Originally Posted by Mickey View Post
...martial music...

That sounds like it might be right up my alley... or at least might suit the topic of the dissertation I'm proposing. What do you mean by martial music?

Today I was at the opening of the new location of an old kung fu school in Hong Kong. The master there is a friend of one of my kung fu teachers. I was playing cymbals in the percussion ensemble that accompanied a lion dance, which was doing a sort of blessing ritual for the place. This is one type of martial music, while a regimental pipe band would be another.