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Using a rebounder is a great way to shake up your usual exercise routine. Rebounding offers a low-impact workout that feels more like fun than work. A rebounder is very affordable (costing as low...
How to buy a Used Saxophone. Wanting a saxophone? Or someone you know wanting one? The new ones can be expensive but there are sometimes some great deals out there for the older horns, here is a...
The saying men are from Mars and women are from Venus isn't too far off when it comes to communication skills. Men and women think and communicate differently. If you are a woman and want to...
Put moves together to create your own color guard routine using a flag or a rifle. Learn how and watch demonstrations of color guard flag and rifle routines in this free marching band video lesson.
We all know we're supposed to do it. We're supposed to "make time for it", but we don't always have enough time to schedule it in. Luckily, with this quick and easy technique, we really DO only...
All the member's weight needs to go at the same time when marching backwards. Learn how to backward march for marching band in this free music video series.
Dressing a line involves individual band members lining up their hip bones with one another. Learn how to dress a line for marching band in this free music video series.
Listening to a marching band is invigorating, but these outfits don't have the same impact without matching uniforms. Whether you're looking for a standard uniform or something custom-designed,...
There is nothing quite as much fun as a marching band and nobody is quite as charismatic as a marching band conductor. Learning to conduct a band could well be one of the most satisfying and...
A drill team is a marching unit that performs maneuvers at the high school, college or military level. Often, drill team maneuvers are seen at public events such as parades, air shows, football...
It's becoming difficult to download free music for anyone, marching bands included. Most sites that offer truly free downloads are illegal peer-to-peer networks. However, many sites now offer...
Drill design software for marching bands has become more advanced and thus easier to use over the past several years. Though such programs have been around for more than 2 decades, more recent...
Presidents Day is a way to honor both past and current presidents. Originally the holiday was set aside to honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, who both had February birthdays. The name of...
New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade is often noted as the most grand and most popular of all New York parades (and we have a lot of them). Whether you're 100 percent Irish or have no Irish...
Play "When the Saints Go Marching In" on the bass guitar; learn how with tips from our expert bass guitar player and teacher in this free music lesson video.
Hold the drum stick in the left hand when playing the marching snare drums and learn how with tips from our expert snare drummer in this free snare drum video music lesson.
Perform fulcrum exercises when playing the marching snare drums and learn how with tips from our expert snare drummer in this free snare drum video music lesson.
This is a step-by-step instruction on how to do traditional grip when playing snare drum and how to play the snare with this grip.
Thanks to such high profile events as the Rose Parade in California and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, marching band music is as popular today as it was 50 years ago. Whether...
Summer band camps and marching clinics have become a standard for many high school band programs. While enjoying a summertime tradition of going away to camp, students can also hone their skills...
Whether you're in high school or college, it's exciting to lift school spirit by playing with a marching band. An even more challenging aspect is performing in marching band competitions. Band...
Marching bands perform in local parades, sporting events, and competitions. They add the pep to pep rallies, and oomph to any parade. Follow these steps to start your own marching band.
Got a high school marching band that wants to participate in adjudicated contests? Most states hold competitions in the fall starting at the regional level. The process and criteria are pretty...
There's nothing like the thrill of watching a marching band perform during a parade. If the steady cadence of the percussion section doesn't get your feet tapping, then surely the joyful music of...
Marching bands have long attracted audiences at competitions, parades and athletic events, exciting both the spectators and the musicians. Often, directors wish to incorporate popular pieces into...
While there are plenty of resources available for buying pre-arranged music for your marching band, nothing quite matches the thrill and challenge of developing your own arrangement. Only you know...
The back march is used to allow the choreographer more versatility in creating the next formation during a marching band song, while providing a nice change-up in visual presentation. A sound...
Similar to a show band, a "scramble" or "scatter" marching band is generally used to perform at half time shows during school football games or at pep rallies, often creating dynamic formations....
If you want to download songs from marching bands, you should have no trouble doing so. All you need is a computer, an Internet connection, an MP3 or other media player and a strong desire to...
Earning a marching band scholarship generally depends on three things: a strong track record of marching band experience from your high school, a great audition and, perhaps most importantly,...
Donated by the John Philip Sousa Foundation, the Sudler Trophy and the Sudler Shield are bestowed annually on marching bands of great national merit. No school is permitted to win the trophy or...
When you hire a marching band for an office party or social event, you're making a big statement and a loud one. If you've never seen a marching band perform live, ask someone who has, before you...
Parade marching is different from field marching in a number of ways. Although there are some exceptions, parade marching usually does not entail creating geometrical formations, such as those...
There will be periods in most marching band shows during which you are asked to mark time, or march in place. This step is used when the band or section is not moving forward as a whole, but...
While not the most common activity for the four- and five-year-old set, a preschool marching band can be fun and rewarding to organize. The key word here, of course, is organize. As we all know,...
To organize formations with a marching band, you need a strong visual eye, a great sense of timing and the ability to communicate your vision to your marching band members. The goal here is to...
If you're eager to have your school participate in a marching band competition, you should have no trouble finding opportunities. Contests abound, especially for high school bands. You can...
Color guard is a strong accessory to any marching band, providing additional movement, style and color to a show. To practice marching band flag routines, you will need some access to the music...
Formations are a key component of any marching band show. Seen from above, they give the audience a sense of unity and order that creates a pleasing visual effect. Formations can make up letters,...
The glide or roll step is the most basic step used in a marching band. It is an essential skill to master for any marching band member, as you will use it repeatedly for marching forward toward...
The high step is not always common in a marching band--it may be used only a few times in a given show or not at all. Military marching bands don't use the high step at all, preferring the more...
Phasing, also called an "ensemble tear," can occur when a marching band is spread out in a large arena, such as a football field. The audience hears the band out of sync: one section starts...
The annual Battle of the Bands has come to be dubbed by some the "Super Bowl of College Marching Bands." That nickname is something of a misnomer, however, as the selected bands don't compete for...
A marching band typically has three types of instruments, or "sections": brass, woodwinds and, of course, percussion. Since the idea behind the music is to provide something to march to, the...
There are almost as many marching band uniforms as there are marching bands, and they can vary widely in their style, color and level of flair. While many bands wear some variation of the...
To stay in step in a marching band, you want to make sure your feet are making contact with the ground at the same time as the feet of the other band members. This means that everyone steps with...
Pictures of marching bands can be colorful, fun, dynamic and moving. They can also be blurry, dark, static and boring when the wrong equipment is used. If you set out with the right tools and...
A marching band contract is used to bind other band members to certain obligations as a requisite for remaining in the band. These obligations are generally monetary, behavioral or academic in...
The city of New Orleans is steeped in music history, and its beloved Saints have borrowed a classic number as their primary fight song. The old gospel hymn "When The Saints Go Marching In" is the...
The best known parade in the world goes through Pasadena California every New Year's Day as the Rose Parade continues its long tradition of breathtaking floats. And in between those floats are...
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