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 Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:30 pm
I know what you mean, our show is so weird. But in gaurd we have to be in the oddest positions at the oddest times.
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:08 pm
Oh yes...4 to 5 double time. Welcome to what we refer to as "woodwind drill". The odd thing is that in our show this year there is only one double time move for the woodwinds (minus the double time drag turn). It's crazy. It feels so weird to be on the quarter note while the brass are sprinting around the field. Although it's funny to hear them complain about it.
Anyway, I don't think I've had many of those odd count moves. But I do agree that when you get them it feels really awkward. We have some 12 and 14 count moves this year but anything that's an odd number is a halt.
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:25 pm
Lets see, we have 13 count move, 13 count hold, 12 count move, 10 count move, 8 count hold, 8 count move(4-5), 12 count move-6-5, tempo change slower. much slower f+c only) 7 count move, then halt to the end. I like the first half, when it is easyXD
16 count move(arms down), 12 count hold(in pods posing. I have an easy pose: no pose. It was that or torture[also known as horn pop up]) 4 count "Move"(brass go to pods, woodwinds get up from poses), 16 count "hold"(Lunges. Seheltered dork:If you see our show, you willsee that we psoe when we play) 12 count move, 4 count move, 8 count move(bye bye annoying pods), 8 count move(woodwinds don't move but marktiem) 12 c**t move(woodwinds following the leader in a swirly thing), 8 count move, 8 count move(follow the leader for woodwinds. now the swirl is circular not square), 8 count move(woodwinds into nice double circle), 8 count move(rotating circle) 12 count move, then the aforementioned moves.
Yeah, we have lots of drill sets for this song
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:55 pm
psh! thats easy stuff.
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my school is famous (or infamous, whichever way you wanna think of it) for being heavily based on visuals and b***h a** drill
we are doing the song blue shades by i forget but most of it is in 3/4. and most of our sets are "messed up" like fifteen and nine counts in double time and crap like that. i have this one set where i go about 14 yards in nine counts, crabbing. fun fun fun stare
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:35 pm
Ugh. I'm not very fond of slow tempos. In many ways, they're a lot harder than the faster tempos because you have to roll so slowly through your steps and concentrate on making them smooth. That and it's so much easier to get out of phase so that even if you're in step, you still look bad because your legs aren't crossing at the same point as everyone else's. We have one part of our show where we're marching at 60 bpm. It drives me crazy. And this weekend we added a kneel down for about 2 counts then we stand up again. We rehearsed that about 25 times or so. Saddest part is that today...about half the band was limping because of it. It was interesting to watch us "Run it back" so we could do a move again. ^^;;
It sounds like you've got some pretty cool drill going on! And yay for posing when you play. I can't wait to see it! The only posing we do while playing this year is when we're kneeling. Nothing like last year when we played while laying flat on our backs. That was pretty awesome! And then throwing our hats at the end. Last year was so much fun! <3
Awwww. But odd numbered moves in double time make them so much easier because you don't have to end on the wrong foot! 14 yards in 9 counts does sound pretty crazy. That's about 3 to 5 right? Well, sink low and focus on pushing off with your heel rather than reaching and you should be fine! Those moves do take lots of practice though because they definately aren't easy. I'll definately agree with you there.
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:55 pm
Ugh, pseaking of slow moves, the last song we are doing beofre bandday, which we learned the whole 3 sets of last night, is our chorale. I'm pretty dure it is 50bpm. I don't know, because I lost my flipfolder*glare* All I know, is it is slow. And at some point we will be doing a kneel too, most likely, just not yet. We do have horn ops to the box though. One word: Ow. Clarinet hornpops are torture in the form of neckcrampsXD Our BD has us doing them parrelelell to the ground. Hardly any of us can paly that way(I cheat a bit. Parelle to the ground is just a little too high. Just a tiny bit lower is fine,s o i do that) And then add in the fact that clarinets are turning right to get to the box. Apparnetly breathing is a crime in our bandXD I kow I can't breath doing that.
But, the chorale does have a 19 count move, which is weird. We start and end on the wrong foot? I don't understand that at all. If we were allowed to start onthe correct foot, wouldn't it make the last step on the correct foot?
Gah! My brain hurts! Too many odd moves to handle! It is polluting my mind, and causing me to do little dances after every step and close because I keep ending ont he wrong foot!
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:51 pm
oh, definitely.
first mvmt. has two 9 count moves, but was originally 13 counts hold 5 oO
second mvmt. has an odd 14 count thing after a hold 4
closer has a jazz run for 10 counts and horn pop for 2...
odd, but fun ^^
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:01 pm
Holy cow! That is pretty slow. Awwww. I hate losing my flip folder! But at least you already have it memorized. I still need to get a new lyre. I broke mine a few weeks ago and the duct tape isn't holding it together very well anymore. So you get to do a kneel down too? They can be fun and they look really cool, but if your body isn't ready for it and doesn't build up it's strength with it then they can easily kill you. Horns pops? I don't think we do any horn pops. Our clarinets are normally around 45 degrees although I've heard I tend to bring mine up too high sometimes. But I understand what you mean about playing with them parallel. It's not fun at all. Well, the turning right shouldn't be too bad. As long as you keep your posture up and keep your rib cage expanded you should be able to breath without too much trouble. More odd count moves? Your director seems to love them this year. Really? That's strange. I would think that if you started on the right foot then you would end on the wrong foot and vice versa. How do you start and end on the wrong foot in an odd-count move?
It seriously sounds complicated! I guess you just have to have extremem mental focus throughout the entire thing. Maybe you need to cheat the steps slightly when you halt so that you can send a sort of reminder to the rest of your body that you're about to halt or start a new move?
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:28 pm
Yeah, our show is complicated this year.
And great news! We have props! Full props, all ready for tomorrow! tonight we had a two hour rehearsal(went real wel. One of the best rehearsals we have had) where we did a really good runthrough(hope wedo as well or better. Pretty determined for a SuperiorXD) complete with boosters taking props on and off the field. Except nobody brought out our water cooler so we went waterless the whole time...One girl almost passed out, and I waas feeling sick by the time we did the full runthrough at the end.
Yeah, i don't understand the start and end on the wrong foot thing. It is just...weird. And then we have a 19 count move, but it has afreeze at the first count, so t is actually a 18 count move, but we call it a 19 count move. Doesn't that make total sense? My SL had to let me borrow her flip folder last night to try and finish memorizing part 2. Last friday, wehn I lost my music, I had almost none of part 2 memorized and the chorae I had played once. Now, I have basically all of it meorized. i had to learn by ear. Lots of mstakes, but today I figured out why this one part always sounded weird. I was trying to pay C, (lower)c, c...c, e, c. But really it was c, low c, c...c, high A,c. And by the way, those are all above the staff burning_eyes Well, I think the note is A. I just know it is one of the highest notes... After high c I lose knowledge of note names. I just know how to play (most of) them.
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:37 pm
I have almost the opposite problem. Most of our sets are 16 or 24. Sorry. XD
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:02 pm
Well, I think my bD ahs given up about finnding my flipfolder. so have I. Today he had my sL photocopy her music so I had some music to use. Luckily, I had a bunch of flipfolder pages because my dad had just gotten me some to replace the old broken ones(reason #1 why i'm afraid to tell my parents about this. yeah, they still don't know. Its been a week) so I made a makeshift one with just the pages. I only have our show music, which kind of stinks. And then my coordinate sheets were in my old flipfolder, my stands tunes, and it was a cool flipfolder. It had stickers and paint and little stick on jewels, as well as the word Clarinet and our school initials on the back for decoration. The words were in red sticker, which was cool. I loved my old flipfolder. I'm sad it is gone...I don't even know where the stickers are, if there are anymore...Though I'm pretty proud of my makeshirt one. I used a thin thread for the little rings that hold everything together, a purple on one side and a pink one on the other, and made them little bows. I also put my new musicin order of appearance. I'll probalby wait until wednesday, when my mom is off, and have her take me to get a new flipfolder, because she won't explode like my dad would.
And our last song is actually normal! We don't have any odd count moves. In fact, it is a perc feature, so winds play like, 3 moves at the end and that is all.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:04 pm
Your Drill writer is TRULY a non conformist LOL
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:34 pm
Well this might not be as weird as your's But it does feel kinda weird. We're marching at about 120 for 16 counts then as soon as we hit count 24 we all do a right slide at half the speed for 8 counts. then back at 120 beats for 16 counts. so it's like "Forward fast!!! right slowww, backward fastt!" actually you can watch this video and at 7:28 is were it happens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dILTYYqY1Ag
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:53 am
ClarinetGoddess Okay, so today we started on part 2 of our show. We only had the opener and closer, to clarify. Well, part 2 is...weird. In a fun and sometimes annoying way. Fun: -Lots of Visuals. Dancing, characters, poses, etc. -easy yet complex moves(follow the leader in a swirl, rotating circles, etc) -Kind of random(woodwinds on hold, brass marching, woodwinds posing in pods while brass creating pods, etc) Annoying: -odd counts(13 count move, 15 count move.) -Painful positions for long periods of time(Lungeing for 12 counts aint much fun after the 20th time) Has anyone ever done an odd counted move like 13 or 15 counts? I canbarely count that high anymore! And not to mention it ends on a weird foot. It is not right to touch and close starting with the left foot oppsoed to the right foot. It just doesn't work! At rehearsal my brain caused me to take an extra few steps to end on the right foot. (Brain explodes)
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:06 am
Oh, and our BD gave up on having us count to 13. Or 19 for our 19 count move. We have all relaized that a band kid can barely count to twelve. Anything higher is unknown. So now we count odd count moves weird.
For 13 counts: 1,2,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2 touch and close(count 13)
For 19(This is the one where we freeze first): Freeze, 2, 3, 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, 1, 2, 3,4 touch and close
I think that is how we count them. yesterday was a long day and at the moment I barely remeber putting my uniform in the auditorium, let alone the car ride to my house, let alone how to count weird moves...
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