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Do you mark time while conducting?
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Rinkashitakutoka

PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:37 pm


How many of you mark time on the podium while conducting?

Or how many of you know if your drum majors mark time...same question.
PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:12 pm


Well, I am not a drum major, so I don't know personally. But none of my three drum majors mark time. They might fall off their ladders...

Rune WolfHaven


Rinkashitakutoka

PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:12 pm


When we went to state I think only our drum major marked time.
In the Sioux Falls competition I think only ours marked time too...

But at state we have saftey bars on the podium
and at practice we have a tiny podium with no bars...

wiiiiiierd
PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:57 pm


Odd. Are your drum majors taught to mark time, or do they just naturally do that?

At the last state competition I went to, I think I did see some drum majors mark time. One had to mark time, because his school had so few people that he was forced to march in the show himself, as the only trombone player.

So I don't know if that counts.

Rune WolfHaven


Rinkashitakutoka

PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:45 pm


Wow, I didn't know they could do that, that'd be awesome to see! I'm not quite sure. For the past 3 years our drum majors both have. We only had 2 in the past 3 years, different times...This year we are going to have 3 i believe, idk if they are going to mark time or not =/
PostPosted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:27 pm


with the conducting i have done, i haven't marked time. and the DM over me doesn't mark ime either. i think it kinda depend on the BD though too.

TheEndlessSporadic


Merenwen99

PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:50 pm


Kibeth
Odd. Are your drum majors taught to mark time, or do they just naturally do that?

At the last state competition I went to, I think I did see some drum majors mark time. One had to mark time, because his school had so few people that he was forced to march in the show himself, as the only trombone player.

So I don't know if that counts.


Woah, really? How's that one work out?
PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:36 am


i read online that it's bad technique to mark time or tap ur foot while conducting. although, i have never seen a drum major mark time on the podium b4 lol.

surge5


Ulyaoth32

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:43 pm


I've seen that done before... I think it looks kind of funny and peculiar. Though, I'd imagine it would have to be somewhat hard.
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