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Marching band is a unique form of music performance and entertainment. There are many hours that go into learning a halftime show, and you have to play your instrument throughout an entire football game. For the band to look and sound their best, students must attend band camp at their high school before the school […]

Band Camp is a fun and exciting time during the summer for many music students. It can also be stressful and nerve-wracking if you aren’t sure what to expect. While Top Music Tips doesn’t host any band camps (at least not yet). Our team of writers all have a lot of experience attending them. This […]

Every marching band is unique. The terms they use and their meanings will vary slightly (especially the verbal commands used for directing the band). This glossary covers all the basic words you would need to know about Marching Band. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | […]

It may sound “nerdy,” but band camps are some of the best summer camps you can attend. Some are day camps, some are at your high school, and others are overnight camps held at colleges across the country. You spend your days playing music with other people from across the state or country who love […]

If you’ve watched a marching band field show, you’ve seen individual marching band members move around to different places on the field. The band members create pictures, show movement, or a combination of both. How do the band members all know where to go? How do they not bump into each other?  Marching band members […]

Marching in college is a unique experience. You leave your family to go to college, and then you immediately have a new band family that looks out for each other. If you thought a high school marching band was fun, you would be blown away the first time you march at a pregame show in […]

An essential part of being in a marching band is wearing and caring for your uniform. The reason why marching bands wear uniforms dates back to the middle ages. During the middle ages, musicians would join local feudal armies and play to direct soldiers to the battlefields, raise morale, and energize the soldiers. To show […]

My daughter was talking with a friend the other day about being in Marching Band her friend (we’ll call him Max) was poking fun at her for calling Marching Band a sport. Rightfully so my daughter defended herself. She let Max know about the amount of physical exertion and practice required of her to be […]

Everyone knows that all Marching Bands have directors. The directors are the educators or teachers that have a degree in music and whose job it is to teach and help the kids learn their role in Marching Band, but what about all the other leaders in the band that keep things running behind the scenes? […]