Stepping Off
The standard size of the Army Band marching step.
What is a 26-inch step?
A five-count command that stops the band.
What is Band Halt?
The number of Ruffles and Flourishes a Lieutenant General would get.
What is 3?
A command that lets the band know something is coming.
What is a preparatory signal?
Proper spacing between the rows and columns in the Marching Formation.
What is 52 inches or 2 steps?
A movement where you are to reset your alignment.
What is Mark Time?
Part of the ceremony that comes after the formation of the troops.
What is Sound off?
The mace movement where you begin the command.
The type of step you go into during a counter march.
What is the half-step?
The first rank is supposed to maintain this distance between them and the drum major.
What is 3-steps?
The drum major commands this after the Commander of Troops directs a Pass in Review.
What is the automatic sequence?
This command gets the band ready to play.
What is instruments up?
This command starts movement and is thought of as 8 counts long but is truly 11.
What is forward march?
The movement that changes the band 180 degrees.
What is the counter march?
There are two of these movements during the Sound off sequence.
What is the counter march?
The command given to the band to start playing.
What is roll off?
On a right turn, this file does not stop moving.
What is the outer left file?
The turn where the commander takes a rock step to come into alignment with the second row.
What is the right turn?
How all of the Soldiers leave the parade field at the end of a ceremony.
What is the March in Review?
This is a preparatory signal for this command. Watch this demonstration.
What is a counter march?