Bruneau Lore
2022-2023 Band Music
Music Theory
Marching Band
Band Norms
100

Mr. Bruneau's first name

Matthew

100

The composer of "English Folk Song Suite"

Ralph Vaughan Williams

100

The organization of key signatures and scales

Circle of Fifths / Fourths

100

Where you go after you say "Hut!"

Position of attention / attention

100

Words that can't be said in the band room

Swears

200

Mr. Bruneau's college mascot

Wildcats

200

The composer of "Jupiter"

Gustav Holst

200

When the root, third and fifth of a scale is played in order

Arpeggio

200

When you hear this, feet go apart, and you're ready for attention

To the ready!

200

This happens at the end of every band class

Chairs and stands put away

300

Mr. Bruneau's rank in the army

Staff Sergeant

300

The director "Symphony 4" was written for

Chip De Stefano

300

The time signature of "Revenge of the Sith" from our Star Wars medley

3/2

300

Standard march tempo

120bpm

300

We can use it during the day, but only when there isn't school

The band room door

400

The amount of siblings Mr. Bruneau has

3

400

The singer that wrote "Spirit in the Sky"

Norman Greenbaum

400

When a musical theme is put into bigger note values

Augmentation

400

The standard step size in marching band

22.5"

400

The most common uniform error

Wrong socks / not black socks / short socks

500

Mr. Bruneau's favorite Band piece

Symphony 1 - Steven Reineke

500

The director of the movie that featured "2001 Space Odyssey"

Stanley Kubrick

500

The scale that "Symphony 4"'s theme is based on

Octatonic Scale:

C C# D# E F F#, etc.

500

A line of marchers, front to back

Column

500

The only way to play an instrument in marching band without joining the class

being in another music class