Marching Theory
The length of an 8 to 5 step
What is 22.5 inches?
This note gets the beat in 6/8 time
What is a dotted quarter note?
Who is Led Zeppelin?
CVHS uses the fight song from this Michigan university
What is Central Michigan University?
Chippewa Valley is the longest running band in America's Thanksgiving Day Parade
What is true?
The most common step size in marching band
What is an 8 to 5?
This key signature has two sharps
What is D-major?
The composer the sousaphone was named after
Who is John Philip Sousa?
Our tour guide in New York City
The University of Michigan has one of the oldest marching bands in the United States
What is true? (It was founded in 1896)
The marching style that raises the knee up
What is high-stepping?
The subdivision of 16th notes
What is a 1 e + a?
Who is John Lennon?
The names of the 2025 CVHS drum majors
Who are Soul, Evan, and Lila?
Drum majors can legally drive a golf cart on the field during rehearsals
What is false?
The number of steps between the front sideline and the front hash on a standard highschool football field
What is 28 steps?
The alto/tenor clefs are also referred to as this
What is the c clef?
Who is Ludwig Van Beethoven?
The highest level band in the CVHS band program
What is the Jazz Ensemble?
Mr Hoey has been arrested
What is false?
You have a 32-count move going from 2 outside the 30-yard line on Side 2 to 1 inside the 45-yard line on Side 1, staying on the front hash the whole time.
Your drill chart partner is doing the exact same move but mirrored — from 2 outside the 30 on Side 1 to 1 inside the 45 on Side 2.
You cross each other's paths at this yard line.
What is the 40-yard line?
The name of a 1-3-5 chord
What is a major chord?
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
The year Mr. Hoey started teaching at Chippewa
When is 1998?
The longest marching band performance lasted over 50 hours
What is true?