|
HALT |
A time when everyone is theoretically stopped. |
|
HARMONY |
All voices except the melody and percussion. |
|
HELL |
Inferno, Saturday rehearsals. |
|
HELMENT |
Apart of the marching band uniform. Without the
plume it makes the band look like a bunch of condoms with instruments out on the field. |
|
HIGH-MARK-TIME |
An action that only occurs during the pre-game
show while in the end zone. Painful for those in the back row who have to continue to high mark the longest. |
|
HIGH NOTES |
1. What the trumpets try to play but can never
get out.
2. Also see Reclining. |
|
HORN-POP |
A method the keep the pit from going completely
deaf when brass instruments pass directly behind them by pointing bells toward the sky. Not recommended for flutes, clarinets
or saxophones. |
|
INSTRUCTOR |
Person who tells you when you're screwing up. |
|
INSTRUMENT |
A device used for torture. |
|
INTERVAL |
A space between two band members that is as random
as our conductor. Sometimes with a stroke of luck it sounds good. |
|
INTONATION |
A condition that doesn't exist in the Alto Sax
or French Horn section. |
|
IQ |
A constant combined number that does not change
as the size of the band does. |
|
IRRESPONSIBLE |
See Percussionist. |
|
JAZZ BAND |
An 8th hour class that nobody wants
to be at (except the saxophones). This is the time where the instrumentalists try to play with the right swing style but fail
to do so. |
|
KATIES TRIPLETS |
A warm-up used during concert season. Makes the
band excited and has even been known to start riots. |
|
KEYBOARD |
The layout of most pit instruments. |
|
LAPS |
An alternate to pushups, although not as effective. |
|
LATE |
What Traverse City Central has a reputation for. |
|
LIBRARY |
The room where people like to get victims between
the music racks and try to crush them. |
|
LOFT |
The place where all of the uniforms and other
random things are stored. Fun to play Hide-and-Go-Seek in the uniforms. |
|
LUNGEES |
An exercise to stretch the calf muscle. Puzzles
those who are not in band. |
|
LYRICS |
Unfortunately band geeks dont know lyrics to
half the songs they play in marching band (or jazz band for that matter) so they make up theyre own. Most all of the lyrics
are perverted. |
