The Adventure Begins

The most common problem I heard during the song were missed
crescendos. The way
The band students can fix this problem is to highlight and note all of the
crescendos. Another way we could fix this problem could be by paying more
attention to the conductor by writing a c in the music about four measures
before the big movement. Some specific sections where I heard this the most
is at measure seven and thirty-six through thirty-seven. Keep in mind, those
two I just named are not the only times in the paper that we miss it. (I will
leave the rest of the spots below) At seven, the bases are playing a pretty
basic couple notes but we completely forget the crescendo because nothing
is changing except for that marking. Then from thirty six to thirty seven there
is also no changes but the crescendo is supposed to have a huge sound in
the end. When I heard the recording, we only got louder, we didn't grow from
piano to forte. What's weird at this spot in the music is that the note goes
from loud for a measure to really really soft and gradually growing into a
double forte. At thirty six I could hear about five or six people playing the
crescendo. However, the trumpet that played, played so loud that he/she
went flat. Some sections of instruments that may have to work on this
include the trumpets, the baseline, and the clarinets because we have a lot
of strong sound. Some specific reasons that could have caused this could be
the fact that the piece is so hard that we rarely look up at the conductor.
Looking at the conductor is key. Also, maybe the people who don't have
notes in their music are the people missing it. The band can fix these
problems together by writing in their music and looking at the conductor
once and a while. In the end, if we take this advice into thought we may just
never miss a crescendo!
Other missed spots: 55, 62-63, 70-71, 85, 88-89, 106-108, 118