place of right and left flanks as a traditional military marching band would do. We use this command to change the direction of the band in an organized and professional manner. 4 Count Turn to the Right This fundamental changes the band’s heading 90 degrees to the right. The command for our Count Turn to the Right” is, Count Turn to the “4 “4 Right - Move” to which the band responds by using all 4 counts equally as they slowly make the turn to the right while counting aloud. The vocal response is: “1 2 3 Freeze Close”. The command and response has the following rhythm to it: Count Turn to the Right Move” | 2 3 Freeze | Close” “Four – “1 1 & 2 & a 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 4 Turn to the Left This fundamental changes the band’s heading 90 degrees to the left. The vocal command for our Count Turn to the Left” is, Count Turn to the “4 “4 Left - Move” to which the band responds by using all 4 counts equally as they slowly make the turn to the Left while counting aloud. The vocal response is: 2 “1 3 Freeze Close”. The command and response has the following rhythm to it: Count Turn to the Left Move” | 2 3 Freeze | Close" “Four – “1 1 & 2 & a 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Both variants of our 4 Count Turns must be consistent. On beat 2, the student will have turned 45 degrees to either the right or the left. Each beat is equal and consistent. A student should not be fully turned earlier (or later) than beat 4. Beat 4 is when all the students should finalize their facing.
place of right and left flanks as a traditional military marching band would do. We use this command to change the direction of the band in an organized and professional manner. 4 Count Turn to the Right This fundamental changes the band’s heading 90 degrees to the right. The command for our “4 Count Turn to the Right” is, “4 Count Turn to the Right - Move” to which the band responds by using all 4 counts equally as they slowly make the turn to the right while counting aloud. The vocal response is: “1 2 3 Freeze Close”. The command and response has the following rhythm to it: “Four Count Turn to the Right – Move” | “1 2 3 Freeze | Close” 1 & 2 & a 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 4 Turn to the Left This fundamental changes the band’s heading 90 degrees to the left. The vocal command for our “4 Count Turn to the Left” is, “4 Count Turn to the Left - Move” to which the band responds by using all 4 counts equally as they slowly make the turn to the Left while counting aloud. The vocal response is: “1 2 3 Freeze Close”. The command and response has the following rhythm to it: “Four Count Turn to the Left – Move” | “1 2 3 Freeze | Close" 1 & 2 & a 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Both variants of our 4 Count Turns must be consistent. On beat 2, the student will have turned 45 degrees to either the right or the left. Each beat is equal and consistent. A student should not be fully turned earlier (or later) than beat 4. Beat 4 is when all the students should finalize their facing.
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