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Dynamic Marching & Movement - THE SYSTEM: Posture

This document provides instructions for teaching proper marching posture and setting up a fundamentals block for instruction. It lists the key elements of proper posture as having feet at 90 degrees, straight but not locked knees, level pelvis, weight off the hips with lengthened spine and chest projection, long neck with level chin, and proper hand and instrument carriage. It also describes how to set up a 4-step grid with sections, having students line up their ankle bones side to side and nose on spine front to back, and rotating sections each day.

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Dynamic Marching & Movement - THE SYSTEM: Posture

This document provides instructions for teaching proper marching posture and setting up a fundamentals block for instruction. It lists the key elements of proper posture as having feet at 90 degrees, straight but not locked knees, level pelvis, weight off the hips with lengthened spine and chest projection, long neck with level chin, and proper hand and instrument carriage. It also describes how to set up a 4-step grid with sections, having students line up their ankle bones side to side and nose on spine front to back, and rotating sections each day.

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Dynamic Marching & Movement – THE SYSTEM

Mastering Marching & Movement Instruction

POSTURE
The posture checklist
 Feet – 90 degrees, weight evenly distributed
 Knees – Straight but not locked
 Hips/Pelvis – Cereal bowl level
 Upper Body – Weight out of hips, spine lengthened, chest projection
 Neck/Chin – Long necks, chin level
 Hands / Instruments – Depends on instrument (see section leaders)

SETTING UP THE FUNDAMENTALS BLOCK


 4-step grid
 Line up ankle bones side to side
 Nose on spine front to back
 Be in sections (tubas stage right to flutes stage left)
 Rotate forward line to the back each day.

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