Band Parent Information
Riding the Bus with Musical Instruments
Much like air travel Parkland School Division Transportation has strict rules about carry-on items for bus students. Consult their website for the most up-to-date information.
Excerpt from the March 2019 Student Transportation Guide for Parents & Guardians:
https://www.psd70.ab.ca/documents/general/School_Bus_Operations_Parent_Handbook.pdf
Carry-on items maximum dimensions: 59 cm x 33 cm x 33 cm.
Small musical instruments are allowed:
Excerpt from the March 2019 Student Transportation Guide for Parents & Guardians:
https://www.psd70.ab.ca/documents/general/School_Bus_Operations_Parent_Handbook.pdf
Carry-on items maximum dimensions: 59 cm x 33 cm x 33 cm.
Small musical instruments are allowed:
- alto sax
- clarinet
- flute
- trumpet
- drums
- french horn
- guitar
- tenor sax
- trombone
- tuba
Instruments in the Graminia Band
Baritone: is a low-pitched brass instrument. It is a piston-valve brass instrument with a bore that is mostly conical.
Clarinet: is a woodwind instrument. It has a single-reed mouthpiece, a straight, cylindrical tube with an almost cylindrical bore, and a flared bell.
Flute: is a reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening.
Saxophone: is a woodwind instrument usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece; sound is produced by an oscillating reed.
Trombone: is a brass instrument and sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips (embouchure) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones have a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch.
Trumpet: is a brass instrument played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips (embouchure), producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument.
Percussion:
* instrument descriptions were taken from Wikipedia. Please contact the band director for more information about instruments.
Clarinet: is a woodwind instrument. It has a single-reed mouthpiece, a straight, cylindrical tube with an almost cylindrical bore, and a flared bell.
Flute: is a reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening.
Saxophone: is a woodwind instrument usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece; sound is produced by an oscillating reed.
Trombone: is a brass instrument and sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips (embouchure) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones have a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch.
Trumpet: is a brass instrument played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips (embouchure), producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument.
Percussion:
* instrument descriptions were taken from Wikipedia. Please contact the band director for more information about instruments.