Rise and Fall - Open Class - 6 to 5

Music Files Below (left click to listen, right click to download) Rise and Fall The show begins with all the battery performers on the ground.  During an accelerando drumset solo the members slowly rise up off the floor and grab their instruments.  Throughout the first segment, there are many musical interpretations of the theme, including crescendo/diminuendo passages as well as rising and falling melodic material.  Battery segment solos are marked with a plethora of rising and falling crescendo/diminuendo phrases.  The second segment features the front ensemble members where the main focus is utilizing rising and falling tempos to express the theme.  Throughout the segment battery members are breathing in and breathing out, and physically rising and falling to drive home the visual aspect.  The closing segment features a great deal of imaginative general effect moments.  Some notable moments include a snare feature with a Shephard's tone sample (A shephard's tone is an aural illusio