Reflection Blog

So, this was my first blog that I have ever had. And I have to say, I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. I don’t think I will continue blogging but it was good while it lasted. If you read my blog, you can probably tell that I love marching band and yoyos and Rubik’s cubing, camping, and tennis. I will continue to do these activities and maybe share what will happen but probably not. If anybody who read my blog is thinking about doing these activities I would really recommend marching band. It is fun and somewhat athletic. And if you don’t know how to play an instrument, learn how because music is something that words cannot explain. There are so many different types to play and it is better to play in marching band because all of the sound on the field comes together into one and blends to make some of the best sounds to hear. I also recommend you do camping if you are the outdoors type. There are so many things to do outside besides camping. There is bike riding, running, or just shooting a basketball or throwing a baseball. For everyone who read my blog, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.

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Rubik's Cube

There are so many different types of Rubik's cubes in the world and so many different types of solving each of them. I can solve a 3x3 and a 2x2 Rubik's cube. My best times are for the 3x3: 39seconds and the 2x2:14seconds. Solving these cubes consist of different algorithms. Algorithms is another name for patterns of different turns. It starts out of solving a side and on the picture on the left, how do you tell what color side it is? Well if you look at the center color that square can not move no matter what. That is how you tell what side, then the middle gets solved and then the top and then the corners.

Yoyo

This is another one of my hobbies, it is doing the yoyo. There is so many different things that people don't know about the yoyo. Maybe how long it spins or that you can throw it down and it wont come back up. I have a type of yoyo that does this. It is called the magic T8 and what it is, its an unresponsive yoyo which means you throw it down but it will not come back up without you doing what is called a bind. A bind is where you catching the yoyo on a string and throwing string into the bass of it. Also there is what most people think of yoyo, which is a responsive yoyo which you get at the store where you throw it down and it come back up immediately. This is one of my hobbies because it is really fun when you get good at doing string tricks and it can be a good stretch reliever.

Percussion

Today, I am going to talk to you about the percussion or another name " Battery" in Marching band. First is the most well known instrument, the Snare drum. In one of my previous blog post I told you why the snare was different from a regular snare drum. I will tell you again, it is more of like a gun shot noise, which also means it rings much less, there are strap like things under the drum that are tight.Next is the Bass drum. the bass drum is the bass of the noise especially the one in the pic. the bigger the drum head the deeper the noise will be. Then finally the Tenor drums or the quads. This drum can be most important because it is just like a snare drum but only different sounds because different sizes.