The Habit of Marking Time

Learning to Tap your Feet to the Tempo of Life

I was the drum section leader in my high school marching band.

One of the habits that I tried to cultivate in not only the minds, but the bodies, of the players in my section was that whenever we were playing together, they needed to be “marking time” by making small movements of their feet along with the beat of the music.

The reason for doing this is s…