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Concert band, an Uncommon card
A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments,, but no string instruments, which is the key differentiator…
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 122
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 33,000
Ranked #2,449 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Concert band quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Concert band card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Though the concert band does have similar ______ to the marching band, a marching band's main purpose is to perform while marching.
Answer
instrumentation. Though the concert band does have similar instrumentation to the marching band, a marching band's main purpose is to perform while marching. From the Concert band article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Concert band. Concert band 72 · Daniil Kharms 69 · Richard Barthelmess 66 · Stepan Makarov 63 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Concert bands do occasionally include additional, non-traditional instruments such as the piano, double bass, and harp, or electrified instruments such as synthesizer, electric guitar, and bass guitar.
- Concert band music generally includes original wind compositions, concert marches, transcriptions of orchestral arrangements, light music, and popular music.
- Though the concert band does have similar instrumentation to the marching band, a marching band's main purpose is to perform while marching.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Concert band article was read about 33,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Concert band
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Concert band (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mark Kimpel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
