Page "American march music" Paragraph 179

* Grade 3: The standard march difficulty.

Usually in full march form, this difficulty requires moderate technique and endurance skills.

Instrumental range is usually intermediate ( trumpets going up to a high G, no ledger line ), and most likely will contain chromatic notes, obbligatos, and counter-melodies.

Many Grade 3s are used in actual parade marching.

Examples of Grade 3 marches would be " The Thunderer " and " The National Emblem.