Goofs

Size of burger when Ernest is sitting at the table eating.

Marching band auditions are held at the end of band camp - traditionally at the end of summer and prior to the school's first football game. During this time, it would be much too warm in Atlanta for one's breath to be visible - even at night.

Devon drops one of his sticks when Dr. Lee steps in to test him. In the next shot he has both sticks in his hand.

Sean's drum head changes colors between shots.

When Devon steals Sean's solo at the first performance, Devon is playing using matched grip at the end, but in a close-up of his hands, he's playing using traditional grip.

The sheet music printed off is not percussion music.

The stadium lights during the finale are shown turning on and rapidly back on again. Stadium lights are gas discharge lamps, and cannot be turned off and on again without a significant warm-up period.

When A&T is playing "Can You Feel It", the band members form the numerals for the year "1970" when in fact the song was released in 1980 by The Jacksons on their "Triumph" recording.

Devin receives a package from his father in New York City, yet it is postmarked Atlanta, GA.

When Devon is with his mom after graduation his tassel is to the right. However, part of a graduation ceremony is switching your tassel from the right to the left after you receive your diploma. Therefore, Devon's tassel should have been on the left side because he already received his diploma.

During the graduation scene, the drummer playing the tenor drums is using mallets that aren't used for tenor drums, but for keyboard instruments such as xylophone or vibraphone.

In the DVD's credits Leonard Roberts name is misspelled "Lsonard Roberts"

The inkjet printer in the practice room makes the sound of a dot matrix printer.

During some part of the movie, when Dr. Lee begins conducting the band at a performance, his hands are conducting beat four, when the band is playing on beat one.

On numerous occasions, the music heard from the drums does not match the hand motions, particularly with the tenors and when Sean is playing in a close-up.

In the graduation scene at the beginning, the drummers that are playing snare are playing concert snare drums. The sound heard however is from a marching snare drum which uses a Kevlar drum head as opposed to a plastic drum head that would be used on a concert snare drum.

During one of the practices, when the band is playing a scale, the trombone slide positions do not match the note being played.

During one of the performance scenes there is a shot of the whole drum line and it shows that some of the snare players are playing with quad sticks rather than snare sticks.

In the frame before A&T performs "Funky Drummer " the advisor seated next to Dr. Lee is all ready turned around facing the band before they start playing as if he anticipated it to happen.