Finale (from “The Firebird Suite”)
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An adaptation of one of Stravinsky's most famous pieces for the youngest bands. Chromatics and range are as limited as possible. Options for less advanced and more advanced performers.
Grade: ½ - 1
Key: Bb
Rhythms: No syncopation. Quarter, dotted half, half, and whole notes. No eighths. Rolls in snare, bass, bells and timpani parts.
Meter: 6/4, 7/4, 7/2, 6/4
Duration 2:00
Range
Flight of the Hurricane Hunters
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The Hurricane Hunters are members of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve based at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. Their mission is to observe tropical storms by flying an airplane directly through the storm! They fly missions from the mid-Atlantic to the International Dateline in the Pacific. Learn more at the Hurricane Hunters website.
This piece is intended to suggest the turbulence and excitement as they enter and exit a storm, and the calmness and beauty that exists in the eye, or center.
Grade: 1
Key: Eb/C Minor
Range: Ab – Ab (Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone to low F concert)
Rhythms: Some syncopation, sixteenths in snare
Duration 2:15
Foundation – Three Part Flex Band
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A three-part flex band piece written with the youngest players in mind! March style, very simple rhythms and limited range. Written to work without percussion parts.
Grade ½
Key: B♭
Range: A - G
Duration 1:15
Instrumentation
| PART I | PART II | PART III | PERCUSSION | |
| Flute | Clarinet | Bassoon | Bells | |
| Oboe | Alto Saxophone | Bass Clarinet | Triangle | |
| Clarinet | Tenor Saxophone | Baritone Saxophone | Crash Cymbals | |
| Trumpet | Trumpet | Trombone | Snare Drum | |
| Alto Saxophone | Horn in F | Baritone T. C./B. C. | Bass Drum | |
| Tuba |
Four Chorales
A set of chorales written with the youngest bands in mind. Each chorale is 16 measures in length, with rhythms limited to whole, half and quarter notes. Ranges are limited
Grade: ½
Rhythms: No dotted rhythms, no syncopation
Duration approximately 1:00 each
Chorale 1
Key: Bb
Range: A-G
Chorale 2
Key: Eb
Range: Ab-Ab
Chorale 3
Key: G minor
Range: A-Bb (includes F#)
Chorale 4
Key: Eb
Range: Bb-G
Four Chorales and Four More Chorales – Bundle
Includes Four Chorales and Four More Chorales
A set of chorales written with the youngest bands in mind. Each chorale is 16 measures in length, with rhythms limited to whole, half and quarter notes. Ranges are limited
Grade: ½
Rhythms: No dotted rhythms, no syncopation
Duration approximately 1:00 each
Chorale 1
Key: Bb
Meter: 4/4
Range: A-G
Chorale 2
Key: Eb
Meter: 4/4
Range: Ab-Ab
Chorale 3
Key: G minor
Meter: 4/4
Range: A-Bb (includes F#)
Chorale 4
Key: Eb
Meter: 4/4
Range: Bb-G
Another set of chorales written with the youngest bands in mind. Each chorale is 16 measures in length, with rhythms limited to whole, dotted half, half and quarter notes. Ranges are limited
Grade: ½
Rhythms: dotted half notes, quarter-half-quarter syncopation
Duration approximately 1:00 each
Chorale 5
Key: C Minor
Meter: 4/4
Range: Ab-Ab (includes B♮)
Chorale 6
Key: C Minor
Meter: 3/4
Range: G-Ab (includes B♮)
Chorale 7
Key: C minor
Meter: 4/4
Range: B♮ - G
Chorale 8
Key: Bb
Meter: 4/4
Range: A - F