Written with the youngest players in mind! Lyrical and expressive, with limited range, and rhythms limited to dotted half, half, and quarter notes in the wind parts, eighth notes and suspended cymbal roll in percussion.
Grade ½
Meter: 3/4
Key: B♭
Range: B♭ – G
Duration: 1:40
A three-part flex band piece written with the youngest players in mind! Lyrical and expressive, with limited range, and rhythms limited to whole, half, and quarter notes.
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.
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
March Gusto is a concert march for the youngest bands. Appropriate for concert or festival. Rhythms are limited to quarter notes and half notes (paired eighths in snare). Pitches are limited to the first six notes of the Bb Concert scale.
Grade: ½
Key: Eb
Meter: 2/4
Range: Bb – G
Rhythms: Quarter notes and half notes only (paired eighths in snare). No dotted rhythms, no syncopation.
Duration 1:20
Emergence is uses only the first five notes of the Bb Concert scale, and the meter alternates between 4/4 and 6/8 throughout. After a few rehearsals, young students will begin to feel the pattern. The piece is intended to evoke imagery of growth, such as the budding flowers or the emerging musicianship demonstrated in their spring performances.
Grade: ½
Key: Bb
Range: Bb – F
Rhythms:
Duration 1:30
A three-part flex band piece written with the youngest players in mind! March style, very simple rhythms and limited range.
