Preview Score
Lift Every Voice and Sing is a 3-part flex band arrangement of a hymn which is also referred to as the “Negro national anthem“.
Grade 1 – 1½
Key: Eb
Time Signature: 3/4
Duration 1:25
| Instrumentation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |
| Flute Oboe Clarinet Trumpet Alto Saxophone Bells Percussion Snare Drum Bass Drum |
Clarinet Trumpet Alto Saxophone Tenor Saxophone Horn in F |
Bass Clarinet Baritone T. C. Baritone Saxophone Bassoon String Bass Electric Bass Trombone Baritone B. C. Tuba |
The processional march used for graduation and promotion programs, in a simple four-part flex arrangement.
Grade ½ – 1
Part I range is Low B♭ – C (optional E♭), and includes ♪♩ ♪ syncopation.
Parts II, III, and IV ranges are limited (Low A♭ – G), and rhythms include only quarter notes and quarter rests. Part II includes E♮, and Part III includes an A♭. The parts may easily be played by first year players.
Key: B♭
Instrumentation
| PART I | PART II | PART III | PART IV | PERCUSSION |
| Flute | Flute | Clarinet | Bassoon | Snare Drum |
| Oboe | Clarinet | Bassoon | Bass Clarinet | Bass Drum |
| Bells | Alto Saxophone | Alto Saxophone | Tenor Saxophone | |
| Clarinet | Tenor Saxophone | Tenor Saxophone | Baritone Saxophone | |
| Trumpet | Trumpet | Trumpet | Trombone | |
| Alto Saxophone | Horn in F | Horn in F | Baritone T. C./B. C. | |
| Tuba |