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Deck the Halls – Three Part Flex Band

A traditional holiday piece arranged for three-part flex band and written with the youngest players in mind! Simple rhythms and limited range.

Grade: ½ – 1
Key: Bb
Meter: 4/4
Range (concert pitches)
Part 1: Bb – Bb (includes E♮, optional low G and A in clarinet to avoid break)
Part 2: A – G (includes E♮)
Part 3: A – G (includes F#, optional low G)
Rhythms: Whole, dotted half, half, and quarter notes in winds, paired eighths in snare

Duration 1:15

Instrumentation

PART I PART II PART III PERCUSSION
Flute Clarinet Bassoon Bells
Oboe Alto Saxophone Bass Clarinet Snare Drum
Clarinet Tenor Saxophone Baritone Saxophone Bass Drum
Trumpet Trumpet Trombone Crash Cymbals
Alto Saxophone Horn in F Baritone T. C./B. C. Triangle
Tuba

I. D. K. & I. Y. K. Y. K. Bundle

I. D. K. & I. Y. K. Y. K. may be performed separately or together.

 

A very easy tune in a pop style. Fun to play, very easy to learn. Can be prepared in one rehearsal! Makes a good fight song too.

 

Grade: ½
Key: B♭
Range: A – F
Rhythms: Syncopated (♪♩ ♪) in wind parts, offbeats in bass drum
Duration 0:50

 

Another very easy tune in a pop style. Fun to play, very easy to learn.

Grade: ½ – 1
Key: B♭
Range: A – G
Rhythms: Syncopated wind parts, offbeats in bass drum
Duration 0:50

 

 

 

 

 

 

I. Y. K. Y. K.

Another very easy tune in a pop style. Fun to play, very easy to learn. Can be performed separately or as a partner piece with I. D. K. !

Grade: ½ – 1
Key: B♭
Range: A – G
Rhythms: Syncopated wind parts, offbeats in bass drum
Duration 0:50

 

 

 

Major Scales in Tetrachords

All twelve major scales broken into two tetrachords with each pitch labelled. Allows students to hear the W-W-H pattern in each tetrachord, and to use a fingering/position chart to check for pitch accuracy. Reference track at 120 bpm included.

 

Happy Birthday!

Offering several options to suit your band and the level of absurdity and embarrassment desired.

 

Basic Edition
Grade: ½-1
Key: Eb
Range: Bb – Ab (Bb in melody)
Rhythms: triplet quarter-eighth in melody, no syncopation, rolls in percussion
Duration 0:20

 

 

 


Deluxe Edition
Grade: ½-1
Key: Eb
Range: Ab – Ab (Bb in melody), optional lower range in Bass Clarinet and Baritone Saxophone
Rhythms:  syncopation, rolls in percussion
Duration 0:40

 

 

 

 

Super Deluxe Edition
Grade: 1 – 1½
Key: Eb
Range: G – Bb , lower range in Bass Clarinet and Baritone Saxophone
Rhythms:  syncopation, rolls in percussion
Duration 1:00

 

 

 

 

Black History Month Band Bundle

 

Three pieces appropriate for Black History programs! Grade ½ to 1, plus and optional flex band arrangement of Lift Every Voice and Sing. Also available as solo with accompaniment bundle here.

Old Town Road

 

Grade ½ – 1

An arrangement of the 2019 Lil Nas X hit for the youngest pep bands! Ranges and rhythms are limited to make this piece accessible for first and second year players. Flute and trumpet have the melody, clarinets and saxes have the background, and all the low instruments have the bass line.

Price: $12.99

Available now at SheetMusicDirect!

 

 

Finale (from “The Firebird Suite”)

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Preview Score

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

Bb Concert Warm-ups

Grade: 1 – 1½

Six warm-up exercises for young concert band. Each exercise includes a skill for winds and a skill for percussion. Free!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Winds/Bells Xylophone: Bb Concert Scale (whole notes)
    Snare/Drum Pad: 8 on a hand for snare/drum pad
  2. Winds/Bells Xylophone: Bb Concert Scale – Articulation Study
    Snare/Drum Pad: Single Stroke/Double Stroke for snare/drum pad
  3. Winds/Bells Xylophone: Bb Concert Scale and Arpeggio – Ascending and Descending
    Snare/Drum Pad: Right Hand Lead
  4. Winds: Lip Slurs/Register Leaps
    Bells Xylophone, Snare/Drum Pad: 17 Stroke Roll
  5. Winds/Bells Xylophone: Bb Concert Chromatic Scale – Eighth Notes
    Snare/Drum Pad: Flam Tap
  6. Winds/Bells Xylophone: Bb Concert Scale Pattern Study (Frère Jacques) – Ascending and Descending
    Snare/Drum Pad: Single Paradiddle