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Black History Month Band Bundle

 

Three pieces appropriate for Black History programs! Grade ½ to 1½, plus and optional flex band arrangement of Lift Every Voice and Sing. Also available as solo with accompaniment bundle here.

This Little Light of Mine

This Little Light of Mine is a setting of a traditional gospel song which has become associated with the Civil Rights Movement. with limited range and repetitive rhythms appropriate for younger bands. Includes syncopation (esp. eighth-quarter-eighth) and a few accidentals (B, Cb, Db concert). Download also includes melody parts for all instruments for class instruction and optional piano accompaniment.

Grade: 1
Key: Eb
Range: Ab – G
Time Signature: 4/4

Duration 1:00

 

 

Kum Bah Yah

Kum Bah Yah is a setting of the African American Spiritual, with limited range and simple rhythms appropriate for very young bands. Optional piano accompaniment is provided

Grade: ½
Key: Bb
Range: A – G
Time Signature: 4/4 + 2/4

Duration 1:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome is a setting of the traditional protest anthem, which has become associated with the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Optional piano accompaniment included.

Grade: 1
Key: Bb
Range: Bb – C Concert (9th)

Duration 1:30

 

 

Elementary Holiday Solos, Volume 1

Preview Score

 A collection of six traditional holiday favorites arranged with young players in mind!

Grade: ½ – 1

  • Each piece is around 1½ to 2 minutes in length to accommodate the limited stamina of younger players.
  • A variety of styles and moods
  • Every measure of each part and score is numbered
  • Solo books for Flute/Oboe, Bb treble, Eb treble, Tenor Saxophone, Horn, Bass Clef, Tuba, Bells/Xylophone

Accompaniment options: piano/keyboard (book included), guitar (book included), mp3 accompaniment files (included). Accompaniment files may also be streamed or downloaded here.

Pieces included:
Angels We Have Heard On High
Deck the Halls
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Greensleeves

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Elementary Holiday Solos, Volume 2

 A collection of six holiday favorites arranged with young players in mind!

Grade: 1 – 1½

  • Each piece is around 1 to 2 minutes in length to accommodate the limited stamina of younger players.
  • A variety of styles and moods
  • Every measure of each part and score is numbered
  • Solo books for Flute/Oboe, Bb treble, Eb treble, Tenor Saxophone, Horn, Bass Clef, Tuba, Bells/Xylophone

Accompaniment options: piano/keyboard (book included), guitar (book included), and mp3 accompaniment files (included). Accompaniment files may also be streamed or downloaded here.

Pieces Included
Joy to the World
Silent Night
We Three Kings
Go Tell It on the Mountain
O, Holy Night
Jingle Bells

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Elementary Holiday Solos, Volumes 1 & 2 – Bundle

   

Two collections of traditional holiday favorites arranged with young players in mind!

Volume 1

Grade: ½ – 1

  • Each piece is around 1½ to 2 minutes in length to accommodate the limited stamina of younger players.
  • A variety of styles and moods
  • Every measure of each part and score is numbered
  • Solo books for Flute/Oboe, Bb treble, Eb treble, Tenor Saxophone, Horn, Bass Clef, Tuba, Bells/Xylophone

Accompaniment options: piano/keyboard (book included), guitar (book included), or mp3 accompaniment files (included). Accompaniment files may also be streamed or downloaded here.

Pieces included:
Angels We Have Heard On High
Deck the Halls
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Greensleeves

Volume 2

Grade: 1 – 1½

  • Each piece is around 1 to 2 minutes in length to accommodate the limited stamina of younger players.
  • A variety of styles and moods
  • Every measure of each part and score is numbered
  • Solo books for Flute/Oboe, Bb treble, Eb treble, Tenor Saxophone, Horn, Bass Clef, Tuba, Bells/Xylophone

Accompaniment options: piano/keyboard (book included), guitar (book included), or mp3 accompaniment files (included). Accompaniment files may be streamed or downloaded here.

Pieces Included
Joy to the World
Silent Night
We Three Kings
Go Tell It on the Mountain
O, Holy Night
Jingle Bells

 

Christmas Time is Here

Preview Score

Jazz Combo
Grade: 1½+

A holiday classic from the 1965 TV special “A Charlie Brown Christmas” scored with the youngest groups in mind! Very flexible instrumentation, and playable by groups as small as three or as large as a full jazz ensemble

 

 

  • The Lead part includes parts for clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, or trumpet
  • Part 1 includes parts for flute, clarinet, trumpet, or alto sax
  • Part 2 includes parts for clarinet, trumpet, or alto sax
  • Part 3 includes parts for alto sax, tenor sax, trombone or baritone
  • Part 4 is a part for guitar
  • Part 5 is a bass part with optional parts for bass clarinet, bari sax, or tuba
    An optional piano part may be used to cover the guitar and bass parts as needed.

 

Price: $20.00

Available for immediate download at SheetMusicDirect!