BEGINNING BAND • GRADE 1
Beginning Band (Grades 1 and 1½) is an exciting series of original works and arrangements for first and second year bands. Each work is
scored to provide a satisfying sound, even with limited or incomplete instrumentation. Ranges and rhythmic demands are well within the
ability levels of the less experienced band members while providing quality music for every program.
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CHROMATIC COMEDY
Clarence Barber Gr. 1
Teaching chromatic fingerings has never been so easy...or so fun! Here is the
perfect balance between solid literature, teaching points and humor for your
audience and students.
Score and Parts $42.00 50100223
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Track #1
Extra Score $8.00 50105223
Dur. 1:58
CREEPY CRAWLERS
Robert E. Foster, Jr. Gr. 1
Sinister. Dark. Down right creepy. And yet, the perfect grade 1 selection for
the first concert. The work features nothing more complex than two eighth
notes, with no dotted notes or syncopations, and utilizes conservative ranges
for all instruments.
Score and Parts $45.00 50100224
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Track #2
Extra Score $10.00 50105224
Dur. 2:38
OCEANIC FORCES
Aric Branchfield Gr. 1
The forces of nature that come into play over the oceans of the earth
are both awe-inspiring and fear-inducing. Yet, they remain oddly
benevolent. Thus it is with this forceful work: it sounds difficult, but
isn’t. It is totally diatonic (three flats concert key) with conservative
ranges and nothing out of reach for a first-year player.
Score and Parts $45.00 50100225
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Track #3
Extra Score $10.00 50105225
Dur. 2:11
RENAISSANCE ROUND
Travis J. Weller Gr. 1
An ideal early-in-the-year selection that features idiomatic writing,
conservative ranges, very few eighth notes, and no divided sections.
There are plenty of teaching points, from music history and style to
articulation, balance, and dynamics.
Score and Parts $42.00 50100226
Extra Score $8.00 50105226
YETI DANCE! (An abominable piece of music)
David M. Martin Gr. 1½
An abominable piece of music and that’s snow joke! Clarinet 2
remains totally below the break, percussion parts are repetitive (to
maintain a groove), and brass ranges are conservative. All in all, this
is a terrific number for the end of the first year or start of the second
year concert.
Score and Parts $42.00 50100229
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Track #6
Extra Score $8.00 50105229
Dur. 1:57
Track #4
Dur. 1:08
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HOLIDAY
SLEIGHRIDIN’
Robert E. Foster, Jr. Gr. 1
Riding in a sleigh across snowy fields and roadways seems
hard-wired into our consciousness. Even if we’ve never
experienced it, it seems as real as anything! The snap of the
cold, the crack of the whip, the sound of bells on horses
...all are captured in this delightful work for young bands.
Score and Parts $45.00 50100227
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Track #5
Extra Score $10.00 50105227
Dur. 2:47