LEVEL:
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Medium Easy; Grade 1.5
Appropriate for 2nd/3rd-year players + |
SAMPLES:
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See the full score
Sample pages (.pdf):
Sound files:
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COST:
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$35 U.S. for PDF of full score, master parts,
and site-license. |
PROGRAMMING:
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Spring or Fall concert.
Performance Time: about 2 minutes
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FEATURES:
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All winds (including tuba!) have melody at least once.
Simple trombone parts (generously cross-cued in Horn, Euphonium)
2nd Clarinet remains below break.
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CHALLENGES:
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use of dotted-eighth/sixteenth rhythm in melody.
Use of low register for clarinets. (low E, F, G#)
Tuba solo (cued in other parts).
Muted Trumpet 1 solo (unison line with other instruments)
Dynamics; articulations; a few 16th-notes in all parts.
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KEY and RANGES:
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G minor.
All parts are well within "2nd-year" ranges: Flute to
E-flat above staff (only once); 1st Clarinet to C above staff; 2nd Clarinet
remains below break; Trumpets to 3rd space C (1st Trumpet to E, once);
Trombone to C above staff; Tuba to C on staff, down to D just below staff. |
INSTRUMENTATION:
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Standard
Instrumentation
(plus Horn 1 & 2 and optional Piccolo) |
MINIMUM
INSTRUMENTATION
REQUIREMENTS:
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Flute, 2 Clarinets, Alto or Tenor Sax or Horn, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombone, Bass Line, Percussion. |
PERCUSSION:
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Parts for 5 percussionists:
Percussionist 1 = Snare Drum
Percussionist 2 = Bass Drum
Percussionist 3 = Crash Cymbals, Sleigh Bells
Percussionist 4 = Bells, Chimes
Percussionist 5 = Timpani (3 or 4 drums)
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