LEVEL:
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Easy; Grade 1.
Appropriate for 2nd-/3rd-year players or advanced beginners. |
SAMPLES:
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Sample pages (.pdf):
Sound files:
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COST:
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$25 U.S. for PDF of full score and parts. |
PROGRAMMING:
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Christmas concert
Moderately slow tempo provides nice contrast with faster
works.
Performance Time: about 2.5 minutes (65 measures at mm=86)
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FEATURES:
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Melody distributed through all wind parts.
Simple but effective percussion parts.
Programmatic nature of the work allows students to begin
learning expressiveness.
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CHALLENGES:
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Dynamics (crescendo, decrescendo)
Legato Playing
Balance
Solos (Two solos, each consisting of 2 quarter-notes, are
optionally doubled with other instruments)
Multi-percussion playing
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KEY and RANGES:
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C minor and E-flat major
Standard "1st-year" ranges: Flute to B-flat above staff;
Clarinets remain below break; Trumpet to third-space C; Horn from 2nd-line
G to low G; Trombone to B-flat on top of staff; Tuba to C below staff. |
INSTRUMENTATION:
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Basic
Instrumentation
Clarinet is divided into separate 1st and 2nd parts; all
others (except percussion) are undivided. |
MINIMUM
INSTRUMENTATION
REQUIREMENTS:
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Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Bass Line*, 3 Percussion (easy
rhythms)
* At least one: Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, Horn, Trombone,
Baritone, or Tuba
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PERCUSSION:
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Utilizes three separate multi-percussion set-ups:
Percussion 1 = Bells, Finger Cymbals, Tom-tom
Percussion 2 = Tambourine, Suspended Cymbal 1, Bass Drum
Percussion 3 = Triangle, Suspended Cymbal 2, Bass Drum
(can be same drum).
These parts are simple, using only quarter-, half-, and dotted-half
notes (slow eighth-notes in the Tambourine), and provide the rhythmic ostinato
upon which the work progresses.
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The parts can easily be divided to provide playing opportunities
for up to 8 percussionists.
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Use three sets of finger cymbals (sounds even better) and
accomodate up to 10 players!
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