Beginning Pops – Grade 1
These traditional themes have never sounded so good at this easy of a level! Written in 2/4 rather than cut time, this arrangement includes interesting parts for all instruments – including the low brass and percussion. Featuring Marine's Hymn, Anchors Aweigh and The Caissons Go Rolling Along, this is the perfect concert closer for beginning bands. (2:00)
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£40.00 Grade 1.0
Duration 2.00
Recommended Repertoire for The Scottish Concert Band Festival.
There's nothing quite like a three-ring circus, and the composer captures this ageless excitement in his grade 1 work in 2/4 time. Sidesplitting Clowns, breathtaking aerialists and amazing acrobats. Delight your audience with this memorable march! (Correalated with the Best In Class Band Method, Book 1, Page 17)
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£32.00 Grade 1.0
Duration 2.01
Standard of Excellence Series.
The very words, castles and kings, evoke visions of days gone by. With imagination one can almost see the massive castles perched high on the hills, where lived the kings of yesteryear, with their moats, drawbridges, immense gates, cavernous dungeons, and banquet halls. It was in these great halls, often lit with smoke-bellowing torches, that great feasts and celebrations, with all their pageantry, took place.
The concert march, Castles and Kings, was composed to portray the regality, splendor and pageantry of the celebrations of the kings who inhabited those majestic castles.
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Grade 1
Duration 1:40
For over 35 years I have had the honor of being a music teacher and my life has been positively influenced by the tousands of students that I have had the privilege of teaching. Celebration March was composed for the 6th grade beginning members of the Madison County Central School Band for their 2006-2007 school year. It is my hope that elebration March will provide students with a song that they will enjoy learning to play and provide other music ducators with a teaching tool that can be used to help motivate and encourage their students.
- Gary Gazlay
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£28.00 Grade 1.0
Duration 2.50
Chesapeake March is a parade-style march which begins with flutes and drums quietly playing the opening melody, as if approaching from afar. The full band enters in and restates the initial theme while clarinets play a smooth legato trio section. Flutes and drums close the piece giving the impression of the band marching away and fading into the distance.
Correlates With Best In Class Bk. 1 Page 15 /SOE Bk. 1 Page 17
Grade 1
Duration 2:10
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£32.00 Grade 1.0
Duration 3:20
Eagle Crest March is an exciting concert/festival composition utilizing simple rhythms and only seven notes. It should be performed at a stately tempo with each note being given adequate separation to ensure a clear, crisp sound.
Marches were originally written to facilitate the orderly movement of soldiers from one place to another. Signals in the music, usually played by the percussion section, communicated instructions to everyone in the group. The pulse was steady, and the rhythm patterns were simple. Some marches imitated the sounds of battle. By the 16th century, composers began to use elements of the march style in their concert music.
Perhaps the composer and conductor most often associated with marches is John Philip Sousa, "The March King." He composed 6 marches, best known for their toe-tapping rhythms, catchy melodies, and interesting countermelodies.
Each form usually consists of a main section of two or more "strains" followed by at least one trio or legato section. Sometimes a legato section is followed by a "dog fight" where sections of the band alternate short musical excerpts. The "dog fight" section most often is followed by a return to the main section before bringing the march to a conclusion. This is the form of Eagle Crest March.
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Grade 1
Duration 2:05
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Grade 1.0
Here is the perfect first march for your beginning band! Using solid scoring techniques, Forward March! features strong melodic writing with easy counterlines, a short percussion break, a “trio” melody for clarinets, and a strong full band finish.
Grade 1
Duration 2:00
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£36.00 Grade 1.0
Duration 1.30
Easy marches that sound authentic and still work with beginners are hard to find. Here is a gem from Eric Osterling that works great even with small bands with incomplete instrumentation. With catchy melodies and repetitive rhythmic patterns, this one is easy to learn and is perfect for contest or concert use.
Grade 1
Duration 2:32
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Grade 1
Duration 1:48
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Grade 1
Duration 1:35
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Grade 1
Duration 2:25
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