"The Thunderer" for Beginner Flex Band
This flex band piece is a perfect way to introduce your beginner ensemble (ideally Grades 4-6) to the ever popular Sousa march. It is written for 6 parts and features parts for a Snare Drum and Bass Drum. This piece is written as a great first concert band piece for lower level ensembles where the director is looking to get their ensemble out of a book. Some considerations that were made include:
The piece is in the key of Bb Major, revolving around the first scale that students ideally learn.
The utilization of whole notes, dotted half notes, half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes with no syncopated rhythms and the use of ties and slurs.
Only using the dynamics piano, mezzo forte, and forte to introduce of dynamic contrast with a crescendo at the beginning and middle of the piece.
The use of staccatos and accents introduce the concept of articulations, with staccatos and accents commonly being the first two articulations that are taught.
A tempo of 108 bpm that is a good moderate tempo for beginning ensemble without being too slow or too fast.
When you purchase this product, you will get the Finale File for this piece that you can use to make custom changes according to what your ensemble needs and their capability level and easy to export this song into Smartmusic/MakeMusic Cloud and use it with you band class. This inclusion makes this piece the perfect option for band directors who need to find music that will fit their learning needs for their ensemble perfectly.
This piece was originally commissioned for the Virtual Ensemble Project, funded by the Connecticut Music Educators Association (CMEA) and the US Library of Congress.
This flex band piece is a perfect way to introduce your beginner ensemble (ideally Grades 4-6) to the ever popular Sousa march. It is written for 6 parts and features parts for a Snare Drum and Bass Drum. This piece is written as a great first concert band piece for lower level ensembles where the director is looking to get their ensemble out of a book. Some considerations that were made include:
The piece is in the key of Bb Major, revolving around the first scale that students ideally learn.
The utilization of whole notes, dotted half notes, half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes with no syncopated rhythms and the use of ties and slurs.
Only using the dynamics piano, mezzo forte, and forte to introduce of dynamic contrast with a crescendo at the beginning and middle of the piece.
The use of staccatos and accents introduce the concept of articulations, with staccatos and accents commonly being the first two articulations that are taught.
A tempo of 108 bpm that is a good moderate tempo for beginning ensemble without being too slow or too fast.
When you purchase this product, you will get the Finale File for this piece that you can use to make custom changes according to what your ensemble needs and their capability level and easy to export this song into Smartmusic/MakeMusic Cloud and use it with you band class. This inclusion makes this piece the perfect option for band directors who need to find music that will fit their learning needs for their ensemble perfectly.
This piece was originally commissioned for the Virtual Ensemble Project, funded by the Connecticut Music Educators Association (CMEA) and the US Library of Congress.
This flex band piece is a perfect way to introduce your beginner ensemble (ideally Grades 4-6) to the ever popular Sousa march. It is written for 6 parts and features parts for a Snare Drum and Bass Drum. This piece is written as a great first concert band piece for lower level ensembles where the director is looking to get their ensemble out of a book. Some considerations that were made include:
The piece is in the key of Bb Major, revolving around the first scale that students ideally learn.
The utilization of whole notes, dotted half notes, half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes with no syncopated rhythms and the use of ties and slurs.
Only using the dynamics piano, mezzo forte, and forte to introduce of dynamic contrast with a crescendo at the beginning and middle of the piece.
The use of staccatos and accents introduce the concept of articulations, with staccatos and accents commonly being the first two articulations that are taught.
A tempo of 108 bpm that is a good moderate tempo for beginning ensemble without being too slow or too fast.
When you purchase this product, you will get the Finale File for this piece that you can use to make custom changes according to what your ensemble needs and their capability level and easy to export this song into Smartmusic/MakeMusic Cloud and use it with you band class. This inclusion makes this piece the perfect option for band directors who need to find music that will fit their learning needs for their ensemble perfectly.
This piece was originally commissioned for the Virtual Ensemble Project, funded by the Connecticut Music Educators Association (CMEA) and the US Library of Congress.