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Poslure
Sit on the edge of your chair,and always keep your:
. Spine straight and tall
. Shoulders back and relaxed
. Feet flat on the floor

Breathing & Airstrecln

Breathing is a natural thing we all do constantly. To discover the
correct airstream to play your instrument:
. Place the palm of your hand near your mouth.
. lnhale deeply through the corners of your mouth, keeping
your shoulders steady. Your waist should expand like a balloon.
. Slowly whisper"too"as you gradually exhale air into your palm.

The air you feel is the airstream. lt produces sound through the
instrument. Your tongue is like a faucet or valve that releases the
airstream.

Producing lhe Essential lone loking Geire OÍ

Embouchure (ahm'-bah-shure) is your moutht position on the Your lnslrumenl
mouthpiece of the instrument. A good embouchure takes time
Before putting your instrument
and effort, so carefully follow these steps for success:
back in its case after playing, do
. Holdrthe closed end of the head joint in your left hand.
the following:
. Carefully remove the head
Colrer the open end with the palm of your right hand.
. joint and shake any water out.
Rest the embouchure plate on your bottom lip. Center the
. Put a clean soft cloth on the
embouchure hole on the center of your lips. Check by touch-
end of your cleaning rod and
ing the embouchure hole with the tip of your tongue.
. swab out the head joint.
Gently roll the head joint forward so that approximately
. Twist the middle and foot
1/4 of the embouchure hole is covered by the lower lip.
. joints apart and draw the
Keep upper and lower teeth spaced slightly apart.
. Draw the corners of your mouth straight back and relax
cleaning rod through each
joint.
your lower lip.
. . Carefully wipe the outside
Make a small opening in the center of your lips. Blow air
of each section to keep the
partly into and partly across the embouchure hole.
. Practice regularly in front of a mirror. Roll the head joint in
finish clean.

or out to find the embouchure position that produces your

best clear and full tone.

MOUTHPIECE WORKOUT
Form your embouchure and take a deep breath without raising your shoulders.
Whisper"too"and gradually exhale your full airstream. Strive for an even tone.

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Step I Hold the head joint in your left hand and the middle joint in your right hand. Gently twist and insert
the head joint into the middle joint. Make sure that the embouchure hole is directly in line with the
middle joint's row of keys.

Step 2 Hold the assembled middle joint in your left hand and the foot joint in your right hand. Gently twist
and insert the middle joint into the foot joint. The embouchure hole, keys of the middle joint and the
long rod on the foot joint should all line up.

Step 3 Rest your left thumb on the underside's long straight key. Keep your wrist straight. Your fingers should
arch naturally. Rest your fingertips on the center of the keys.

9tep 4 Place the tip of your right thumb on Sfep 5 Allow the embouchure plate to
the flute's underside between your first press lightly against your lower lip.
and second fingers. Arch your fingers Hold the flute as shown:
and rest them lightly on the keys. Put
your little finger on the E-flat key.

READING MUSIC ldentify and draw each of these symbols:

Music Sroff ledger Lines Meosures & Bqr lines

Measure Measure

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Bar Line Bar Line Bar Line

The music staff Ledger lines extend Bar lines divide the music staff
has 5 lines and 4 the music staff. into measures.
spaces where Notes on ledger lines
notes and rests can be above or
are written. below the staff.
 Long Tone H To begin, we'll use a special"Long Tone" note. Hold the tone until your
teacher tells you to rest. Practice long tones each day to develop your sound.

l. THE FIRST NOTE

Hold each long tone until your teacher tells you to rest.
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The Beot Notes And Rests

The beat is the pulse of music, and like your heartbeat it Notes tell us how high or low to play by their placement on
should remain very steady. Counting aloud and foot-tapping a line or space of the music staff, and how long to play by
help us maintain a steady beat. Tap your foot down on each their shape. Rests tell us to count silent beats.
number and up on each "&."
a Note =
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Onebeat = 1& Quarter 1 beat

JI I Quarter Rest = 1 silent beat

2. COUNT AND PIAY

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Count: 1 & 2 a3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&

Tap: ütl lJ tt l JtJlütlt ülJlJtül ülJtütül
3. A NEW NOTE
Look for the fingering diagram under each new note. This note is "Eb (E-flat)."

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4. TWO'S A TEAM
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Count&Tap: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & I &2 &3 &4 & I &2 &3 &4 & 1&2&3&4&

5. HEADING DOWN
Practice long tones on each new note.
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Count&Tap: I &2 &3 &4 & &2&

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7. THE IONG HAUL Double Bar

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8. FOUR BY FOUR Repeat Sign

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Count&Tap:1&2& &2&3&4& &2&3&4&

9. TOUCHDOWN

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Treble Clef Time Signofure Note Nomes

(G Clef) indicates how many beats per measure Each note is on a line or space of the staff These
indicates the and what kind of note gets one beat. note names are indicated by the Treble Clef.
position of note \/
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staff: Second line = Quarter note gets one beat o
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Shorp * raises the note and remains in effect for the entire measure.

Flof b lowers the note and remains in effect for the entire measure.

Noturol ! can."l, a flat (b) or sharp (f) and remains in effect for the entire measure.

I I . READING THE NOTES Compare this to exercise 1I,THE FAB F:VE.

1& 2 & 3 & &

12. FIRST FTIGHT

13. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS GtUIZ Filtin the remaining note names before ptayins.

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Memorize the fingerings
for the notes you've learned:
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14. ROTLING ATONG
Go to the next line.

Double Bar

Holf Note Holf Rest

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I 5. RHYTHM RAP Ctap the rhythm while counting and tapping.

Clap Repeat Sign

1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1a2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&

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I ó. THE HALF COUNTS

1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&

17. HOT CROSS BUNS Checkyourembouchureand hand position.

Breqfh Mork ) Take a deep breath through your mouth after you play a full-length note.

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I 9. ESSENTIAI ELEMENTS GtUIZ lJsing the note names and rhythms below,drawyour notes on the staff before ptaying.

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A Whole Measure -__---------_-

O-#=4Beats of Silent Beats
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1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& hangs from sits on a

a staff line. staff line.

20. RHYTHM RAP Ctapthe rhythm while counting and tapping.

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1&2&3&4& 1&2 &3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&

21. THE WHOTE THING

1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&

Duet A composition with two different parts, played together.

22. SPIIT DECISION - Duel

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music. Your Key Signature indicates the Key of Bb - play all B's as B-flats, and E's as E-flats.
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23. MARCH STEPS

\ PIay Bb's and Eb's

24. USTEN TO OUR SECTTONS

Percussion Woodwinds Brass Percussion Woodwinds Brass Perc. Brass Ail

25. IIGHTLY ROW

26. ESSENTIAL ETEMENTS GIUIZ Draw in the bar lines before you ptay.

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27. REACHING HIGHER - New Note

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Practice long tones on each new note. Fermata I
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28. AU CTAIRE DE TA tUNE French Folk Son

29. REMIX

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30. TONDON BRIDGE - Duet English Folk Sor

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É Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was a child prodigy who started playing professionally at
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age six, and lived during the time of the American Revolution. Mozart's music is melodic and imaginative. He wrote more
than 600 compositions during his short life, including a piano piece based on the famous song,"Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star."
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31. A MOZART METODY Adaptati<

32. ESSENTIAI EIEÍYIENTS GIUIZ Drawthese symbolswherethey belong and

write in the note names before you play:
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34. DOODTE AtL DAY

35. JUMP ROPE

One or more notes that come before the first ful/ measure. The beats of Pick-Up Notes are
Pick-Up Notes subtracted from the last measure.

3ó. A-T|SKEï, A-TASKET

4a 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&

Dynomics f - forte (play loudly) rnf - mezzo forte (play moderately loud) p - piano (play softly)
Remember to use full breath support to control your tone at all dynamic levels.

37. LOUD AND SOFT

Clap
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38. JINGIE BEttS Keep your fingers close to the keys, curved naturally, J. S. Pierpont

39. MY DREYDL Use full breath support ot all dynamic levels. Traditional Hanukkah Song
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Eighth Notes
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Each Eighth Note = 1/z Beat
2 Eighth Notes = 1 Beat
Play on down and up taps.
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Notes have a beam
across the stems.
1 Beam

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40. RHYTHM RAP CIap the rhythm whìle counting and tapping.

Clap

1&2&3&4&1&2a3&4& &2&3&4& 1& & 3 &4 &

4I. EIGHTH NOTE JAM

1&2& 3&4

42. SKIP TO MY tou American Folk Son

43. LONG, IONG AGO Goodpostureimprovesyoursound. Alwayssitstraightandtall.

44. OH, SUSANNA Stephen Collins Foste

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É Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) began composing as a teenager and was very proficient on the piano,
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F viola and horn. He wrote "William Tell"at age 37 as the last of his forty opèras, and its familiar theme is still heard today on
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45. ESSENTIAL ETEMENTS QUIZ
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Conducting
Practice conducting this
two-beat pattern.
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46. RHYTHM RAP

CIap

1&2&1&2&
47. TWO BY TWO

Tempo is the speed of music. Tempo markings are usually written above the staff, in ltalian.
Tempo Morkings Allegro - Fast tempo Moderato - Medium tempo Andante - Slower walking tempo

48. HIGH SCHOOT CADETS - Morch

John Philip Sousz
Allegro

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49. HEY HO! NOBODY'S HOME - New Note

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Crescendo (grad ual ly louder) Decrescendo or Diminuendo (gradually softer)

50. CLAP THE DYNAMICS

Clap
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5I. PIAY THE DYNAMICS

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PERFORTNANCE SPOTLIOHT
52. PERFORMANCE WARM.UPS
TONE BUILDER

RHYTHM ETUDE

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CHORALE
Andante

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53. AURA tEE - Duet or Bqnd Arrongement -

(Part A = Melody, Part B = Harmony)
George R. Poultc
Andante

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54. FRERE JACGIUES - Round-(When group A reaches @, group B begins at @)

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PERFORTNANCE SPOTLIOHT
55. WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING lN - Bqnd Arrongement
Arr. by John Higgin
Allegro @ -, Meosure number
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5ó. OtD MACDONATD HAD A BAND - Secfion Feqlure

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2nd time go on to meas. 13

57. ODE TO JOY (from Symphony No. 9) Ludwig van Beethover

Arr. by John Higgin
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58. HARD ROCK BLUES - Encore

Allegro John Higgin

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A curved line connecting notes of the same pitch. Play

lte one note for the combined counts of the tied notes.
= 2 Beats

59. FIT TO BE TIED

2beats \

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3 beats \

Doffed Hqlf Note

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1 &2&3& A dot adds halfthe value ofthe note. 2beats+lbeat 3 beats

French-Canadian Folk Song

É American composer Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) was born near Pittsburgh, PA. He has become the most recognized
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l- song writer of his time for works such as "Oh Susanna,"which became popular during the California Gold Rush of 1849.
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62. CAMPTOWN RACES

Allegro Stephen Collins Foster

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ó3. NEW DIRECTIONS - New NOte To play lower notes, blow softty and direct the airstream lower into the embouchure hole.

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64. THE NOBTES Always use a full airstream. Keep fingers above the keys, curved naturatly.

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66. RHYTHM RAP

Clap

1&2&3& 1&2&3& 1&2&3& 1&2&3& 1&2&3& &2&3& 1&2&3& l&2&3&

67. THREE BEAT JAM

1&2&3&'l&2&3& &2 1&2&3& 1&2&3& 1&2&3& 1&2&3& 1&2&3&

ó8. BARCAROTLE
Jacques Offenbacl
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Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) wrote Peer Gynt Suite for a play by Henrik lbsen in '1875, the year -
before the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. "Morning" is a melody from Peer Gynt Suife. Music {-
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used in plays, or in films and television, is called incidental music.
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69. MORNING (from Peer Gynt)

Andante Edvard Grier

Accent J Emphasize the note.

70. ACCENT YOUR TATENT

Latin American musi< has its roots in the African, Native American, Spanish and Portuguese cultures. This diverse -1À
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music features lively accompaniments by drums and other percussion instruments such as maÍacas and claves. {
Music from Latin America continues to influence jazz, classical and popular styles of music. "Chiapanecas"'is a o
popular children's dance and game song. -

71. MEXICAN CIAPPING SONG ("Chioponecqs") Latin American Folk Sonr

72. ESSENTIAT CREATIVITY Compose your own music for measures 3 ond 4 using this rhythm:

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Accidentol Flof b
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Any sharp, flat or natural sign which A flat sign lowers the pitch of a note by a half-step. The
appears in the music without being in note A-flat sounds a half-step below A, and all A's become
-ts the key signature is called an accidental. A-flats for the rest of the measure where they occur.

73. HOT MUFFINS - New Note t Flat applies to all A's in measure.

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74. COSSACK DANCE
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75. BASIC BTUES - New Note Flat applies to all A's in measure.
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-l- This Key Signature indicates lhe Key of Eb - play Play through the 1st Ending. Then play the repeated section
all B's as B-flats, all E's as E-flats, and all A's as A-flats. of music, skipping thq l st Ending and playing the 2nd Ending.

76. HIGH FTYING tAb

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5 sound of this ancient Japanese melody results from the pentatonic (or five-note) sequence used in this tonal system.
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77. SAKURA, SAKURA - Bond Arrongement Japanese Folk Sor
Arr. by John Higgir
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78. UP ON A HOUSETOP
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79. - Duet

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See page 9 for additional holiday music, MY DREYDL and JINGLE BELLS.

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82. AIR TIME

83. DOWN BY THE STATION

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84. ESSENTIAT ETEMENTS GTUIZ
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85. ESSENTIAL CREATIVITY using these notes,improvise your own rhythms:
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n,DArLY wARM-uPs WORK-OUTS FOR TONE &TECHNIQUE

8ó. TONE BUILDER LJseasteadystreamofair.

87. RHYTHM BUITDER

88. TECHNIGIUE TRAK

89. CHORALE (Adapted from cantata 147) Johann Sebastian Bach

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IrI Theme ond Vnriofions followed by variations, or altered versions of the theme.
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90. VARIATIONS ON A FAMITIAR THEME

Theme

Variation 2

At the D.C. al Fine play again from the beginning, stopping at Fine (fee'- nay).
D.C. ol Fine D.C. is the abbreviation for Da Capo, or "to the beginning," and Fine means "the end."

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92. RAZOR'S EDGE - New Note
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93. THE MUSIC BOX
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African-American spirituals originated in the 1700's, midway through the period of slavery in the United States.
One of the largest categories of true American folk music,these primarily religious songs were sung and passed on
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for generations without being written down. The first collection of spirituals was published in 1867, four years after
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94. EZEKIET SAW THE WHEET

African-American Spirituai
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Slur A curved line which connects notes of different pitch. Tongue only the first note in a slur.

95. SMOOTH OPERATOR

J SIur 2 notes - tongue only the first.

96. GTIDING ATONG

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) Slur 4 notes - tongue only the first.

Ragtime is an American music style that was popular from the 1890's until the time of World War l. This early fcirm of -6
jazz brought fame to pianists like "Jelly Roll" Morton and Scott Joplin, who wrote "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag." -{
Surprisingly, the style was incorporated into some orchestral music by lgor Stravinsky and Claude Debussy. o
The trombones now learn to play a glissando, a technique used in ragtime and other styles of music. -

97. TROMBONE RAG

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98. ESSENTIAL ETEMENTS GTUIZ
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99. TAKE THE IEAD New Nofe

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Phrase

IOI . PHRASEOLOGY Write in the breath mark(s) between the phrases.

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New Key Signoture Mulriple Meosure Rest
This Key Signature The number above the staff tells you
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t-s all B's as B-flats. Count each measure of rest in sequence:
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IO2. SATIN LATIN
Allegro

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I German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1 750) was part of a large family of famous musicians and

I6 became the most recognized composer of the Baroque era. Beginning as a choir membet Bach soon became
an organist, a teacher, and a prolific composer, writing more than 600 masterworks. Tl'tis Minuet, or dance in
3/4 time, was written as a teaching piece for use with an early form of the piano.
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I 03. MINUET - Duet Johann Sebastian Bâcl
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I 04. ESSENTIAT CREATMTY This melody can be played in 3/4 or 4/4. Penci! in either time signature, draw the bar lines and
play. Now erase the bar lines and try the other time signature. Do the phrases sound different?

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I05. NATURALTY

Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) lived a shorter life than any other great composer, but he --
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created an incredible amount of music more than 600 art-songs (concert music for voice and accompaniment), ten -l
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symphonies, chamber music, operas, choral works and piano pieces. His "March Militaire" was originally a piano duet. -

I Oó. MARCH MILITAIRE - New Nole

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I 08. ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY American Folk Song

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Boogie-woogie is a style of the blues, and it was first recorded by pianist Clarence "Pine Top" Smith in 1928, -t-6
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one year after Charles Lindbergh's solo flight acÍoss the Atlantic. A form of jazz, blues music features altered o
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Dofted Glsorler I L A dot adds half I

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& Eighth Nofes .|.+ J) = z eeats ï"yl":_"j_th"
quarter note.
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I IO. RHYTHM RAP

1&2&3&4&1&2&344& &2&3&4& 1&2&3&4&

II I. THE DOT ALWAYS COUNTS

1&2&3&4&1&2&3&4& 1&2&3&4& 1& 2 & 3 & 4 &

II2. Att THROUGH THE NIGHT

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Enolish Folk Sonr
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I 14. SCARBOROUGH FAIR English Folk Son,

I 15. RHYTHM RAP

1& 2 & 3 & 4 & 1& 2 & 3 & 4 & 1&2&3&4& 1& 2 & 3 & 4 &

I I ó. THE TURNAROUND

1&2& 3&4 & 1&2 &3&4& 1&2&3&4 & 1&2&3&4&

II7. ESSENTIAT ELEMENTS GIUIZ - AULD LANG SYNE Scottish Folk Son
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PERFORIì'IANCE SPOTHGHT
You can perform this solo with or without a piano accompanist. Play it for the band, the school or
Solo with Piqno your family. lt is part of symphony No.9 ("From The New world") by czech composer Antonin
Accompqnimenl Dvorák (1841-1904). He wrote it while visiting America in 1893, and was inspired to include
melodies from American folksongs and spirituals. This is the Largo (or "very slow tempo") theme.

I I8. THEME FROM "NEW WORTD SYMPHONY"

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Great musicions give encourogement to fellow performers.On this page, clarinetists learn their instruments' upper
register in the "Grenadilla Gorilla Jumps" (named after the grenodilla wood used to make clarinets). Brass players
learn lip slurs, a new warm-up pattern. The success of your band depends on everyone's effort and encouragement.

I 19. GRENADILLA GORIILA JUMP No. I

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I20. JUMPIN' UP AND DOWN

I2I. GRENADITTA GORILLA JUMP No. 2 - New Note

-> aì
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oooloool - Higher notes are easìer when you aim youÌ aÌrstream higher across the embouchure hole.

122. JUMPIN' FOR JOY

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123. GRENADILTA GORlttA JUMP No. 3

I24. JUMPIN'JACKS

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The distance between two pitches is an interval. Starting with "1" on the lower note, count each line
and space between the notes. The number of the higheinote is the distance of the interval.
4 2nd-r 3rd-t 4th-t 5th-t 6th-r 7th
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125. ESSENTIAI ETEMENTS GtUIZ Write in the numbers of the intervals, counting up from the lower notes.

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126. GRENADILLA GORIILA JUMP No. 4

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127. THREE IS THE COUNT

128. GRENADIIIA GORlttA JU|YIP No. 5

129. TECHNIQUE TRAX

t 30. cRosstNc ovER

A trio is a composition with three parts played together. Practice

Trio this trio with two other players and listen for the 3-part harmony.

l3l. KUM BAH YAH - Trio Always checkthe key signature.

Moderato
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Repeat the section of music enclosed by the repeat signs.

Repeot Signs (lf 1 st and 2nd endings are used,they are ployed as usuol
go bock only to the first repeat sign, not to the beginning.)
but
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I32. MICHAET ROW THE BOAT ASHORE Africa n-America n Spi ritua
Andante

I33. AUSTRIAN WAHZ

Moderato

I34. BOTANY BAY Australian Folk Sonr

Allegro

C Time Signoture Conducting

4 \
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this four-beat pattern.
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I35. TECHNIGIUE TRAIX Practiceatall dynamiclevels.

Jean Sibeliu

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137. ESSENTIAT CREATIVITY

Create your own variations by penciling in a dot and a flag to change the rhythm of any measure from lJ ) I'lJ )l

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I38. EASY GORITLA JUMPS

I39. TECHNIGIUE TRAX Atwayscheckthe key signature.

I40. TECHNIGIUE TRAX

'YIORE

I4I. GERMAN FOIK SONG

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142. THE SAINTS GO MARCHIN'AGAIN James Black and Katherine Purvis

I43. IOWIAND GORITIA WALK

144. SMOOTH SAILING

I45. MORE GORIIIA JUMPS

146. FUtt COVERAGE

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é A scale is a sequence of notes in ascending or descending order. Like a musical "ladder," each
o
g Scole step is the next consecutive note in the key. This scale is in your Key of Bb (two flats), so the
-F top and bottom notes are both Bb's. The interval between the Bb's is an octave.

147. CONCERT Bb SCATE Oc

Scale I
Octave4
Steps: 45678

4 When two or more notes are played together, they form a chord or harmony. This Bb chord is
o Chord & built from the 1st, 3rd and 5th steps of the Bb scale. The 8th step is the same as the 1st, but it is an
H Arpeggio octave higher. An arpeggio is a "broken" chord whose notes are played individually.
-F

148. lN HARMONY Dividethenotesofthechordsbetweenbandmembersandplaytogether. Doesthearpeggiosoundlikeachordi

l-- Arpeggio-----1
f- Arpeggio-----1 Chord 853s8
Chord 13531

149. SCAIE AND ARPEGGIO

Scale Arpeggio Arpeggio

Austrian composer Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809) wrote 104 symphonies. Many of these works had nicknames
4
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and included brilliant, unique effects for their time. His Symphony No.94 was named "The Surprise Symphony"
5 because the soft second movement included a sudden loud dynamic, intended to wake up an often sleepy
-- audience. Pay special attention to dynamics when you play this famous theme.

I50. THEME FROM "SURPRISE SYftIPHONY"

I5I. ESSENTIAL ETEMENTS GTUIZ - THE STREETS OF TAREDO American Folk Son
Write in the note names before you play.
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PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT
152. SCltOOt SPIRIT - Bond Arrongement W.T. Purdy
March Style Arr. by John Higgins

When playing music marked Soli, you are part of a group "solo" or group feature. Listen carefully in
Soli "Carnival of Venice,"and name the instruments that play the Soli part at each indicated measure number.

153. CARNIVAI OF VENICE - Bond Arrongemenf Julius Benedict

Arr. by John Higgins
Allegro

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n DAIIY WARIìII.UPS WORK-OUTS FOR TON E & TECHN IQU E

I54. RANGE AND FTEXIBITITY BUITDER

I55. TECHNIGTUE TRAX

15ó. CHORALE
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4 The traditional Hebrew melody"Hatikvah" has been lsrael's national anthem since the nation's inception.
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h At the Declaration of State in 1948, it was sung by the gathered assembly during the opening ceremony
Ç and played by members of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra at its conclusion.
--

lsraeli National Anther

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Eighth Note -- 112 beat of sound

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I58. RHYTHIì,I RAP

1&2&1&2&1&2& 1&2&l&2&1&2&1&2&1&2&

I59. EIGHTH NOTE MARCH

1&2& 1&2&l&2&1&2s1&2& l&2&l&2&

Johann Sebastian Bach

IóI. RHYTHM RAP

1&2&3&4&l&2&3&4& l&2a3&4&1&2&3&4&

162. EIGHTH NOTES OFF THE BEAT

1&2&3&4& 1 &2& 3&4& 1 &2& 3a4& 1&2&3&4&

I ó3. EIGHTH NOTE SCRAMBIE

164. ESSENTIAT ETEMENTS GTUIZ

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I ó5. DANCING MELODY - New Note

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gÊ American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) wrote 1 36 marches. Known as "The March King,"
C) Sousa wrote The Stars And Stripes Forever, Semper Fidelis,The Washingfon Post and many other patriotic works. Sousa's
l-
Ç band performed all over the country, and his fame helped boost the popularity of bands in America. Here is a melody
Í- from his famous Êl Capitan operetta and march.
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166. Et CAPITAN John Philip Sous
Allegro

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4 "O Canada,"formerly known as the "National Song,"was first performed during 1880 in French Canada. Robert
o
h Stanley Weir translated the English language version in 1908, but it was not adopted as the national anthem of
6
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Canada until 1980, one hundred years after its premiere.
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167. O CANADA Calixa Lavaller
l'Hon.Judge Routhie
Maestoso (Majestically) and Justice R.S.We

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I ó8. ESSENTIAT ETEMENTS GIUIZ - METER MANIA Count and clap before ptaying. Can you conduct this?

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Two notes that are written differently, but sound On a piano keyboard, each
the same (and played with the same fingering) are black key is both a flat ond
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called enharmonics. Your fingering chart on pages a sharp: v
46-47 shows the fingerings for the enharmonic
notes on your instrument.
C D E F GIA B C

169. SNAKE CHARMER Enharmonic notes use the same fìngering.

Gb/rfr v

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I7O. DARK SHADOWS

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I72. MARCH stAv Peter lllyich Tchaikovsk

Largo
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173. NOTES IN DISGUISE

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Chromatic notes are altered with sharps,flats and natural signs which are not in the -tì
Chromotic
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key signature. The smallest distance between two notes is a half-step, and a scale made €
up of consecutive half-steps is called a chromatic scale. v

I74. HATF.STEPPIN'
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é French composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) wrote music for virtually every medium: operas, suites,
C' symphonies and chamber works. The "Egyptian Dance" is one of the main themes from his famous opera
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Samson et Delilah. The opera was written in the same year that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph-1877.
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175. EGYPTIAN DANCE watchforenharmonics.
Camille Saint-Saën
Allegro_

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176. SITVER MOON BOAT

Largo

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German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is considered to be on" of af," world's greatest composers,
4
C) despite becoming completely deaf in 1802. Although he could not hear his music the way we can, he could "hear" it
h
5 in his mind. As a testament to his greatness, his Symphony No.9 (p. 13) was performed as the finale to the ceremony
-- celebrating the reunification of Germany in 1990. This is the theme from his Symphony No. 7, second movement.

177. THEME FROM SYMPHONY NO. 7 - DueI Ludwig van Beethove

Allegro (moderately fast)

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Russian composer Peter lllyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote six symphonies and hundreds of other works including
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The Nutcracker ballet. He was a master at writing brilliant settings of folk music, and his original melodies are among the -{
most popular of all time. His 181 2 Overture and Capriccio ltolien were both written in 1 880, the year after Thomas Edison o
developed the practical electric light bulb. -

178. CAPRICCIO ITAIIEN Alwayscheckthekeysisnature. Peter lllyich Tchaikovskl

Allegro Ir.

179. A'ì'IERICAN PATROI

F.W. Meachan
Allegro

I 80. WAYFARING STRANGER African-American Spiritua

Andante ^ -,_-

l8l. ESSENTIAT ETEMENTS GIUIZ - SCATE COUNTING CONGTUEST

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PE RFORTI,IANCE 9POTHOHT
182. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL - Bqnd Arrongemenl Samuel A.War
Arr. by John Higgir
FlAndante
Maestoso
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lã Maestoso

183. tA CUCARACHA - Bond Arrongement Latin American Folk Sor

Latin Rock Arr. by John Higgir

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PERFORIì'IANCE SPOilI@HÍ
184. THEME FROM l8l2 OVERTURE - Bqnd Arrongement Peter lllyich Tchaikovsky
Allegro Arr. by John Higgins
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PERFORMANCE SPOTUOHT
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ACCOmpqnimenf Mozart wrote this piece in 1787,the same year the American Constitution was signed into law. You anc
a piano accompanist can perform this for the band or at other school and community events.

185. EINE KTEINE NACHTMUSIK - Solo (concertEb version) Wolfgang Amadeus Moza
Arr. by John Higgir
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DUETS
Here is an opportunity to get together with a friend and enjoy playing music. The other player does not have to play
the same instrument as you. Try to exactly match each other's rhythm, pitch and tone quality. Eventually, it may begin
to sound like the two parts are being played by one person! Later, try switching parts.

I 8ó. SWING tOW SWEET CHARIOT - Duet

African-American 5piritual

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187 . LA BAMBA - Duet

Allegro Mexican Folk Song

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RUBANK'SCALE AND ARPEOOIO fTUDIES

KEY OF Bb tn this key signature,play attBb's andEb's.

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3.

KEY OF Eb In this key signature, play allBb's,Eb's and Ab's.

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3.
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RUBANK SCALE AND ARPEOOTO STUDIES

KEY OF F ln this key signature, play allBb's.

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3.

KEY OF Ab tnthis key signature,play allBb's,Eb's, Ab's andDb's.

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GREATINO NilU$C
Composition is the art of writing original music. A composer often begins by creating a melody
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E Composition made up of individual phrases, like short musical"sentences." Some melodies have phrases that seer
to answer or respond to'question" phrases, as in Beethoven's OdeTo Joy. Play this melody and listen
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F to how phrases 2 and 4 give slightly different answers to the same question (phrases 1 and 3).

l. ODE TO JOY Ludwig van Beethov

l.Question 2.Answer 3.Question 4.Answer

2. Gl. AND A. Writeyour own"answer" phrases in this metody.

l.Question 2.Answer

3. PHRASE BUIIDERS write 4 different phrases using the rhythms below each staff.

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4. YOU NAME IT:
Pick phrase A, B, C, or D from above, and write it as the "Question" for phrases 1 and 3 below. Then write 2 different "Answers" for phrases 2 ant

is the art of freely creating you, à*n n bo

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melody as you play. Use these notes to plur rouïï*"
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fr melody(LineA),togowiththeaccompaniment(LineB).

5. I NSTANT tì,lEtoDY

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Yu ..n mark your progress through the book on this page. Fill in the stars as instructed by your band director.

IEVER

1. Page 2-3,The Basics 15. Page 22, EE Quiz, No. 1 17

2. Page 5, EE Quia No. 13 16. Page 23, Performance Spotlight
3. Page 6, EE Quia No. 19 "17. Page 24, EE Quiz, No. 125
4.. Page7, EE Quiz, No.26 18. Page 26, Essential Creativity, No. 137
5. Page & EE Quia No.32 19. Page 28,No.149 '
6. Page 10, EE Quiz, No.45 20. Page 28, EE Quiz, No. 151
7. Page 12-13, Performance Spotlight 21. Page 29, Performance Spotlight
8. Page 14, EE Qüiz, No.65 22. Page 31]EE Quiz, No.164
9. Page 15, Essential Creativity, No.72 23. Page 32, EE Quiz, No.168
10. Page 17,EÊQuiz,No.84 24. Page 33,No.174
't1. Page 17, Essential Creativity, No.85 25. Page 35, EE Quiz, No. 181
12. Page 19, EE Quiz, No.98 26. Page 36, Performance Spotlight
13. Page 20, Essential Creativity, No. 104 27. Page 37, Performance Spotlight
14. Page 21, No. 1 09 28. Page 38, Performance Spotlight

Tf,USIC I AN ESSENTTAI ELEMENT OF LTFE

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Instrument GerÍe Reninders

Before putting your instrument back in its case after playing, do the following:
. Carefully remove the head joint and shake any water out.
. Put a clean soft cloth on the end of your cleaning rod and swab out the head joint.
. Twist the middle and foot joints apart and draw the cleaning rod through each joint.
. Carefully wipe the outside of each section to keep the finish clean.

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n REFERENCE INDEX
DeÍinifions rpg.r Slur 19 World Music
Accent 1 5 Soli 29 AFRICAN
Accidental 16 Solo 23,38 . Kum Bah Yah 25
Allegro 11 Tempo 11
AMERICAN
Andante 1'l Theme And Variations 18 . American Patrol 35
Arpeggio 28 Tie 14 . America The Beautiful 36
Clef 5 Time Signature 5
Bass (Bass clef inst.)
Clef
5 (Trebte ctef Aura Lee 12
BarLines 3 Treble inst.)
. Ezekiel Saw The Wheel 19
Beat 4 Trio 25
. GoTellAunt Rhodie 6
Blues 21 Whole Note 7
. Ashore 26
Michael Row The Boat
Breath Mark 6 .
GomposeÍs On Top Of Old Smokey 21
Chord 28 . SkipTo My Lou '10
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Chromatic Notes 33 .
Chromatic Scale 33
. Chorale (from Cantata 1+z) 18 Swing Low Sweet Chariot 39
. Chorale 30 . The Streets Of Laredo 28
Common Time 26 . Minuet 20 . Wayfaring Stranger 35
Crescendo 1 1 .
D.C.alFine 18
. Minuet 31 When The Saints Go Marching ln

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 13,27

Decrescendo 1 1

Diminuendo 11 . Ode To Joy (from Sym. No.9) 13 AUSTRALIAN

Dotted Half Note 14 . Theme From Symphony No.7 34

. Botany Bay 26

Dotted Quarter Note 22 JOHANNES BRAHMS AUSTRIAN

Double Bar 5 . Theme From Sym. No. 1 38 . Austrian waltz 26
Duet 7 (Brass & Low WW's) CANADIAN
Dynamics 9 ANTONIN DVORÁK . Alouette 14
Eighth Note 10 . Theme From "New World Sym." 23 . O Canada 32
Eighth Rest 31 STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER CARIBBEAN
Embouchure 2 (Brass&WW's) . Camptown Races 14 . Banana Boat Song 18
Enharmonics 33 . Oh,Susanna 10 CHINESE
Fermata 8 EDVARD GRIEG . Silver Moon Boat 34
1 st & 2nd Endings 16 . Morning (from Peer Gynt) 15 ENGLISH
Flat 5
FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN
. London Bridge 8
Forte ("f) 9
. . Scarborough Fair
Theme From "Surprise Symphony" 22
Glissando 19 (Trombone)
.
FRANZ LEHAR Sea Chanty 22
Half Note 6
.
Half-step 33 WaltzTheme 17 FRENCH

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

. Au Claire De La Lune 8
Harmony 8 .
lnterval 24
. A Mozart MelodY 8 Frère Jacques 12

Key Signature 7
. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 38 GERMAN

Largo 23 (HighWW's) . German Folk Song 27

Ledger Lines 3 JACQUES OFFENBACH ISRAELI
Measure 3 . Barcarolle 15 . Hatikva 30
Mezzo Forte (":f) 9 GIOACCHINO ROSSINI ITALIAN
Moderato 11 . WilliamTell 10 . CarnivalOf Venice 29
Multiple Measure Rest 20
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËN5 JAPANESE
Music Staff 3 . Egyptian Dance 34 . Sakura,Sakura 16
NaturalSign 5
FRANZ SCHUBERT MEXICAN
Notes 4 . March Militaire 21 . Chiapanecas 15
Phrase 20
JEAN SIBELIUS
. La Bamba 39
Piano (p) 9
. . La Cucaracha 36
Notes 9
Finlandia 26
Pick-Up
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA SCOTTISH
Quarter Note 4
.
Ragtime 19
. ElCapitan 32 Auld Lang Syne 22

Repeat Sign 5,26

. High School Cadets 11 TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY MUSIC

Rests 4,6,7,31 PETER I LLYICH TCHAI KOVSKY

. Jingle Bells 9
Round (Canon) 12 . Capriccio ltalien 35
. Jolly Old St. Nick 17
Scale 28 . March Slav 33
. My Dreydl 9
Sharp 5 . 1812 Overture 37
. Up On A Housetop 17