Intended for first-year bands, this march uses the first 6 notes in a creative way that enables young students to develop independent part playing. With a short percussion solo, this composition is exactly what you need to introduce the march style to your students! Duration: 2:20
Program Notes:
6-Note Parade is intended for bands currently in the first year of lessons. It should be performed in a traditional march style and played at a tempo deemed suitable by the director. All wind instruments and bells have a passage containing the six-note melody. Measure 45 will introduce young students to independent part playing as the upper winds play a countermelody above the main melody played by the lower wind instruments. A percussion section solo occurs at m. 41.