Eerie Echoes

Performance Notes Eerie Echoes is intended for bands with less than one year of lessons. It is based on a simple 5-note, "eerie tune" in C minor (m. 13) which is passed back and forth between upper winds and lower winds. Students will find the independent part playing both challenging and fun. A percussion interlude at M. 33 will allow wind players to rest before the concluding section at M. 41 where the lower winds start and the upper winds will chase. Overall, the main challenge for very young players is counting rests before making with an entrance with the chase tune. Beginning students will also have the opportunity to learn and perform: dynamics; crescendo and decrescendo hairpins; accents; whole, half, and quarter-notes and rests. The Snare Drum part includes eighth-notes. The wind pitches to be learned are C, D, E-flat, F and G. Thank you for choosing this band piece. I trust you will find it instructive and enjoyable. Musically yours, Joseph Compello