Rainbow Song, for adaptable band, is a contrapuntal fanfare for a Rainbow. In the music, several notes are slurred together into melodic ideas that look like rainbows' in the music. To me, this fanfare has a big, majestic sound, like a Rainbow covering the full sky with no beginning or end just like the melodies of the music that go back and forth between notes. Rainbow Song also has harmonic elements, called musical chords, that lead the music forward and are fun to tune with bandmates as you play, listening to each other as a group, while making sure your own unique note blends into the musical texture. A chord is made of many notes (usually three) that sound in the music at the same time. You can hear chords in this music, and many other kinds of music too. Special percussion instruments, like the windchime, also help create a glimmering atmosphere around the chords and melodies.