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Like "Rhino Rock!" this is designed to be a great first piece of "real music."

"Tiered Tunes" is a new type of young band arrangement designed specifically so "Everyone Can Succeed and Nobody's Bored." All difficulty tiers are included for all instruments. In "RoboRock!" the Tier 1 part, is the primary melody/bass line, playable by all with just the first five notes of Bb Major. The tune works with just Tier 1. Tier 2 fleshes it out with just one more pitch and the addition of eighth note rhythms. The optional Tier 3 adds additional pitches, rhythms, and independence to challenge your super fast burners or second year students.

RoboRock!

Flexible Instrumentation Score & Parts

"Rhino Rock!" is the first arrangement in my new series. "Tiered Tunes" is a new type of young band arrangement designed specifically so "Everyone Can Succeed and Nobody's Bored."  All tiers are included for all instruments.  In "Rhino Rock!" the Tier 1 part, is the primary melody/bass line, playable by all with just the first five notes of Bb Major (though actually a c dorian).  Tiers 2 and 3 add additional pitches, rhythms, and independence to challenge your fast  burners.

Rhino Rock!  (Tiered Tunes #1)

There is definitely something funky going on up on the roof!

Tiered Holidays #3, "Funky Housetop" for young school bands has melodic parts for each instrument at grades Easy, 1.5, and 2. The tune can also work without Tier 3 as a simpler Gr 1.5 piece. (Check out the FlipScore preview video containing all tiers.)

It is designed to appropriately challenge all members of a second year band, or a combined group including any players in year 1, 2, or 3 by the holiday concert

Funky Housetop

This spirited march style version of "Deck the Halls" for young school bands has melodic parts for each instrument at grades 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0.  The tune can also work without Tier 3 as a simpler Gr 1 piece.   (Check out the FlipScore preview video containing all tiers.)

It is designed to appropriately challenge all members of a second year band, or a combined group including any players in year 1, 2, or 3 by holiday time.

Ranges:  Tier 1- A to F, Tier 2- A to high Bb, and Tier 3- A to high D (optional high F)

March the Halls!

Concert Band Score & Parts

Rock In My Sock is specially designed as a first or early experience in Jazz and Improvisation.  As part of  the Tiered Jazz Series, it provides three difficulty levels (Tiers)  of fun, melodic parts for all the instruments in your young band.  It also includes three tiers for Piano/Guitar, Bass, and Drums ranging from very simple standard notation to "slash notation parts typical of the genre.  (It is performable with just Piano Tier 1 (Easy) and either 1 set drummer or 2-6 percussionists on individual instruments.  Also included are Teacher and Student guides to introduce a simple improv and MP3s with some sttylistic echoes of 3 and then 5 pitches to get them feeling it and building confidence, as well as a background track for playing with finding their own ideas.

Rock In My Sock

"Bring That Swing!" Has been painstakingly designed to be a great introduction to Jazz, Swing Style, and Jazz Improvisation, but it also contains enough challenges, both in the Tier 3 parts and deeper improv study, for more experienced students if you have them in the same group.

It has three tiers of parts, VE / E / 1.5 (optional), for all of your regular band instruments and includes easy-to-follow Improv Guides and mp3 practice tracks for introducing swing style and building improv confidence. 

The rhythm section can be as little as Piano Tier 1 (with chords in the RH and a simple walking bass line in the left) and one drummer on a drum set or 2-6 drummers on individual instruments (plus three tiers of mallet percussion), but there are also three tiers of Guitar, Piano, Bass, and Drums, starting with first experiences and building to the kind of "slash" parts typical for more advanced students.

(NOTE: The FlipScore video uses the conductor's score which shows all tiers of the rhythm section parts below the condensed wind score on the first three staves. A wind reference score with all of the wind parts is also included.)

Bring That Swing!

Hanukah, Chanukkah, Hannukah, Chanukah. However you spell it, here's the
  tune you've been looking for to bring the celebration into your
  winter/holiday concert.  This
  traditional song gets a fresh treatment with an introductory chorale, a
  swingin' fugue, a straight ahead big band chorus and a trumpet solo over g
  minor blues changes.  Check it out!

S'Vivon

Jazz Ensemble Score & Parts

"Pachyderm Parade" is the third tune in my new series. "Tiered Tunes" is a new type of young band arrangement designed specifically to appropriately challenge all members of a band despite a wide variation of skills levels.  All tiers are included for all instruments.  

This is a quirky little march in Phrygian mode, with a smooth contrasting section in the middle in the relative Major (Bb).  It isn't as hard as the trills and 16ths make it sound, but is great for a second year band of varying skills.

Pachyderm Parade (Tiered Tunes #3)

"Butterflies" is the second title in my new series.  "Tiered Tunes" is a new type of young band arrangement designed specifically to appropriately challenge all members of a band despite a wide variation of skills levels.  All tiers are included for all instruments.

In Butterflies, the first pass is a unison statement of the pretty, flowing melody using just the "first five" notes.  Next, Tier Two diverges to a slightly more demanding countermelody and Tier 3 adds a more intricate countermelody, requiring a bit more range, soaring over the top.

Butterflies (Tiered Tunes #2)

"Rock Layers" is the fourth arrangement in my new series and is just what it sounds like, a rock tune, in Layer in- Layer out arch form.  

"Tiered Tunes" is a new type of young band arrangement designed specifically to appropriately challenge all members of a band despite a wide variation of skills levels.  All tiers are included for all instruments.  

This one is recommended for second and third year players.

Rock Layers (Tiered Tunes #4)

"Gliding" is this year's "pretty song" in my series. "Tiered Tunes" is a new type of young band arrangement designed specifically to appropriately challenge all members of a band despite a wide variation of skills levels. Three distinct difficulty levels are included for all instruments, all with interesting melodic parts.

In "Gliding," the first pass is a unison statement of the pretty, flowing melody using just the "first five" notes. Next, Tiers 2 and 3 diverge to a slightly more demanding countermelody and finally, Tier 3 adds a more challenging (optional) countermelody requiring a bit more range, soaring over the top.

Concert ranges are: Bb-F / A-Ab / A- high Eb

Gliding

"Meerkat March" is the eighth tune in my new series. "Tiered Tunes" is a new type of young band arrangement designed specifically to appropriately challenge all members of a band despite a wide variation of skills levels. Three distinct difficulty levels are included for all instruments.

Difficulty Tiers - 0.5 / 0.75 / 2 Concert Ranges Bb-Ab / A-Ab / A-D (high)

Meerkat March

"Rocky Road Trip" is a happy little light rocker and is the sixth tune in my new series.  "Tiered Tunes" is a new type of young band arrangement designed specifically to appropriately challenge all members of a band despite a wide variation of skills levels.  All tiers are included for all instruments.

Because of some chromatics and range requirements this one is recommended for second and third year students.

Rocky Road Trip  (Tiered Tunes #6)

"Firelight Dreaming" is a slow, lyrical piece that works for the holiday season or anytime. It is the fifth tune in my new series. "Tiered Tunes" is a new type of young band arrangement designed specifically to appropriately challenge all members of a band despite a wide variation of skills levels. All tiers are included for all instruments.

Tier 1 in this one uses only the "first six" pitches, but does require eighth notes in various patterns. The range and independence of the other two parts are suitable for second and third year players and should sharpen their ears for blend, balance, and phrase shaping.

Firelight Dreaming (Tiered Tunes #5)

Chanukah, Hanukah, Channukah, Hanukkah. Oy, however you choose to spell it, this is the Hanukah tune you've been looking for to make your winter/holiday concert more festive. And as an added plus it gives you three differentiated parts (Tiers) to help everyone succeed at an appropriate level of challenge. 

(This one is recommended for second or second and third year players with difficulties of .75, 1.0, and 2.0.)

This arrangement of the traditional, celebratory tune begins with a brief unison statement of the A theme, harmonizes the B theme, then breaks into a flashy fugue treatment to show off your upper woodwinds and mallet percussion before concluding with an exciting tutti restatement of the original themes.

"Improvised Variations on a Theme by Clarke," (aka Trumpet Voluntary, aka The Prince of Denmark's March) is the first entry in my new series "Tiered Classical Improv."

It includes teacher and student guides for tackling improvisation for the first (or a later) time and MP3s with simple one-measure echoes on the first five notes, more challenging two-measure echoes, some sample solos for ideas and a background recording for exploring their own ideas (on their own time).

Improvised Variattions On a Theme by Clarke

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