The Jingle King

The Jingle King is an approachable piece of Christmas sheet music that only uses seven pitches. The piece is based off of the Christmas carols Good King Wenceslas and Jingle Bells. The piece begins with an accented fanfare that quotes the beginning of Good King Wenceslas. Two measures later, the music drops to mezzo piano before growing back to forte two measures later. Make these changes in dynamics and articulations very clear. The melody to Jingle Bells begins at measure 13 and is passed around the band. When rehearsing this piece, make sure that all melody parts are strongly performed. The B section starts at measure 29, which is based off Good King Wenceslas. Like the beginning of the piece, the melody is passed around different sections of the band. At measure 45, the piece begins to transition back to the A section and back to Jingle Bells. The return of the Jingle Bells melody occurs at measure 49 and is performed at forte in the full band. Educational Goals of the Work -Differentiate between melodic, harmonic, and bass line material -Execute a variety of changes in dynamics -Perform basic part independence