Details
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Instructionals:
- Contest, Festival Methods and More
- Level:
- Beginning
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 22
SKU: A0.1665358
Composed by James Bicigo. This edition: pdf. Contest, Festival, Instructional. 22 pages. Polar Publications #1231322. Published by Polar Publications (A0.1665358).A high-energy, educational piece perfect for first-year players, composed for the G.H. Dawe School Grade 6 Band in Red Deer, Alberta.This exciting selection, "Dragon's in Flight" ), is an ideal beginner concert band piecemeticulously crafted for students in their first year of instrumental music (Grade 6 Band or equivalent). It is rated an easy Grade 0.5 to Grade 1—perfect for that first winter or spring concert performance.
Technique Builder: The core of the piece focuses heavily on quarter note rhythms. This is a deliberate pedagogical feature designed to build consistent finger/slide technique and rhythmic stability in young wind and percussion players.
Scale Pattern Review: It prominently utilizes basic scale patterns (e.g., Concert B-flat Major), making it an excellent accompaniment or review for any standard beginning band method book (like Essential Elements or Tradition of Excellence).
Motivating Theme: The playful "dragons soaring" motif encourages faster, unified playing as the students improve. The piece is short and motivating, ensuring an early and successful performance experience.
Instrumentation: Scored for full concert band instrumentation with flexible/optional percussion parts.
Beginning Band: Beginner Band, Grade 6 Band Music, Easy Band Piece, First Year Band, Elementary Band, Junior High Band, Grade 0.5, Grade 1 Band, School Band Music, Quarter Note Rhythms, Scale Pattern Exercise, Essential Elements Supplement, Concert B-flat Major.
Local/Regional: G.H. Dawe School, Red Deer Alberta Band, Central Alberta School Music, AB Band Association (ABA) Festival Prep, Alberta Music Educators.
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- Ensemble:
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