Short Cuts for Beginning Band — #1

Here are four highly recognizable pop tunes, carefully scored for your beginners but with identifiable teaching concepts at the forefront. Use these wonderful melodies to reinforce articulations, form, chromatics, legato and staccato style, dynamics, and balance. These titles can be performed in one concert setting or distributed throughout your teaching year to foster your teaching objectives. Titles included in this first installment are The Magnificent Seven, Wipe Out, Over the Rainbow, and Scooby Doo, Where Are You? Brilliant!