Scott Rogers

¡Huele a mar, a aventura y a emoción cuando llegan los piratas! Pirates Ahoy tiene un carácter rítmico estable con síncopas sencillas. La pieza está construida sobre unas pocas figuras básicas, algo q...

ODE TO JOY (German: An die Freude) is a poem written by the german poet Friedrich Schiller. Ludwig van Beethoven wrote music to this poem, and the theme is also used in his Symphony no. 9. Ode to Joy...

It is not often that we get to play a really dramatic piece with a young band. The Dark Castle creates a solemn and regal atmosphere with its slow puls and stately percussion.

It is important for young bands to play in minor keys. Elvish Dance is not only a minor key piece suitable for young bands, it also has a hint of dorian and lydian modes to give it that real elvish fe...

A trip to Coconut Island is always enjoyable! Soft Latin rhythms, a relaxing tempo, and tutti rhythm figures combine to create the perfect vacation. Coconut Island introduces young musicians to Latin...

This march uses simple diatonic patterns and call-and-response melody to create an accessible introduction to march style. The melody is also easy to whistle. Try performing the march by whistling the...

Rock the Streets is a march based on a dialog between the winds and percussion. The piece is build up on ostinato figures, something that makes mastery of the individual parts easier and faster. The f...

'Aura Lee - the Maid with Golden Hair' is an American Civil War song about a maiden. It was written by W. W. Fosdick (lyrics) and George R. Poulton (music). The tune is familiar to modern audiences fr...

You Really Got Me' was written by Ray Davies, and became The Kinks big break. It is a genuine rock classic, and one of the most distinctive and easily recognizable tunes from the 1960s. The tune's cat...

Tielman Susato was a renaisance composer, performed on most of the known wind instruments of his time, and one of the first publishers of music. The dance tune 'La Mourisque' was included in his colle...

Tenn Lys is a song for Advent written by Eyvind Skeie and Sigvald Tveit for the TV-series 'Portveien 2'. The song follows the Norwegian tradition of lighting a candle for each of the four Sundays in A...

Julekveldsvisa ('The Christmas Eve Song') is one of the best loved Christmas tunes in Norway. Although the melody was composed by Arnljot Høyland (himself a professor of mathematical statistics), it i...

A new folio for the beginning band or ensemble. Eight songs in easy arrangements from grade 1 to 1,5. Only three parts as our Debut series. Printed in A4-format.

Den siste mohikaner ('The Last of the Mohicans') is originally a German song ('Da sprach der alte haeuptling der indianer'). In Norway it's made famous by singer Arne Bendiksen who performed it a nume...

This little march is very short, but includes many of the most characteristic elements from the march form: introduction, clearly delineated form, contrasting melody in the bass instruments, del segno...

One of the worlds most widely known melodies, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star is based on a French melody (Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman) first published in 1761. The lyrics were first published in 1806, in a...

The song, known in Norway as 'Blåmann, Blåmann bukken min', is one of Norway's best known children's songs, and a clear case of art imitating life. The poem by A.O. Vinje was written in 1860, and is b...

¿Quién se ha llevado todo el queso? Debe de haber un ratón en casa. Creo que oigo sus patitas correteando por la cocina. Quizá deberíamos tenderle una trampa. Esta pequeña pieza de música de programa...

¿A quién no le fascina la pompa de una procesión real? El motivo de la marcha de negras da paso a una sección intermedia más tranquila en la que el sentimiento rítmico se basa en las medias notas. Est...

Mis vecinos tenían un gran reloj de pie que sonaba muy fuerte. Mi hermano y yo esperábamos pacientemente a que diera la hora y el pajarito saliera a decir "koo-koo". Esta pieza tiene un pulso constant...

'Miss Crow's Fabulous Orchestra' is taken from Hogne Moe's popular musical of the same name. Miss Crow is going to put on a show, and she does it by starting her own orchestra - and everybody can tak...

Hay muchas melodías llamadas "Melodía de primavera". Esta melodía procede originalmente de un antiguo fragmento de canción popular conocido como "stubb". La melodía básica se amplía con un breve inter...

This melody comes from Hogne Moe's book, 'Jonas Almost Schoolboy', which many schools in Norway have performed as a musical. The song has a toe-tapping groove, and a melody which encourages everyone t...

The song about Tom Dooley has been a part of American folk tradition since the 1860's, but became famous worldwide in 1958 when the Kingston Trio made a popular version that became wildly successful....