TEMPO: Tempo is always 88 b.p.m.

METER: Meter is always 4/4

KEY SIGNATURE: Key Signature is always B-flat major

RHYTHMIC VALUES: Include only quarter notes, quarter rests, and half notes.*

DYNAMIC MARKINGS: Include only p and f

ARTICULATIONS: Some tongued notes, some slurred notes

TEXTURES/INDEPENDENCE: Mostly unison and two-part writing, some three-part. Most parts have identical rhythms. Never more than two rhytmically different parts at once.

* Snare Drum/Bass Drum parts also include double-eighth notes

INSTRUMENTATION

Flutes 1-2
Oboe **
Bassoon **
Clarinets 1-2
Bass Clarinet **
Alto Saxophone 1-2
Tenor Saxophone **
Baritone Saxophone **
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Trumpet 1-2
Horn in F
Trombone **
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Mallet Percussion **
Snare Drum/Bass Drum
Piano **

** This part is optional. It is included to give you greater flexibility with your ensemble. Optional parts are always doubled in principal parts. For example, Mallet Percussion, Oboe, and the right hand of the Piano part double Flute 1. Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, and Baritone Saxophone, and the left hand of the Piano part double the trombone part. Additionally, interlocking parts ensure that even a small ensemble will be able to cover every voice.

*** Notes indicated in white indicate the basic range of each part. Notes in black are used sparingly.