Blasorchester-Noten

No one takes a traditional song and uses jazz harmonies to spice up a song better than Larry McKenna. Further, he understand how to play all the instruments and how to lead one note to the next as to...

A real blues for beginning band! This is very easy with no clarinets crossing the break and the 1st trumpet's highest note is Bb. The students hear a real blues sound while you introduce a few new not...

This song is also known as the Prayer Of St. Francis. Only the 1st clarinet plays above the break. The 1st trumpet's highest note is D. This arrangement may be play in a concert setting or in church....

This is a beautiful jazz ballad. This 1st clarinets play above the break. The 1st trumpet's highest note is C.

There is a song you can have in any concert and a great salute to our Armed Service people. Written for the men to come home from World War I, it is still a great song to play at any concert. Everyon...

Everyone knows this song, but have you every heard it start out like a jazz ballad, with beautiful major 7th's, 13th chords with a flatted 5? It is all written so easily and so beautifully. Then the s...

The title is obviously a play on words, and it is a great introduction to easy syncopation in a jazz song. The sub title is 'Sync or Swing.' The clarinets do not cross the break. 1st trumpet's highes...

All Grade 1/2's are playable with only 5 instruments: 1 flute, 2 clarinets, 1 alto saxophone, and 1 trumpet. Those instruments are not always doubled elsewhere. The song is written in such a way, it w...

This song is written as sung in church. It is playable in a concert or church setting. There is an optional choral part. The clarinets do not cross the break. The 1st trumpet's highest note is D.

Play this song at Halloween or any time. The students will love playing the jazzy little tune. The get to play easy grace notes and swing rhythms. The harmonies are all jazzed up. The clarinets do not...

Larry McKenna, a fabulous jazz musician takes the famous Chopin Prelude and using jazz harmonies to give it a different flavor. It is slow and easy. Clarinets do not cross the break. 1st trumpet's hi...

Here is a different sound for the traditional American folksong. Larry McKenna, a great jazz musician, wrote this work with jazz harmonies in jazz ballad style. It is easy to play and Larry knows how...

All Grade 1/2's are playable with only 5 instruments: 1 flute, 2 clarinets, 1 alto saxophone, and 1 trumpet. Those instruments are not always doubled elsewhere. The song is written in such a way, it w...

Gerald Sebesky made a song of bits of song associated with American history. Perfect for beginners and something playable in the first year of study. No clarinets cross the bread. The 1st trumpet's h...

This is a song that fits both the sacred band category and a patriotic of the United States Armed Forces. It is a beautiful arrangement and easy to play. The 1st trumpet's highest note is D. Only the...

There is a jazzy little twist to his Christmas carol. It is perfect for teaching dotted quarter/eighth and dotted eighth/sixteenth note rhythms. Only the 1st clarinets cross the break. 1st trumpet's...

Everyone loves this song, and it is one of Northeastern Music's best sellers, year after year. Real jazz harmonies makes this piece fun. The 1st trumpet's highest note is C. Clarinets do not cross the...

All Grade 1/2's are playable with only 5 instruments: 1 flute, 2 clarinets, 1 alto saxophone, and 1 trumpet. Those instruments are not always doubled elsewhere. The song is written in such a way, it w...

Everyone gets to p[lay the melody in this composition. It is easy and fun. Clarinets do not cross the break. 1st trumpet's highest note is C.

This features the trumpet's but the parts are cued in other instruments in case you do not have trumpets in your band. The 1st trumpet's highest note is D with an optional lower B in case your musicia...

Larry McKenna has a way of writing jazz that is just easy and fun to play. Here is a song to introduce dotted eighth/sixteenth notes and right at the end of the song is an eighth note triplet. It is f...

All Grade 1/2's are playable with only 5 instruments: 1 flute, 2 clarinets, 1 alto saxophone, and 1 trumpet. Those instruments are not always doubled elsewhere. The song is written in such a way, it w...

Your young musicians will love this march: A march with the blues! The 1st trumpet's highest note is C. Clarinets do not cross the break.

This is an easy arrangement of 'Little Brown Jug,' which originally is a Polish folksong. 1st trumpet's highest note is C. Clarinets do not cross the break.

This work is excellent for introducing eighth note triples and the dotted eighth/sixteenth note rhythms. It has contrasting melodies and a big and bold sound. The 1st trumpet's highest note is D. Only...