Scott Rogers

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...

Wer hat den ganzen Käse genommen? Es muss eine Maus im Haus sein. Ich glaube, ich kann ihre kleinen Füße in der Küche herumlaufen hören. Vielleicht sollten wir eine Falle aufstellen! Dieses kleine Stü...

Wer ist nicht fasziniert vom Prunk einer königlichen Prozession? Das marschierende Viertelnotenmotiv führt zu einem ruhigeren Mittelteil, in dem das rhythmische Gefühl auf halben Noten basiert. Mit di...

Meine Nachbarn hatten früher eine große Standuhr, die ziemlich laut tickte. Mein Bruder und ich saßen da und warteten geduldig darauf, dass die Stunde schlug und der kleine Vogel herauskam, um "koo-ko...

Wie sehen marschierende Trolle aus? Dieses Stück kann die Vorstellungskraft der jungen Spieler anregen, damit sie sich selbst ein Bild davon machen können. Es ist wichtig, angehende Musiker in einem f...

Every beginning musician should have experience playing in 3/4 time in addition to 2/4 and 4/4. In concept learning, playing in ¾ is important to the musicians understanding of more complex triple met...

Besetzung: Fl, 2 Klar. in Bb, Altsax, 2 Trp/Corn., Tuba, Drums

Es riecht nach Meer, Abenteuer und Aufregung, wenn die Piraten kommen! Pirates Ahoy hat einen stabilen rhythmischen Charakter mit einfachen Synkopen. Das Stück ist auf nur wenigen Grundfiguren aufgeba...

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...

This little melody leaps up and down giving young musicians the opportunity to practice ascending and descending intervals up to a perfect fifth. Short diatonic scale patterns create contrast to all t...

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...

Many young musicians recognize Three Little Fishies from TV and radio, but with a swing feel and triplet rhythms. This arrangement is written in a rock style so that the rhythmic notations can be dire...

This lullabye comes from the children's film Karsten and Petra Become Best Friends, based on Tor Åge Bringsværd's popular children's book. This arrangement gives young musicians the opportunity to per...

This arrangement combines the well-known Norwegian folksong 'Noringen' with a Springdans. Noringen is a tune associated with traditional wedding celebrations (especially on the morning of the second d...

The sword dance is a tradition in many cultures. The Scottish sword dances date back to the 15th century. This traditional melody captures all the excitement and energy of the sword dance through insi...

''Watermelon Man' is a standard jazz tune composed by pianist Herbie Hancock. The tune follows a regular 16-bar blues form that draws on elements from gospel and R&B. Hancock claimed that the song was...

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...

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...

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...

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...