Scott Rogers

The Lights of a Peaceful Village is a genuine Norwegian Christmas classic. Jakob Sande wrote the poem in 1931, and it was first published in the Christmas magazine 'Christmas in Sunnfjord' under the t...

The piece's minor key melody and beat-afterbeat accompagniment give associations to other well-known dances from Hungary, like Czardas and Brahm's famous Hungarian Dances. A lively tempo is an importa...

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...

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Es ist ein tolles Gefühl, wenn man ins Schwarze trifft! In diesem Fall bedeutet es, die Achtelpause genau auf dem zweiten Schlag zu platzieren, so dass die Achtelpause zum richtigen Zeitpunkt kommt un...

Die tiefsten Instrumente tragen die Melodie in diesem rhythmischen Stück. Die auf einem Riff basierende Melodie sorgt mit ständigen Wiederholungen und einem Minimum an dynamischem und rhythmischem Mat...

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...

Knock On Wood' has a genuine blues pedigree. This hit song from 1966 was written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper of 'Blues Brothers' fame. Knock on Wood has become a rock and roll classic, and has be...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.