Frans AbsilGuide to the Fanfare and Concert Band Music
This document provides guidance to fanfare or concert bands, who would like to get familiar with my compositions and arrangements. The music is listed in ascending order of complexity.
1. Easy pieces
The table below shows the elementary pieces for band. In most cases these can be played by an incomplete band; there are non-essential parts for bassoons, bass trombone and 2nd oboe. The lack of 4th trumpet and 4th horn will not really be detrimental to the overall sound. In the pieces in popular style the rhythm section must contain a bass player and will certainly benefit from a keyboard player. Click on the Title for detailed notes, on the G-clef icon to see a score excerpt in a new window, or on the Speaker icon to play the audio file. Grade has a range 1-5.
| Title | Composer | Dur. | Gr. | Score | MP3 |
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| Slay Right (P'Teeth Suite, Mvt. 2) | F.G.J. Absil | 2'30 | 2 |
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| Part of Your World | A. Menken | 3'00 | 2 |
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| Moon River | H. Mancini | 4'20 | 2 |
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| Hello | L. Richie | 3'50 | 2 |
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| Sad Ballad or Bad Salad? (P'Teeth Suite, Mvt. 3) | F.G.J. Absil | 4'15 | 3 |
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| Smart Latin* | F.G.J. Absil | 3'30 | 3 |
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| Tea, Biscuits and Muffin Dance (P'Teeth Suite, Mvt. 4) | F.G.J. Absil | 3'00 | 3 |
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| Dutch Roll (P'Teeth Suite, Mvt. 5) | F.G.J. Absil | 4'00 | 3 |
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| Over the Rainbow* | H. Arlen | 4'40 | 3 |
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| Round Midnight | T. Monk | 3'10 | 3 | ||
| (*: orchestrated for concert/fanfare band, others for concert band only) | |||||
