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1st Warm-Up—Allen Gray. This warm-up
is designed for beginning musicians' first
attempts at playing while marching. Using
just the first five notes students learn in
band along with elementary rhythms, this
warm-up helps build the fundamentals to
keep students in step while playing and lays
a solid foundation for groups marching in
their first parade.
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3 Warm-Up Chorales (for Marching
Band)—Tyler Baker/arr. Dallas Burke.
These three short warm-up chorales for
marching winds and percussion will help
your band focus on musicality and sound
before that big performance!
11198350 Marching Band. . . . . . . E 60.00
3-Minute Warm-Up—Chris Sharp &
Chip Birkner. Give your group a warm up
that makes perfect sense in under three
minutes time! The woodwinds play scales
and the brass does lip slur exercises
while the percussion focuses on sticking
and rudiments. There is also a section of
rhythmic exercises to get the entire band
focused and articulating together as well as
a balance and tuning chordal exercise.
10046359 Marching Band. . . . . ME 60.00
4 Easy Warm-Up Chorales—arr. Tim
Waters. These four easy chorales are the
perfect length and difficulty to give your
band a solid warm-up focused on tone
quality, pitch, balance, and blend. Scored
with minimal percussion, these chorales are
also a great way to program a softer, more
eloquent moment in any field show. Includes
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Amazing Grace;
Going Home and It Is Well With My Soul.
11613908 Marching Band. . . . . . . E 65.00
5 Easy Fanfares—Tim Waters. Five epic
fanfares – a perfect way to open a field show
or give the fans a spark in the stands at your
next sporting event!
11613909 Marching Band. . . . . ME 65.00
Advanced Contest Warm-Ups—arr.
Dallas Burke. Get rehearsals off to a great
start while stressing the fundamentals! Lip
slurs, articulation drills, tuning and chorale
sections help reinforce proper playing.
2463271 Marching Band. . . . . . . ME 55.00
Appalachian Spring Chorale—Aaron
Copland/arr. Dawson. Copland's famous
composition that incorporates the familiar
Shaker Hymn is the source of this classy
warm-up. With this arrangement, you'll have
the fans eating out of your hand before you
even step off the line!
2437440 Marching Band. . . . . . . .M 80.00
Back to Basics Warm-Ups—Dallas
Burke. This chart will give your group a
solid warm-up in under three minutes while
focusing on the basics needed for success.
Winds go through sections on long tones,
articulations, lip slurs, and balance exercises
while the percussion works on eighth notes
on one hand, sixteenth-note drills, accent
placement, rolls, and diddles. The warm-up
ends in a beautiful chorale section to finish
tuning, balance, and blend emphasis.
10449421 Marching Band. . . . . ME 60.00
Band Camp—Ayatey Shabazz. These
exercises are designed to help with the
development of timing, chord balancing,
phrasing and dynamic control. Use your
own dynamics and tempos to create a
different warm up experience every time.
Included are: Tuning Slurs; Balance and
Intonation; Articulation and Control and
Toccata Fanfare.
10305900 Marching Band. . . . ME 100.00
Basic Strokes—Murray Gusseck. An entire
warm-up sequence in one exercise - lasting
nearly six minutes, the exercise takes the
line through a series of paces focusing on
two stroke types while providing rhythmic
interest and variety.
11316466 Drumline . . . . . . . . . . MA 35.00
Bb Tuning (Major and Minor Versions)—
Wayne Downey/arr. John Meehan. Made
famous by the Blue Devils (originally as
F Tuning on G Bugles), this chordal warm-
up exercise contains both major and minor
versions.
10274708 Marching Band. . . . . . .M 40.00
Championship Chorales—arr. Dallas
Burke. This set of chorales from the
classical masters is the perfect way to
warm up your band and focus on tuning,
balance and blend. Includes chorales
from: Bach's Chorale Prelude No. 26;
Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata; Chopin's
Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 - Largo; Mahler's
Symphony No. 5 and Richard Strauss' Also
Sprach Zarathustra.
10358066 Marching Band. . . . . ME 60.00
Chorales for Developing Bands—arr.
Dallas Burke. The gorgeous chorales were
scored for developing bands. Titles include:
My Country 'Tis Of Thee; Amazing Grace
and Silent Night
2472145 Marching Band. . . . . . . . E 55.00
The Contest Series—arr. Joe Murphy.
Four 45-second backfield warm-ups
provide the beauty and power to grab any
crowd's attention. Each starts out with very
low volume levels, beautiful chords and
simple melodies. Chorales are designed
as one long crescendo, leading to one very
powerful fermata. Two of the chorales have
soft endings, and two have loud endings. It's
a great way to prepare for your show!
2481022 Marching Band. . . . . . . . .M 70.00
Hornline Warmups for Outdoor Winds—
Ayatey Shabazz. Prepare your outdoor
winds for excellence with two dynamic
horn line warm-ups designed to elevate
performance. These concise exercises focus
on precision, tone quality, and ensemble
cohesion, setting the stage for musical
brilliance. Whether building endurance
or refining articulation, these warm-ups
ensure that your horn line is ready to shine
on any stage from the practice field to the
performance arena.
11562920 Marching Band. . . . . ME 70.00
It Is Well (Hornline Warmup)—arr. Ayatey
Shabazz. Get your horn line locked and
loaded with this short but effective warm up
that will get them ready to roar. The musical
lines present a wide range of dynamics
and contrasting textures that will develop
listening skills, strengthen embouchures,
and reinforce playing skills that will have
your players sounding their best when they
take the field.
11199064 Marching Band. . . . . . .M 65.00
Marching Band Warmups—Ward Miller.
Rehearsal time is important, and this is
designed to be brief but effective. In just ten
minutes a day these warm-ups will develop
brass sound and range, increase woodwind
technique, and improve overall intonation
and volume.
10509391 Marching Band. . . . . M 100.00
Maximum Strength Warmups—Gary
Gilroy. This warm-up covers all the basics
- lip slurs, articulation, intonation, phrasing,
breath support, timing and more!
2464154 Marching Band. . . . . . . . .M 70.00
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