ARRANGEMENT COMBINATIONS

FOR ALL MARCHING BANDS

SECTION A

STANDARD BAND ORCHESTRATION:

FLUTE FRENCH HORN

SOLO CLARINET SOLO TRUMPET

1ST

. CLARINET 1ST

. TRUMPET

2ND

. CLARINET 2ND

. TRUMPET

Eb ALTO SAX SOLO TROMBONE

Bb TENOR SAX 1ST

. TROMBONE

Eb BARITONE SAX 2ND

. TROMBONE

3RD

. TROMBONE

EUPHONIUM PERCUSSION

TUBA

SECTION B

BLOCK ARRANGEMENT

This is the basic form used in Hymns and other

music where there are no questions and answers

between the melody and the harmony.

MELODY ALTO

FLUTE 1

ST. CLARINET

SOLO CLARINET Eb ALTO SAX

SOLO TRUMPET 1ST

TRUMPET

TERNOR BASS

2

ND CLARINET 4

TH TROMBONE

Bb TENOR SAX Eb BARITONE SAX.

SOLO TROMBONE TUBA

1ST

TROMBONE

2ND

TROMBONE

PERCUSSION

SNARE DRUM CYMBALS

BASS DRUM

SECTION C

QUESTION AND ANSWER TYPE

This is the basic form used in some arrangements

where the melody is played by one section and

another section gives the answer.

i.e. BACKYARD PARTY

(A)

INSTRUMENTATION SAME AS ABOVE EXCEPT THAT

THE TROMBONE SECTION, ALONG WITH THE TENOR

SAX, FRENCH HORN AND EUPHONIUM MAY PLAY THE

ANSWERING PARTS.

THE FLUTES, TROMPETS AND CLARINETS SHOULD

PLAY THE SAME RHYTHM UNLESS YOU WANT TO

ADD A LITTLE FLAVOR AND GIVE THE REED SECTION

SOME TECHNICAL WORK.

(B)

SECTION D

BIG BAND OR STOCK

ARRANGEMENT

THE STANDARD ARRANGEMENT PATTERN SHOULD

BE USED AT ALL TIMES.

HOWEVER, ONE MUST SEEK ADVANCE HELP AS THIS

CAN BE A CHALLENGE TO THE ARRANGER.

NOT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE CREATE A N

ACCEPTABLE ARRANGEMENT MEANS THAT YOU

HAVE ARRIVED YOUR HAS JUST BEGUN.

THIS TYPE CONSISTS OF BOTH WHAT IS PRESENTED

TO THE ARRANGER AND HIS ABILITY TO COMPOSE

ADDITIONAL MELODIES AND INNER PARTS TO MAKE

THE RENDITION A WORK OF ART.

i.e. IF I CAN HELP SOMEBODY

REMEMBER, NO MAN IS AN ISLAND AND ONE SHOULD

ALWAYS BE OPEN TO TOTAL CRITICISM BY THOSE

WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE.

ONE MUST, AT ALL TIMES, HAVE A KEEN SENSE OF

RHYTHM AND HARMONY. IF YOU ARE POOR IN

THESE SUBJECTS, THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT

TO EXPECT FORM YOUR ARRANGEMENT.

EDUCATION IS THE KEY AT ALL TIMES.

SECTION E

THE TENOR SECTION

FRENCH HORN EUPHONIUM

TROMBONES SEAXOPHONES

THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SECTION

IN THE BAND. ONE SHOULD UTILIZE THEM WITH

CARE AND ATTENTION. THIS IS WHERE MOST OF

YOUR HARMONIC STRUCTURES WILL BE INCLUDED.

TROMBONES AND FRENCH HORN SHOULD ALWAYS

CARRY THE RHYTHM OF THE GUITAR WHILE THE

EUPHONIUM AND TENOR SAX CAN BE USE TO

STRENGTHEN THE THIRD PART EITHER IN THE

MELODY OR THE RHYTHM.

EXPOSE THE FLUTES ONLY WHEN THERE ARE LIGHT

PASSAGES.

USE UNITY AT TIMES, IT GIVES STRENGTH AND

POWER TO YOUR MUSIC. THIS IS USUALLY NOTED IN

THE TROMBONES.

THE ART OF ORGANIZING RHYTHM AND NOTES INTO

MEANINGFUL PATTERNS IS THE GREATEST TOOL

THAT THE YOUNG ARRANGER CAN USE. TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORUNITY.

WHEN IN DOUGHT, ASK QUESTIONS.

SLOOPY WORK COMES FROM SLOOPY PEOPLE.

THIS IS AFIRST IN A SERIES PREPARED BY SGT. 1797

ANDREW HUNTER FOR USE IN THE POLICE BAND AND

OTHER MARCHING /CONCERT BANDS.