Sound Beginnings
Sound Beginnings, a free resource from The Salvation Army, is a beginner brass band series aimed at students with only a few weeks of instruction under their belts! This series is a primer to the successful American Instrumental Ensemble Series, which produces excellent music for grades 1-4. Sound Beginnings should be considered grade 0.5.
- The music is free, with no need to sign up. Simply click on a title below and download!
- The music can be played with as few as two parts, or up to seven!
- Each part only uses notes C-G, allowing for a very occasional high A or low B
- Rhymically, the arrangements only use whole, half, and quarter notes.
- Each arrangement has a short ending, and longer option, if lip fatigue is a concern.
- Each part includes a simplified version, limiting the range to 3 notes
Sound Beginnings Scoring:
Part 1 – Bb Cornet
Part 2 – Eb Horn (optional)
Part 3 – Bb Bari/Trom
Part 4 – Eb Bass (optional)
Optional Percussion:
Snare Drum & Cymbal
Bass Drum
Glockenspiel
Additional Optional Parts
Part 1b (simplified version of Part 1) – Bb Cornet*
Part 2b (simplified version of Part 2) – Eb Horn*
Part 2 (opt. instructor version of Part 2 in Bb) – Bb Bari
Part 3b (simplified version of Part 3) – Bb Bari/Trom/Euph*
Part 4 (optional version in Bb) – Bb Bass/Euph
(*must be played with full part):