You may be able to play your music along with your computer! To open and play a midi file on your computer you will need a sound card, speakers, and a midi player program on your computer. Many computers come equipped with all of these features. If yours is one of them, clicking on the file link will start the file playing. If you have a sound card and speakers but no midi player you can download a free one from the web. Here are some possibilities.
BEGINNING BAND MEMBERS
BEGINNING BAND MEMBERS
The songs that we will be performing in our festival include: CONCERT BAND MEMBERS OTHER REAL AUDIO FILES OF TUNES IN YOUR FESTIVAL BOOK (These selections are not on the festival program but we may use them in class.)
Canal Street Clambake OTHER BAND MUSIC
BAND CHALLENGERS
In this area you will find the accompaniments to melodies that have been or will soon be distributed in class.
I have prepared material for all instruments. Each accompaniment is presented with and without melody. You will find that the performance of these tunes requires varying degrees of skill depending on the instrument played. Therefore, I have provided a range of speeds for each selection. Each selection begins with a series of clicks to establish the tempo. TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME THE CAT THE CAT (WITH MELODY, SLOW)
Windows users can get Crescendo at:
http://www.liveupdate.com/freedownload.asp
Macintosh computers can run midi files using Quicktime player. You can get it free at:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/
This is also available for windows. Be sure to check the requirements at:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/system_req.html
(Apple also archives older versions for older macs.)
FIRST CLASS IN CONCERT BOOK
The publisher of our festival book has a web page where you can hear all of the tunes in your festival book (Concert Time Beginning Band Book 1) These files are presented as Real Audio streaming audio files. To hear the files you will need to have a computer with sound capability and the Real Audio player. To get a free down load of this program click here.
Ceremonial March
Rock City
Irish Fantasy
Faith Of Our Fathers
Emberwood
Yankee Doodle Marches On
To hear these and more click here.
The publisher of our festival book has a web page where you can hear all of the tunes in your festival book (Developing Band Book No.1) These files are presented as Real Audio streaming audio files. To hear the files you will need to have a computer with sound capability and the Real Audio player (RealPlayer 8 Basic). To get a free download of this program click here. Look in the lower left corner of the page. Older versions are also available.
The songs that we will be performing in our festival include the following titles. Click on a link to hear a demonstration.
Scar borough Fair
Harrowgate Festival
Three Hymns For Band
Doo-Wah Dixieland
Bumblebee Blues
Greenbriar March
Lexington March
Silvergate Overture
Song Of The Flute
Triton
Two Songs Of Nova Scotia
With melody ( 6 clicks (2 measures) precede music.
(These files begin with 7 clicks. They begin on beat one of your music.)
THE CAT (NO MELODY, SLOW)
THE CAT (WITH MELODY, FAST)
THE CAT (NO MELODY, FAST)
I have put four clicks at the beginning of each file to show how fast the beat is.
PRIMO MEDLEY #1 WITH MELODY(SLOW)
PRIMO MEDLEY #1 NO MELODY(SLOW)
PRIMO MEDLEY #1 NO MELODY(FAST)
PRIMO MEDLEY #2 WITH MELODY(SLOW)
PRIMO MEDLEY #2 NO MELODY(SLOW)
PRIMO MEDLEY #2 NO MELODY(FAST)
PRIMO MEDLEY #6 WITH MELODY(SLOW)
PRIMO MEDLEY #6 NO MELODY(SLOW)
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH(SLOW)
JINGLE BELLS WITH MELODY(SLOW)
JINGLE BELLS(SLOW)
JINGLE BELLS(FASTEST)
This is the rehearsal accompaniment to which I have added the melody. Try to play your band part along with it. I have put four clicks at the beginning of each file to show how fast the beat is. You will also hear the woodblocks at tempo changes.
CHƒ FARO (SLOW)
CHƒ FARO(FAST)
