VARIATIONS ON AYE (Digital Copy) Size:Digital Copy

VARIATIONS ON AYE (Digital Copy) Size:Digital CopyPerformance Notes VARIATIONS ON AYE is a colorful, comical, cut time piece that has some theatrical and vocal components. This piece is best suited for elementary to middle school level ensembles. Rhythmically, VARIATIONS ON AYE is limited to notes, with , and whole rests. While everyone enters right from the beginning, it is the maracas and the agogo bells that serve as the steady beat reference. Aye is word we use, often repetitiously, when we feel

All pieces end in unison and each piece contains one additional unison measure

divided amongst the ensemble

Half rests are represented by 2 quarter rests for ease of reading

This solo combines rudimental percussion with electronic accompaniment to create an exciting

then a 2-bar vocalization

3 Selection

plastic garbage cans

which start at measure 21 and again towards the ending

The instrumentation includes bass drum

They have all been field tested with a middle school percussion ensemble and have met with great success and applause

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you may have any number of players from 1 – 3