CreaTUNEity score 3

CreaTUNEity
For Beginning Band |Grade 0.5
Mary Cogswell
Instrumentation
Three parts, fully flexible. All three voices are provided in the following
clefs and transpositions:
C Treble Clef: Flute, Oboe, Mallets (Bells, Xylophone, Marimba,
Vibraphone)
Bb Treble Clef: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Sax (up one octave),
Trumpet
Eb Treble Clef: Alto and Bari Sax
F Treble Clef: French Horn
C Bass Clef: Trombone, Baritone, Bassoon, Tuba (down one octave)
Percussion: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbal
Objective of CreaTUNEity
CreaTUNEity allows beginning musicians to explore the concept of
creating or improvising in the concert band setting. By introducing this
concept to all band instruments at the earliest stages of playing an
instrument, the hope is that musicians will feel more comfortable and
less threatened with the idea of improvising or creating their own music.
Please visit my website for more easy, short, and accessible creating
activities that may be implemented into your lesson or rehearsal space.
https://beginningbandandbeyond.weebly.com/creatuneity.html

Performance Notes
Directors may take many liberties with this tune to suit the needs of their
developing ensemble. These include:
-The repeated measures allow students to explore creating/improvising.
If directors do not feel their ensemble is ready for creating, they may play
these measures as written without the creating element. Bonus idea-If
this is your situation, invite a middle or high school student or
community member to model creating/improvising.
-Suggested creative/improvisational notes are notated at the bottom of
each wind and mallet part. As musicians start to feel at ease with playing
the suggested written notes, they may explore adding rhythms, playing
some of the notes and simply taking more creative liberties. Bonus idea-
If you have an advanced musician, differentiate the learning by
challenging them to learn new rhythms as they create. Especially at this
very beginning stage, directors should emphasize that nothing would be
incorrect in what musicians choose to play.
-The repeated measures should be played as written for the percussion
parts. The director may take liberties to allow the percussionists to
create/improvise as they see fit.
-Straight or swing style. The snare and suspended cymbal parts are the
only parts with eighth notes; therefore, they are easily adjustable.
A sincere thank you to the Brookings High School Symphonic Band,
Brookings, SD under the direction of Mr. Isaac McMahon for recording
CreaTUNEity!

CreaTUNEity
Mary Cogswell
Flute, Oboe
Mallets
1
2
3
1
Bb Clarinet
Bass Clarinet.
Bb Trumpet 2
Tenor Sax
(octave up)
Alto, Bari
Sax
Horn in F
Low Brass,
Bassoon
Tuba (octave
down)
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
SD
Sus. Cymbal
BD
= 100 Straight eighth or swing style
1 2
3
C Treble Clef
4
Bb Treble Clef
Eb Treble Clef
F Treble Clef
C Bass Clef
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2
1-C
2-C
3-C
1-Bb
6
7 8
9
10
2-Bb
3-Bb
1-Eb
2-Eb
3-Eb
1-F
2-F
3-F
1-Bass
2-Bass
3-Bass
SD
Sus. Cym.
BD

1-C
11
12
14
13
15
3
2-C
3-C
1-Bb
2-Bb
3-Bb
1-Eb
2-Eb
3-Eb
1-F
2-F
3-F
1-Bass
2-Bass
3-Bass
SD
Hand clap
Hand clap
Hand clap
Hand clap
Hand clap
Sus. Cym.
BD
Rim clicks

4
1-C
2-C
3-C
1-Bb
2-Bb
3-Bb
1-Eb
2-Eb
3-Eb
1-F
2-F
3-F
1-Bass
2-Bass
3-Bass
SD
Sus. Cym.
BD
Hand clap
16
17
18
Opportunity to create!
19
20
To Instrument
Hand clap
To Instrument
Hand clap
To Instrument
Hand clap
To Instrument
Hand clap
To Instrument
x-Rim clicks

1-C
2-C
3-C
1-Bb
2-Bb
3-Bb
1-Eb
2-Eb
3-Eb
1-F
2-F
3-F
1-Bass
2-Bass
3-Bass
SD
21 22
23 To Instrument 24
25
Hand clap
To Instrument
Hand clap
To Instrument
Hand clap
To Instrument
Hand clap
To Instrument
Hand clap
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Sus. Cym.
BD

6
1-C
2-C
3-C
1-Bb
2-Bb
3-Bb
1-Eb
2-Eb
3-Eb
1-F
2-F
3-F
1-Bass
2-Bass
3-Bass
SD
Sus. Cym.
BD
26
27
28 29
30
To Instrument
To Instrument
To Instrument
To Instrument
To Instrument

1-C
31 32
33
34
7
2-C
3-C
1-Bb
2-Bb
3-Bb
1-Eb
2-Eb
3-Eb
1-F
2-F
3-F
1-Bass
2-Bass
3-Bass
SD
Sus. Cym.
BD

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