Eight Chorales, Eight Keys - Easy/ME
These chorales are taken from the "Band Basics" series. They are short and mostly tutti throughout. These allow you develop the band sound it the traditional "band keys," but also moving into some of the less common keys.
If Ye Love Me - (Thomas Tallis)
This first arrangement is one I did years ago for a marching band warm-up chorale. It's straightforward (aside that students will really need to count carefully for entrances) and a great opportunity to develop a rich, dark ensemble sound. It's in A Flat.. so nice warm band key (especially those Db chords 🤩)
Second is a 2022 update to make it more suitable for concert band. I arranged the second half of the piece AND included a transposition into Bb Major. Parts are in portrait. This would definitely work for marching band as well, but I concert-band-ified it. The music was first published in 1565. That's really old.
