This proud theme from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean is instantly recognizable. Here comes Jack Sparrow and the Black Pearl!
This lullabye comes from the children's film Karsten and Petra Become Best Friends, based on Tor Åge Bringsværd's popular children's book. This arrangement gives young musicians the opportunity to per...
The piece's minor key melody and beat-afterbeat accompagniment give associations to other well-known dances from Hungary, like Czardas and Brahm's famous Hungarian Dances. A lively tempo is an importa...
Imagine is the most famous song by ex-Beatle John Lennon. The ballad is the opening track on his Imagine-album released in 1971. After it's huge success, it's recorded and performed by several other a...
One of the fist- and biggest rock'n roll songs from the early 50's. Now available for beginning bands with limited instrumentation. This 12-bar blues tune is one of the biggest rock'n roll hits from t...
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da is a song from The Beatles only double-album 'The Beatles', often recognized as The White Album released in 1968. The song is composed by Paul McCartney, but is 'as normal' an Lenno...
Knock On Wood' has a genuine blues pedigree. This hit song from 1966 was written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper of 'Blues Brothers' fame. Knock on Wood has become a rock and roll classic, and has be...
Hedwig's Theme is the easily recognizable melody that musically binds together all of the Harry Potter films. Composer John Williams has used the tune as a leitmotif, setting it in different moods acc...
This arrangement combines the well-known Norwegian folksong 'Noringen' with a Springdans. Noringen is a tune associated with traditional wedding celebrations (especially on the morning of the second d...
A trip to Coconut Island is always enjoyable! Soft Latin rhythms, a relaxing tempo, and tutti rhythm figures combine to create the perfect vacation. Coconut Island introduces young musicians to Latin...
This march uses simple diatonic patterns and call-and-response melody to create an accessible introduction to march style. The melody is also easy to whistle. Try performing the march by whistling the...
'Big Big World' is a ballad by Swedish pop artist Emilia Rydberg. The song won the Swedish Grammis, the prize for 'Song of the Year 1998', and the Swedish 'Rockbjörnen' prize. The song's simple and vu...
'Aura Lee - the Maid with Golden Hair' is an American Civil War song about a maiden. It was written by W. W. Fosdick (lyrics) and George R. Poulton (music). The tune is familiar to modern audiences fr...
This little melody leaps up and down giving young musicians the opportunity to practice ascending and descending intervals up to a perfect fifth. Short diatonic scale patterns create contrast to all t...
You Really Got Me' was written by Ray Davies, and became The Kinks big break. It is a genuine rock classic, and one of the most distinctive and easily recognizable tunes from the 1960s. The tune's cat...
Tielman Susato was a renaisance composer, performed on most of the known wind instruments of his time, and one of the first publishers of music. The dance tune 'La Mourisque' was included in his colle...
One of the worlds most widely known melodies, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star is based on a French melody (Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman) first published in 1761. The lyrics were first published in 1806, in a...
The song, known in Norway as 'Blåmann, Blåmann bukken min', is one of Norway's best known children's songs, and a clear case of art imitating life. The poem by A.O. Vinje was written in 1860, and is b...
Hit It! Using a minimum of rhythmic and melodic material, Hit It! creates a dynamic interplay between the winds and the percussion. The tune is also a little tribute to the popular TV themes of compos...
It is not often that we get to play a really dramatic piece with a young band. The Dark Castle creates a solemn and regal atmosphere with its slow puls and stately percussion.
It is important for young bands to play in minor keys. Elvish Dance is not only a minor key piece suitable for young bands, it also has a hint of dorian and lydian modes to give it that real elvish fe...
The melody known as 'A Ya Zain' (also 'Aya Zein' or 'Ayazein,') is most often credited as an Egyptian folk song. The tune is easily recognizable as having Arabic origins by its use of the double harmo...
Tordenskjold was a brave captain (1690-1720) protecting Norway against Karl XII who was trying to occupy Norway. This piece is written for a small instrumentation. The Ready, Steady, Go series trains...
Eric Coates wrote this march for the Dam Busters movie in 1955. Since then, it has been performed by bands all over the world. This arrangement for beginners makes this beautiful melodic theme availab...
''Watermelon Man' is a standard jazz tune composed by pianist Herbie Hancock. The tune follows a regular 16-bar blues form that draws on elements from gospel and R&B. Hancock claimed that the song was...
A bumpy camel ride to exotic places challenges young instrumentalists with new tonalities and accidentals. Extra percussion parts make for a very rhythmic journey.
The main theme from 'The Olsen Gang' is probably the most famous one from danish composer Bent Fabricius-Bjerre. It was used in both the danish and norwegian version of the movies. This flexible, easy...
A new Series for first year students with three flexible parts. All instruments have part A (melody). The deeper instruments have part A and C on the same sheet, while the brighter ones have part A an...
The play concerns the two tooth trolls, Karius and Baktus, who play havoc and lark about inside Jens's teeth. 'First out' is the happy song where they are waiting something sweet to eat, and then it i...
Think about those good days when you are full of energy and optimism. Those days when everything just falls into place. Happy Time is a piece about that! Here's hoping that you have a happy time playi...
Sit down, look out the window, and just let your imagination wander. That's the recipe for serious daydreaming. Even though a little bit of seriousness creeps into the middle of the piece, we are soon...
Vitae Lux (Light of Life) is a popular melody written by Norwegian guitarist Frode Alnæs. It has been recorded by many different artists including Sissel Kyrkjebø, trumpetist Ole Edvard Antonsen, and...
Every beginning low brass player deserves a big bassline. With a rhythmic focus on quarter- and eighth notes and a range of a fourth, this piece is easily accessible for all beginning low brass player...
Every beginning musician should have experience playing in 3/4 time in addition to 2/4 and 4/4. In concept learning, playing in ¾ is important to the musicians understanding of more complex triple met...
Music Box was inspired by the memory of a small music box my grandmother had at her house. I would always find it and wind it up to hear it play every time I was visiting. This piece combines triadic...
Tenn Lys is a song for Advent written by Eyvind Skeie and Sigvald Tveit for the TV-series 'Portveien 2'. The song follows the Norwegian tradition of lighting a candle for each of the four Sundays in A...
Julekveldsvisa ('The Christmas Eve Song') is one of the best loved Christmas tunes in Norway. Although the melody was composed by Arnljot Høyland (himself a professor of mathematical statistics), it i...
The Lights of a Peaceful Village is a genuine Norwegian Christmas classic. Jakob Sande wrote the poem in 1931, and it was first published in the Christmas magazine 'Christmas in Sunnfjord' under the t...
A new folio for the beginning band or ensemble. Eight songs in easy arrangements from grade 1 to 1,5. Only three parts as our Debut series. Printed in A4-format.
Norwegian Sunset from Norwegian film Flåklypa Grand Prix is a beautiful song here arranged for flexible bands at a very easy level. Flåklypa Grand Prix is the biggest successes in Norwegian film ever....
