Easy Sheet Music from Eighth Note Publications

This is another great Spiritual. The arrangement opens with an unaccompanied alto saxophone, adds the trombones playing soft chords then builds through the band to create a lush, rich sound. This is a...

Mr. Cool' is the perfect chart for directors to use when introducing jazz music to a beginning sax quartet. It is a modal straight riff tune that uses only one chord throughout. It is the perfect oppo...

This jump swing chart (a la Sing, Sing Sing) came into existence when a young drummer was being helped to learn the different swing beats often used in jazz music, many of which are used throughout th...

Featuring a relaxed Latin style, this chart is scored to have fun parts for every section. The main melody is based on a four note riff that you could literally sing the words You are the one’ to ever...

Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages) is a traditional Hanukkah song that celebrates the Maccabees’ fight for freedom. This arrangement is composed in the style of a bossa nova and is a nice light alternative to i...

Vida del Sol (Life of the Sun) is a straight ahead Latin chart with a catchy groove and interesting parts for all players. With lots of opportunity to work on both technical and jazz skills, young mus...

This is the most popular and often-performed setting by Bruckner. When this work was written, Bruckner had just finished a five year course of contrapuntal study during which he was forbidden to write...

This motet was composed about 1570 and was originally set for four voices. It transcribes beautifully for brass and could be considered a companion piece for the popular O Magnum Mysterium. The trumpe...

The Silver Swan,' 'My Heart to Thee Now Makes Its Plea,' and 'Now Is the Month of Maying' make up this set of famous madrigals. There are two slower melodies and one fast one to add variety to this su...

This famous melody has been attributed to Haydn, but there is doubt as to whether or not he was the composer or simply quoted an older theme taken from an unknown source. Johannes Brahms wrote a famou...

This is one of Handel's best known melodies. This version of the famous 'Hail the Conquering Hero' opens with a solo violin, gradually adds voices and builds in dynamic, then the sound drops to a cell...

This beautiful slow piece is ideal for that change of pace piece on a concert. This work was originally a soprano aria and the lyrical line is great to demonstrate the singing quality of the band.

This Andaluza (or Playera) is part of a set of 12 Spanish Dances written in 1890. The color and harmonies lend themselves so well to the sonorities of a concert band with colorful percussion. Ole!

The Girl With The Flaxen Hair is of Claude Debussy's most popular piano works. It has been said that this piece, with its impressionistic and progressive harmonies, may have been a significant influen...

This piece contains two distinctively different themes - a traditional European folk song sounding melody and a Japanese inspired one. Each melody is introduced on its own, then they are combined - wi...

This famous melody has been attributed to Haydn, but there is doubt as to whether or not he was the composer or simply quoted an older theme taken from an unknown source. Johannes Brahms wrote a famou...

There is no place on earth more mysterious than the Great Pyramids in Egypt. The Valley of the Kings was the location of more than 60 tombs constructed for kings and nobles. In modern times the valley...

In ancient Japan, the shogun were the military commanders appointed by the emperor. Grand and regal, when a shogun appeared to the public, there was a sense of awe and power at this warrior leader. Fl...

The Intrepid is a piece that is aggressive in nature, designed to depict someone that is brave, therefore the majority of the music is to be played bold and crisp. Melodies are relatively simple, usin...

This work is scored for trumpet in b-flat and trombone or trumpet in b-flat and horn. These duets are short but interesting and the flexibility of being able to play with horn or trombone adds to the...

In ancient Japan, the shogun were the military commanders appointed by the emperor. Grand and regal, when a shogun appeared to the public, there was a sense of awe and power at this warrior leader. Fl...

The savage T-Rex, the lumbering huge four-legged sauropods and the gliding flying pteraosaurs are the characters in this fun piece for developing quintet. The sauropods open this piece and, at over 10...

This piece depicts the power, majesty and beauty of a mountain. It opens with the mountaineers trudging up the steep slopes - the climb is difficult and treacherous. But then the climbers reach a grea...

This piece was composed to reflect a medieval scene of an army attacking a castle. Fun parts to play for all while focusing on using the first six notes learned in most method books.