"Humming Tune" for Concert Band

The Pentatonic Scale is used the world over. It is one of the most recognizable and melodic ways to organize music. This piece uses the first six notes of the Bb scale and the Pentatonic Scale to create a joyous and serene pastorale-like song setting. The melody should always be played as if humming, gently and fully sustained. Always let the melody sing through! Pay special attention to mm. 38-45, where the melody is in the lowest voices, augmented in the middle voices, and quadrupled in length in the top voices.

I hope you and your students enjoy this piece!