Concert Band Grade 1½

• Accessible to first year musicians and those beginning the second year of study
• Range is expanded, but still limited
• Rhythm: whole, half, quarter and eighth-notes, simple syncopation
• Addition of two Trumpet and Clarinet parts. 2nd Clarinet stays below the break, 1st • Clarinet crosses the break carefully
• Bass line is reinforced throughout, but with more independence in the low brass
• Active percussion