Skeleton Dance

With visions of a marionette show with slightly uncontrolled and quirky movement of the skeleton-like puppets, resulting in a near 'comical' dance sequence, Skeleton Dance is a great work to introduce young players to playing a chromatic scale.

Genre: Young Band Series | # of Players: Standard
Level: 2 | Duration: 2:45

Instrumentation
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Clarinet 1, 2, 3
Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone

Bb Trumpet 1, 2
F Horn 1, 2
Trombone 1, 2
Euphonium
Tuba

Mallets
Drums
Percussion
Timpani
Optional Drum Kit

Program Notes
In writing this piece, I had visions of a marionette show with slightly uncontrolled and quirky movement of the skeleton-like puppets, resulting in a near 'comical' dance sequence. Give the individual layers of the arrangement (the bass, accompaniment and melody lines) a character of their own and visualise them moving in response to the nature and flow of the music. Introduce the concept and carefully practise the sections where this interval pattern occurs.