Clean Blue Sky Concert Band - Digital Sheet Music
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Clean Blue Sky
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Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1605567
By Dan Cook. Composed by Dan Cook. This edition: audio, pdf, streaming. 21st Century, Classical, Contemporary, Contest, Festival. 67 pages. Pecan Valley Music #1175730. Published by Pecan Valley Music (A0.1605567).Grade 4
duration; 3:00
Piccolo, Flute 1 & 2, Oboe, Bassoon, Bb Clarinets 1, 2, & 3, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxes 1 & 2, Tenor Sax, & Bari Sax
Bb Trumpets 1, 2, & 3, Horns in F 1 & 2, Trombones 1 & 2, Baritone, & Tuba
Timpani, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals
Clean Blue Sky is a three minute work for concert band. I wanted to write something for students that would musically represent the build up and removal of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. I decided to use additive chord tones (7ths, 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths) to create tension and to build thicker textures analogous to the build up of atmospheric pollutants.
Pedagogically, opportunities for teaching different balance situations exist with sections balanced using standard “McBeth” pyramid dynamics and short sections of “white noise” dynamics. The piece begins with a standard 3-pitch major chord in Bb Major and ends with the open, clean interval of a Perfect 5th (Bb/F). Ranges are all within intermediate levels with doublings throughout.
Ultimately though, the piece is melodic, lyrical and hopeful.
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