VARIATIONS ON AYE Fambrough

VARIATIONS ON AYE FambroughPerformance Notes VARIATIONS ON AYE is a colorful, comical, cut time piece that has some theatrical and vocal components. This piece is best suited for elementary to middle school level ensembles. Rhythmically, VARIATIONS ON AYE is limited to notes, with , and whole rests. While everyone enters right from the beginning, it is the maracas and the agogo bells that serve as the steady beat reference. Aye is word we use, often repetitiously, when we feel

Blazin is a military-style cadence

Songs include: Little Brown Jug

They include "Camptown Races"

All parts are equal in difficulty

is an interesting and creative work for the beginning percussion ensemble

Listen to Firefly

as I composed the battery I could not get the sound I needed with hand drums

simultaneously

Suite for Timpani

Both snares switch to playing on the heads at letter B

For visual effect

memorize and combine with the intensity and playability above the normal four instrument cadence