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De opbouw van een succesvolle Class Band

In this way, the Class Band is able to compose own pieces of homophonic music ( e.g.
for concerts).
The students who need more challenge can choose more ‘difficult’ lines and even
improvise on the given chords.
The teacher can always decide to use a fixed part setup: e.g. low brass and tenor sax
plays the lower line, alto sax, clarinet and horn the middle line and flute and trumpet
the higher line. The children will hear what sounds good in their ears.
No books are needed, only a white/black board and a stick to point to the bars and
numbers.

Examples:
In this scheme, the first line will play the same note all the exercise but the second and
third will play in thirds the line I, II, V, I. In this exercise students can choose the level
they are able to play. Everybody can participate on their own level.

With ‘difficult’ rhythms like triplets:

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