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"The Hidden Track", an original Orff Composition

Original Orff ensemble piece, The Hidden Track, with a full score and separate parts for glockenspiel, soprano, alto and bass xylophone or metallophone, djembe and maracas.
Grades
Grades 4–8, Elementary, Middle School
File type
Multiple File Types

Updated Oct 13, 2026

Subject
Creative Arts, Art, Music
Topic
hidden track, music

About this resource

What's inside this resource

Your Orff ensemble can grow and thrive with an original composition for full instrument with "The Hidden Track"

In this 12 measure piece, there are 3 sections of 4 measures each. Each section (labeled [A], [B], and [C]) can be repeated as many times as you wish and can have any arrangement of instrumentation (basses, then basses, altos, then unpitched percussion, etc).
You could also experiment with a form as well (ABAC, ABABABC, ABACABA, and more)

This piece is completely up to you how you'd like to perform :) Tempo between 120-144bpm

Included in this are parts for

  • Glockenspiel

  • Soprano Xylo/Metallophone

  • Alto Xylo/Metallophone

  • Bass Xylo/Metallophone

  • Maracas (or another auxiliary instrument)

  • Djembe (bass notation on the "A" line, tone notation on the "D" line of the treble clef staff)

Have a terrific time with "The Hidden Track"!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Teaching tips

  • Each instrument part sits on its own page, so players can read a single line while the director follows the full score.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Orff ensemble
  • Ensemble performance
  • Music notation

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