"The Hidden Track", an original Orff Composition

- Grades
- Grades 4–8, Elementary, Middle School
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Subject
- Creative Arts, Art, Music
- Topic
- hidden track, music
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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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Core concepts
- Orff ensemble
- Ensemble performance
- Music notation
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