James Darmody

This is a piece for very
easy xylophone quartet
I wrote for my music
students. It is suitable
for lower to middle
Primary School age. The
instrumentation is a
guide only and any
combination of tuned
percussion/keyboard/wi
nd or other instruments
would work just as well
(with breath marks etc
as needed). The piece
is designed to be the
basis of a repeated
'groove' that can be
then used by the
teacher/performers for
things like
improvisation, dynamic
and textural changes. I
have played this piece
with over 30 children
playing the parts and it
was useful for trying
out lots of different
concepts. I have
included parts with the
note-names written in
to help beginner music
readers. How you
use/play it is up to you.
But please enjoy and
any feedback is
welcome.