VARIATIONS ON AYE Digital Set as a stately march

Set as a stately march with a dramatic drum beat accompaniment provided by membranophonic percussion

The first 8 measures feature a steady 1/8th note pulse with heavily accented notes and cymbal crashes—thunder and lightning

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"Twenty-Two Holiday Inspired Solos and Etudes" was written for snare drum

VARIATIONS ON AYE Digital Set as a stately marchPerformance 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