Doodle Variants Set Type:Digital Full Set

Doodle Variants Set Type:Digital Full SetAfter playing these original and unique variations by Bob Lipton on "Yankee Doodle", your students will be experts on playing mixed meters! After the theme, the variations are in 5, 6, 7, and 15 beats per measure. Getting the feel of playing in these unusual meters is much easier for students than one might think; they will be having fun and playing this music well in just a few short rehearsals!

and the excitement meter is turned up as the final tempo kicks up several notches to drive home the final section

to demonstrate to your students the magical power music has to evoke human feeling

slurred eighth notes

"Wondrous Flight" alternates between insistent syncopated rhythms and flowing melodic passages

cello divisi

wind-driven storm

and the sky is gray

crystal clear air present after a storm passes

Written in the key of G

Ron Wilcott

but the poem is attributed to Lady John Scott

performing elephants