Faded Inventions

For A Faded BandWhen I was in high school I was part of the music program.Our music program was well funded due to being in a wealthycounty. Unfortunately the music program at my school was notrun by good people. My school had three bands like most schoolsin America do. Concert 3 Concert 4 and a symphonic band. Thesymphonic band was blessed with the latest and greatest instrumentslike contrabassons and grand pianos while down in concert 3 wewere lucky if we even had a bassoon or a marimba that wasn'tmissing some bars. we struggled through concert after concert without proper equipment. It wasn't until I left the band that Iwrote this song for it. let this be a song for underfunded and FADED bands.Use instruments that are old but still have a warm sound.bring out old percussion instruments that have been collectingdust in the bands storage room. find a peice of iron pipe such asa railroad track and use a hammer to strike it instead of a mallet.Bring extra glockenspiel bars to drop to the floor in measure 15to create the sound of broken machinery clattering to the floor.

Sheet music for “Faded Inventions” by Jackson Cohen. This edition has 31 tracks and 40 bars listed in the catalog. Estimated playback time: 1 min 48 sec.