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“The Marching Band is one of the public faces of our school, and in some settings (like parades), the only public face. If our marching band looks good, our whole school looks good.” - This is the essence of some words spoken by our former band director, Nick Greeson. We all know it to be true. It is much responsibility in the hands of a small group of students. They deserve our support, and we give it gladly and with enthusiasm. This is the goal of this site.


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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Beatles Clarinet Music

In 1967,  The Beatles  released "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".  This song, "When I'm Sixty-Four," features a clarinet trio  (two B-flat soprano clarinets and a bass clarinet).


And here's an interesting fact.  According to Wikipedia, "The song is in the key of D-flat major. The Beatles recorded the song in C major but the master take was sped up in order to raise the key by one semitone at the insistence of McCartney. Martin remembers that McCartney suggested this change in order to make his voice sound younger."

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