Goblins in the Basement

Description

ABOUT THIS PIECE
Some goblins have gotten into your basement and are wreaking havoc in this fun, chaotic piece for beginning Concert Band. Great for a Halloween performance or just a rousing good time in general. The opening represents goblins hiding behind boxes in the middle of the night, waiting for the right time to start their mischief. The goblins get loose in measure 33, trashing the place and increasingly becoming an irritant. The mark tree is their magic, and the last 12 bars is the owner coming down to the basement in an effort to chase the goblins out once and for all.

Clarinet parts do not cross the break in “Goblins in the Basement”, and there are instances where low brass/reeds have the melody. The Percussion 3 part (amusingly named “Chaos”) is more a guide than a hard-and-fast rule of when to play. Use whatever percussion instruments you have at your disposal (i.e. slide/siren whistles, ratchets, frying pans, etc.) to make this piece your own. Dissonance here is not a bug but rather a feature to be embraced.

Grade: 1
Length: 2.5 minutes

Additional information

Format	Print, Digital Download

Instrumentation

Flute
Oboe
B♭ Clarinet 1/2
Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone 1/2
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
French Horn
B♭ Trumpet 1/2
Trombone/Baritone, Bassoon
Tuba
Timpani
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Percussion 1 (Snare/Bass Drum)
Percussion 2 (Cymbals/Mark Tree)
Percussion 3 (Chaos!)

Color-coded reference table listing musical instruments (Flutes, Oboes, Bassoons, Clarinets, etc.) with columns for Key, Range, Tempo, Length, Note Values, Rhythms, Dynamics, Articulation, and Ornaments; rows show each instrument.

Grade Overview - Tempo difficulty is determined by the speed relative to the rhythms played. Length refers to the amount of time that instrument ACTUALLY PLAYS (relative to rests), not the length of the piece.

Goblins in the Basement