DIFFICULTY RATINGS: The Marching and Pep band tunes are rated below on a scale of 1 - 4, with 1 being the lowest, and 4 being the highest.  Taken into consideration are rhythmic complexities, range, and in some cases, the key a piece is in.  I do, however tend to stay in 1 to 4 flats (concert) for Marching and Pep bands.  I rarely change the structure of a tune.  However the tune is originally performed is usually the way I set the tune up.  Many of these tunes can be simplified for younger players.
tune:                             difficulty:  tempo:            remarks:
Ain't Nobody ........................
Alright ...............................
Can You Feel It? .................
Caught Up ..........................
Cisco Kid ...........................
Creepin' ..............................
Dangerously In Love ...........
Doesn't Really Matter ..........
Don't Phunk With My Heart ..
Don't Stop 'Til You Get
     Enough .........................
Everybody Wants to
     Rule the World ...............
Fight the Power ..................
Funkin' for Jamaica ..............
Gamin' On Ya .....................
Got To Be There .................
Happy Birthday ...................
Helplessly In Love ...............
If Only For One Night ..........
In the Stone ........................
Isn't She Lovely ..................
Knocks Me Off My Feet ......
Leave Me Alone ...................
Let It Whip ..........................
Let's Stay Together ..............
Liberian Girl ........................
Love is the Greatest Story ....
Low Rider ..........................
Money Can't Buy Me Love ...
My Band .............................
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing).
Pastime Paradise .................
Play That Funky Music ........
Pride ..................................
Respect ...............................
Rock 'N' Roll Pt. 2 ................
Runaway .............................
Sara Smile ...........................
Skin Tight ............................
Smooth Criminal ...................
Steppin' Out .........................
That's the Way of the World .
A Thousand Years ................
Velvet Rope .........................
We Belong Together .............
Who Do I Turn To? ..............
Wildflower ...........................
Yesterday version 1 ..............
Yesterday version 2 ..............
You Haven't Done Nothing ...
2.0      allegro
2.5      allegro
2.0      allegro
2.5      allegro
1.5      allegro
2.0      andante
3.0      slow (cuttime)  rhythmically complex; high 1st trump & bari. hn parts
3.0      moderato         fairly difficult articulation in spots
2.5      presto

3.0      allegro              some difficult rhythms

3.0      allegro              very accurate guitar solo in trumpet section
3.0      allegro
2.5      allegro
2.5      moderato          nice brass tuttis
2.0      andante
3.5      allegro              some difficult rhythms; key change to D-Flat
2.5      moderato
2.5      andante
4.0      allegro              rhymically complex; high solo trumpet parts
2.5      allegro              2.5 by virtue of the introduction
2.5      moderato
3.0      allegro              3.0 by virtue of melodic lines
2.0      presto
2.0      moderato
2.5      moderato          in b-flat minor
3.5      allegro              rhythmically complex; high trumpet parts in spots
1.5      allegro
2.5      slow                 2.5 by virtue of melodic lines
2.5      allegro
2.5      allegro              odd phrasing
2.5      moderato
3.0      allegro              very accurate guitar solo for woodwinds & 1st trump.
3.0      allegro              challenging brass tuttis
2.5      allegro
2.0      allegro              2.0 by virtue of bass line; otherwise very simple
3.0      allegro
2.0      andante
3.5      allegro              challenging brass tuttis
3.0      allegro              difficult articulation for melodies and bass
3.5      moderato          challenging melodic lines
2.0      slow
2.0      moderato
1.5      allegro
2.5      moderato
2.5      allegro
3.0      andante             great arpeggio exercise for the clarinets
1.5      andante
4.0      andante             addition of a very difficult solo trump line
2.5      allegro
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