Sample Mp3 Bedrock

Sample Mp3 Port of Spain

Sample Mp3 Blue Pan

Sample Mp3 Dreams of a Steel Pan

Sample Mp3 Calypso On The Beach

YouTube Sample

This collection of music was created with the elementary steel band. I saw that there was a need to have music prepared for our earliest steel band students. Each chart uses simple rhythms and a basic AB form with some slight variations. The instrumentation for each chart is jumbie jam plus a full steel band. You can teach just the jumbie jam part and play along with the provided backing track, or perform this piece with a full steel band. I have included the note names for the Jumbie Jam part to help students learn to read music. You may make changes to the music and adapt it to your ensemble. I hope this resource is valuable for our elementary school steel band programs.     

Bonus: All 5 backing tracks, which includes drum set and pan parts, minus the melody is included if you only have Jumbie Jams.

Pieces:

Bedrock - Rock

Port of Spain - Soca

Blue Pan - 12 Bar Blues

Dreams of a Steel Pan - Chorale

Calypso On The Beach - Calypso

Difficulty: Easy (great for elementary school steel bands)

Instrumentation: jumbie jam/tenor/double second/triple guitar/bass/drum set

ITEM ID : SDNO-012