Sample Mp3 

Cold Start is a great starter Calypso tune. At 3mins long and with only 3 distinct sections to learn this is a great way to make a beginner sound great without having to water anything down or alter the page. Feel free to add engine room parts as needed or desired!

A Cold Start is typically used to describe an engine starting up from a low temperature and having to get up to running temperature. In music, I like to think of it as the start of a concert/set where you go from no introduction or preamble and launch straight into a tune. In this tune, a catchy call & response section starts and leads into an upbeat verse then a cruising chorus takes over to bring you up.

This piece is also available in the collection called "6 Compositions for Early Steelband" CLICK HERE and in "The Early Steelband Jumpstart Pack" CLICK HERE   

Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school & college steel bands)

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

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