Enchanted Dancing Frog, The - Concert Band

The Enchanted Dancing Frog, by Randy Navarre, is a composition for students to play at their first concert. It is very easy and an easy introduction to 3/4 time, using only the first few notes of the Bb scale. Everyone gets to play the melody, including the tuba. The rhythms are dotted half notes and quarter notes. Only the percussion plays eighth notes. It is an excellent composition for introducing students to dotted half notes, which are simple but not often encountered in the early stages of learning.