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2 M. C. Handel s 2004 Plank Road Publishing, Inc.

3 M. C. Handel s BAGSTRAVAGANZA Table of Contents BAG-O-Saurus Reproducible Student Part... 3 Rockin Around The Hound Dog s Blue Suede Shoe BAG Reproducible Student Part... 4 Popcorn BAG Reproducible Student Part... 5 BAGzilla Reproducible Student Part... 6 JitterBAG Reproducible Student Part... 7 A BAG O Tigers Reproducible Student Part... 8 Teaching Notes for M. C. HANDEL S BAGSTRAVAGANZA... 9 Guide To Tracks on the Compact Disc Survey Page Full/Tracks 1/2 3/4 5/6 7/8 9/0 -/= An Important Notice About Your Rights To Duplicate With the purchase of this product, you (one teacher) may legally duplicate the reproducible student parts for use with your students, no matter how many students you have, even if you teach in more than one school. Permission to duplicate and/or share this book or recording with anyone else is not granted and is considered a copyright infringement. Permission is granted to duplicate the accompanying CD for back-up purposes only. Please don t teach your students to steal. 2 The people who write and publish this music depend on its sales for their livelihood. Not only is it illegal for you to freely duplicate their work without their permission, it is also unfair and it sets a bad example for your students. We will always fight for your rights to better pay and working conditions, and as one of the few active elementary music publishers, we invest most of our profits in new music and resources for you. We also take care to provide real value in our products. In return, we ask for your support of our rights. Thank you.

4 RECORDER/C INSTRUMENT CD Full Performance - track 1; Accompaniment only - track 2 BAG-O-Saurus M. C. Handel 1995 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. 3

5 RECORDER/C INSTRUMENT CD Full Performance - track 3; Accompaniment only - track 4 Rockin Around The Hound Dog s Blue Suede Shoe BAG M. C. Handel Plank Road Publishing, Inc.

6 RECORDER/C INSTRUMENT CD Full Performance - track 5; Accompaniment only - track 6 M. C. Handel 1997 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. 5

7 RECORDER/C INSTRUMENT CD Full Performance - track 7; Accompaniment only - track 8 BAGzilla M. C. Handel Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Zil-la. Zil-la. Zil-la. Zil-la. roars, opt. Zil-la Plank Road Publishing, Inc.

8 RECORDER/C INSTRUMENT CD JitterBAG Full Performance - track 9; Accompaniment only - track 10 M. C. Handel arr. Paul Jennings 1999 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. 7

9 RECORDER/C INSTRUMENT CD Full Performance - track 11; Accompaniment only - track 12 A BAG O Tigers adapted by M. C. Handel arr. Paul Jennings Save that ti - ger. Save that ti - ger. _ Save that ti - ger. Save that ti - ger. _ Save that ti -ger._ Save that ti - ger._ Save that ti - ger_ (now!) (roar!) (roar!) spoken solo: (roar!) Mew Plank Road Publishing, Inc.

10 Notes For The Tunes In M. C. Handel s BAGSTRAVAGANZA BAG-O-Saurus This BAG tune features a rhythm section, complete with electric guitar solos, and a wind section playing a funky rock groove with plenty of room for your recorder players to shine through. The form is simple, and the results can be awesome. The only way to use this (and all pieces in this collection) is with our Performance/Accompaniment CD. Normally, we might consider this too great a restriction, but particularly in the case of this tune, it is the power rock sound that makes it what it is, so trying to do it without the recording is futile. Our recording uses real live musicians playing real live instruments in a state-of-the-art recording studio, so that your young players feel like they are part of a contemporary rock group. And they are! If you wish to limit the technical demands of this piece even further than the published part, consider changing all repeated eighth notes to quarter notes. (You will note that whenever eighth notes are required, notes within each individual beat are repeated.) Rockin Around The Hound Dog s Blue Suede Shoe BAG How many BAG tunes let you dress like Elvis and move around while learning your fingerings? We have filled this piece with many options... and a very long title! The first set of options falls after the stop time section at 17. At bar 21, you can either have them play the notes as written, or chant/rap the title of the tune. (The kids in the recording session got a real kick out of this.) You can also split the class, letting half play and half rap, then reverse sides. For VERY beginning students, you may also want to use much simpler notes at 21, such as... G whole note / G half note, A half note / G whole note The real fun can start at bar 29. During the guitar solo, we suggest an active part that involves some movement and some enhanced learning. Adapt it to suit your needs, being sure that you allow plenty of time and space for the movement. Kids with recorders in their hands and/or mouths need extra care. Try to execute each move about beat one of the bar. Here is one possibility: 29 Carefully lower recorder 30...and stand 31 Hold recorder at front at arms length 32 Finger B 33 Move recorder to right 34 Finger A 35 Back to front 36 Finger G 37 Move recorder to left 38 Finger A 39 Back to front 40 Sit, and bring recorder to lips with care This routine will also work just fine while sitting, and that is a good way to start the learning anyway. You may also wish to have your players remain standing to the end, for effect, or perhaps bring them up only just before bar 41. For bars 55-57, your options are much as they were before: play the rhythm and notes of the title (as at bar 21), rap the rhythm, split the class and do both, or simplify the melody. Under the last bar, each player is allowed to play any rhythm or melody, as long as only the notes B, A, and G are used. As practice, go around the room letting each player have a chance, possibly playing a familiar melody fragment. Okay... add shades, grease back your hair a bit, and have a lot of fun with this one. Uh-huh-huh. Uh-huh-huh! This light pop style tune is one that your kids should immediately relate to. Using only B, A, and G (as all the tunes in this collection do), it is perfect for beginners. (It might be of interest to know that in trying to find a good name for it, we have 9

11 compiled enough puns on BAG to last us for years, providing that the tune matches the title!) BAGzilla M.C. Handel has captured the spirit of Zilla Fever with this BAG tune. Players have the choice of playing only or joining in the optional spoken (and roared ) parts. Guitars, synthesizers, basses, drums, and big ol footsteps make this tune a lot of fun to listen to and participate in. At the end of the intro and elsewhere in the song, students may roar freely as indicated, unless they are preparing to play. It s your call. You may decide to choose a few soloists after having roar auditions. Or perhaps you could alternate letting players roar. (In our experience, this would be considered a reward.) During the screaming guitar solo at measure 25, have your students pay particular attention to the articulations which are written. Discuss and demonstrate the difference between legato and staccato. (FYI: There is a song called Legato Staccato which you may find of interest in helping students learn and remember the difference between these two styles. It was published in MUSIC K-8, Vol. 14, No. 1, September/October Call us at for more information, or visit our web site at MusicK8.com Our web site is also where you can go to hear an excerpt of the tune.) There are two other bits of musical learning and/or reinforcement to keep in mind: the crescendo during the spoken parts in the first few bars, and the use of sixteenth notes for the exclamations, Zilla! JitterBAG Rumor has it that the jitterbug (a lively, swinging dance from the 1930s and 40s) has been enjoying a comeback with the younger generation (again) in recent years. Far be it from us to ignore this trend! As written, this BAG tune includes mostly half and whole notes. However, at measure 27, you will see an optional rhythm using a quarter note, eighth rest, eighth note tied to a half note, and an optional fall-off. This rhythm is exactly the same one that the winds are playing on the recording, so if you would like your students to attempt it, they have an excellent model. Paul Jennings big band arrangement/ orchestration of this tune will have your students tapping their feet along in no time. And don t forget to emphasize that the style is swing, which means the eighth notes are based on a triplet figure. The players on the recording demonstrate this style very well. (Fortunately, since most students are beginners, we do not write difficult continuous swinging eighth note patterns for them at this level. It s just neat to hear it on the instrumental background.) In the last measure of the piece, there is a fermata over the last note. While the background is holding, your players might wish to improvise a little bit using just the notes B, A, and G. You could let all of them play freely together, or you could have them take turns to reduce the potential intensity of sound that might result otherwise. (Admittedly, despite the cacophony of letting all of the players improvise together for the moment, it might help loosen any inhibitions they would otherwise have when asked to make up something they re playing.) A BAG O Tigers This BAG tune offers a little Dixieland fun for your beginning recorder players. You can adapt this arrangement of Tiger Rag any way you like. On the recording, we performed it as written, with the recorders playing the first time through the song. Then they sing at bar 11 the second time through, and at bar 27, they go back to playing. Listen to the recording for the Dixieland band, complete with tuba, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, banjo, piano, and drum set. This style was especially popular during the 1920s. The traditional words to this song are Hold that tiger, which you may use, but we like the friendlier Save that tiger, as tigers are in great danger of extinction in many places. At the very end, have just one soloist (or all) imitate a kitten for a surprise ending. Have your students be careful when resetting their embouchures after the roars to be sure to do so gently so as not to hurt their lips or teeth. 10

12 COMPACT DISC INFORMATION SHEET If you purchased the CD with this collection, your CD arrived in a neat little Safety-Sleeve Binder Page that is padded, and has a pocket in the back for literature and two holes on the side so that it will fit into a special binder. This system is ideal for teachers faced with carrying around many resources from room to room, school to school, and all of it back home again. In each binder you can store up to 15 CDs and their booklets or inserts in their padded binder pages. This is the most compact, lightweight way to store or travel with your CDs. We also make extra binder pages available so that you can use them for other favorite CDs. These binders are available in four colors: white, Binder textured black, blue velvet, and textured burgundy. You can actually see color photos of these binders on our web site: MusicK8.com Also note that the white binder features a clear outer cover into which you can insert a printed sheet. Here are the details for ordering your binders and extra binder pages: MP-CDBW WHITE CD BINDER (with 3 FREE extra CD Binder Pages) MP-CDBB BLACK CD BINDER (with 3 FREE extra CD Binder Pages) MP-CDBU BLUE CD BINDER (with 3 FREE extra CD Binder Pages) MP-CDBR BURGUNDY CD BINDER (with 3 FREE extra CD Binder Pages) MP-CDBP CD BINDER PAGES - 10 PACK These products are available from dealers who carry Plank Road products, or directly from us. To order, visit the online store at our web site, or call us toll-free at Binder Page M. C. Handel s BAGSTRAVAGANZA A Collection Of B-A-G Favorites 1 BAG-O-Saurus (Full Performance)... 2:06 2 BAG-O-Saurus (Accompaniment only)... 2:06 3 Rockin Around The Hound Dog s Blue Suede Shoe BAG (Full Performance)... 2:33 4 Rockin Around The Hound Dog s Blue Suede Shoe BAG (Accompaniment only)... 2:33 5 Popcorn BAG (Full Performance)... 2:58 6 Popcorn BAG (Accompaniment only)... 2:58 7 BAGzilla (Full Performance)... 2:52 8 BAGzilla (Accompaniment only)... 2:52 9 JitterBAG (Full Performance)... 2:01 0 JitterBAG (Accompaniment only)... 2:01 - A BAG O Tigers (Full Performance)... 1:50 = A BAG O Tigers (Accompaniment only)... 1:50 FIRST - PHOTOCOPY THIS PAGE TO KEEP YOUR BOOK INTACT. k THEN - JUST CUT OUT THE BOX TO THE LEFT (ON THE COPY) AND SLIP IT INTO THE BACK OF YOUR SAFETY-SLEEVE BINDER PAGE. TM

13 LET US HEAR FROM YOU! We hope that you and your students are enjoying and learning with M. C. HANDEL S BAGSTRAVAGANZA and that this collection will provide you with years of good use. In order for us to better serve your needs in the future, we ask you to let us know more about how you used this collection and how well it suited your needs. It will be most helpful to wait until after you have performed it, then return this questionnaire to... M. C. Handel PLANK ROAD PUBLISHING, INC. P. O. Box Wauwatosa, WI NAME SCHOOL ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP Are you a music specialist? Are you a subscriber to MUSIC K-8 magazine? With which grades did you use this collection? What were your (and your students ) favorite pieces? What pieces did not work well for you? What improvements would you like to see in future recorder products? What other types of recorder resources would you like to see in the future? Thanks again for buying M. C. HANDEL S BAGSTRAVAGANZA! PLANK ROAD PUBLISHING, INC. P. O. Box Wauwatosa, WI (262) Fax: