Heartbeat
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Style: | Difficulty: Medium | Grade: 3
Credits
Description
There is no organ more valuable to human life than the heart. In classic literature, it’s considered the place where our sense of love originates. In medicine, it’s recognized as the one thing that keeps us alive. Heartbeat is designed around the various ways we think of the human heart. The heartbeat is heard throughout the show through the percussion and sometimes the winds, pounding incessantly, keeping the vital “thumpa-thumpa” chugging along.
Music Samples
Mvt. 1: "Adrenaline Rush" starts with a steady heartbeat, but then the tempo picks up as the heart beats faster in response to some sort of intense stimuli that spurs the sudden release of adrenaline. Think of children approaching the abandoned “haunted” house as others dare them to enter the overgrown gate and knock on the decaying door. Now imagine the door falling inwards and a tremendous crashing noise startling all. Yeah, it’s that kind of adrenaline…like the scariest scene you’ve ever seen at the movies.
Mvt. 2: "Passionate Heart" is full of blissful love and compassion. It is the piece that speaks from the soul; wrapping us with a big hug and making us melt from its warmth. Listening to it, we have no cares or worries because we are with the one we love the most.
Mvt. 3: "Heart Attack" demonstrates that if we don’t treat our heart well, It can rebel on us and possibly even prematurely end our life. The music becomes increasingly dense as the arteries become clogged...and suddenly, the heart contracts violently in full cardiac arrest. The excitement of being rushed to the hospital is heard and the woodwinds re-create the sound of an EKG machine. There’s even a “flatline” moment on one tone when all seems lost. The emergencies “shock paddles” are heard in the timpani and the patient is revived as the heart resumes its life-sustaining role, ending the show on a happy note. | Show Specific Add-Ons Many KPM shows are now available with effective drill. The drill options include stock, modified stock or custom drill packages and are all reasonably priced. Drill comes pre-designed for small, medium and large bands and can be modified to your instrumentation by the writer. Custom drills are also available!
T-Shirts with officially licensed "show specific" artwork by Key Poulan Music are available for as little as $12.00! Narration is available for this show in a high quality AIFF format! ClickTrax are pre-recorded click tracks designed for indoor and outdoor rehearsals. The ensemble will be able to rehearse with perfect performance tempi, accelerandos, rallentandos, and ritardandos. ClickTrax have count-off clicks and start at every possible drill phrase of the show which saves hours of rehearsal time! ClickTrax are available for this show in a high quality AIFF format! PracticeTrax are recorded synthetic tracks of each part or section so students may play along! PracticeTrax are available for this show in a high quality AIFF format! SmartMusic® files are available for those of you who use SmartMusic® as a means for student evaluation.
Production Sheets are expanded and detailed count sheets intended for drill designers with valuable information regarding the staging of instruments and other elements. Show posters featuring officially licensed "show specific" artwork by Key Poulan Music are available. Contact Key (key@keypoulanmusic.com) for more information. Show appropriate flag designs are available for your color guard! Our flag designs support the intended concept of a show by Key Poulan Music. Show appropriate prop designs are available for your band and/or color guard! Create visual interest and be remembered by designs which give you a fully produced package for a show by Key Poulan Music. Guard Costume Designs enhance the overall look and feel of the color guard! Create visual interest and be remembered by designs which give you a fully produced package for a show by Key Poulan Music. Flag Choreography by Key Poulan Music insures that a well thought out and musical approach that enhances the overall effectiveness of your band! Create visual interest through intelligent choreography and be remembered! Flag and Weapon Choreography by Key Poulan Music adds the use of weapons to the flag choreography for your medium and advanced level color guards. Utilizing a musical approach, this choreography insures a well thought out and logical enhancement for the overall effectiveness of your band! Create visual interest through intelligent choreography and be remembered! General Add Ons Be prepared all year long with a warm up program designed to develop warm up, tune, and rehearse ensemble fundamentals needed for a successful musical performance for all Key Poulan Music works.
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