Easy Road Marches

[davidsait]

Hi Folks,

Can you help me with some suggestions for very easy, sightreadable Road Marches for a job our band has got later on this year please? We've already got Death or Glory, Army of the Nile & Punchinello, and I plan on getting Slaidburn, but we need about 4 more.

Cheers

Dave Sait

[super_sop]

have you tried the new recrute?
ill have a think about others

[blitz]

Here is a couple you could maybe try,

Colonel Bogey, King Cotton, National Emblem, On the Quarter Deck,
Blaze Away, Voice of the Guns, Great Little Army,
Washington Grays, Semper Fidelis, Old Comrades,
The Standard of Saint George, Steadfast and True,
The Middy,

You could also try a couple of contest marches such as

The Contestor, March Brilliante, Ravenswood, Glemdene,

I hope these are of some help. I will try to think of some more.

[You wanna blow my what?]

SLAIDBURN!

It's not actually that easy thinking about it......not when you're trying to co-ordinate your feet anyway.....

[geordiecolin]

Try Allendale although i believe that its hard to get hold of.

[davidsait]

Thanks for the suggestions so far - as I said, we're getting Slaidburn, but things like The Contestor are too tricky for what we need.

Dave Sait

[Singapore Northern Lass]

:D Hi, 'The Ballerina' is a really easy one, especially right at the end when everyone is shattered!!! :P :P

[satchmo shaz]

:D Hi, 'The Ballerina' is a really easy one, especially right at the end when everyone is shattered!!! :P :P so are marching home and by the left

[Keppler]

Our old "Favourites": The Standard and The Villager..

Westward Ho is also good. Belphagor (yok)

[PeterBale]

Our old "Favourites": The Standard and The Villager..

Westward Ho is also good. Belphagor (yok)

Belphagor was on the first programme I played with Coventry Festival Band!

Back on topic: good marches already listed, esp Standard of St George. There are also some Salvation Army marches that are good to march to, such as Star Lake, Montreal Citadel, The Wellingtonian.

[michellegarbutt]

The Lodestar and 1914 are very easy marches

[blitz]

"Wingates" is a fairly easy road march and sounds quite good as well.

Originally written for Wingates Temperence Band quite a few years ago.

[Keppler]

Holyrood. forgot that one.

[hornblower]

march of the cobblers isn't too bad...and is a firm fave with most peeps.

[Libby]

Great Little Army and Standard of St George!!! :D

[iancwilx]

All the good ones have been mentioned, especially Standard of St. George (a real cracker) and Slaidburn.
New Colonial,Washington Greys and Sons of the Brave are pretty good.
You'd better have a pretty good Bass Section to play Army of the Nile on the hoof !!!

[iancwilx]

PS :- Forgot "Punjab" and "Conqueror" - all good stuff.

[Hornblower RN]

Kenilworth is an easy march to play and quite appropriate considering where you live :lol: :lol:

[Wonky_Baton]

I go along with Sons Of The Brave, also 1914, El Dorado, Officer Of The Day, Imperial Echo's and Thunderbirds March Copy is brilliant but needs a good trombone section.

[iancwilx]

"Trafalgar" has a real "Tonk it out" bass solo.
"Thin Red Line" is another good one, but if your Cornets are a bit "Iffy" it can be embarrassing !!
Has anyone mentioned "National Emblem"? - It's the one where everyone waits for the Solo Trom to "Clip" the high note in the first 20 odd bars !!

[jonford]

true and trusty is about the same level of slaidburn! also westward ho

[The Judge]

I think the easiest one I've played whilst walking (to call it "marching" would be insulting to people who can march!!) is "Our Director". Don't know how common it is cos no-one's mentioned it so far.

[aimee_euph]

true and trusty is about the same level of slaidburn! also westward ho

San Marino, oh my god....

[Salli]

The ones we usually get out of the library for these type of jobs are:

Slaidburn
The New Recruit
True and Trusty
Blades of Steel
1914

[twigglet]

True and Trusty is a classic. The marching equivalent of The Floral Dance

:lol:

[neiltwist]

ahhh, t&t was the first march I ever played!

[billbrass]

:P

Westward Ho gets my vote, keep it as simple as possible when marching

also played for one band who played When The Saints the crowd loved it.



Billbrass

[NeilW]

Congratulations (boom boom boom boom!) ?

(ducking!)

Neil

[PeterBale]

:P

Westward Ho gets my vote, keep it as simple as possible when marching

also played for one band who played When The Saints the crowd loved it.

Billbrass

When we did the Coventry Carnival in the 70's we played an arrangement of "The Stripper" - boiling hot day, band in shirt-sleeves, went down brilliantly - good glisses for the trombones as well!

[iggmeister]

We used to march to 'The Royal Trophy'. I believe that Brighouse march to this at Whit Friday. From what I recall it sounds great but isn't too difficult.

Igg