An Arrangement for Front Ensemble & Battery Percussion
Dog Days Are Over
Ensembles
Front Ensemble & Battery Percussion
Intermediate
Velvet Audio
$100
Featuring the Original Words and Music of Florence + the Machine
Commissioned for Norcross HS, GA in 2020
Release Date: 2020-04-01
SKU: VA-013 / Release Date: 2020-04-01
Runtime: 2:59
This lot arrangement for front ensemble and battery percussion reimagines Dog Days Are Over by Florence + the Machine, featuring the unmistakable vocals of Florence Welch. Designed as a capstone to an ensemble’s warmup sequence, the piece blends fundamental rudimental ideas with musical phrasing, providing players with both a technical challenge and an energetic, performance-ready groove.
This arrangement unfolds with a strong sense of structure and flow: opening with a layered rhythmic dialogue between clapping patterns and low drum hits, building momentum through dynamic swells in the battery, and locking into driving subdivisions that push the ensemble forward. The writing is intentionally rudimentary at its core, yet it evolves with color and contrast, allowing performers to experience both precision-based exercises and expressive phrasing in a real musical setting. The result is a piece that feels just as rewarding to rehearse as it does to perform.
Front Ensemble Percussion
4 Marimbas (Two 4.6-Octave & Two 4-Octave): Four soft and medium-hard mallets
1 Xylophone (3.5-Octave), Glockenspiel (2.5-Octave) & Crotales (2-Octave) Combo: Four rubber, medium-dark, and medium plastic mallets
3 Vibraphones (3-Octave): Four soft and medium-hard mallets
1 Piano/Keys: via MainStage/live playback, or acoustic grand piano
1 Bass Guitar (Notation & Tablature): Four-string, tuning: C-G-C-F
1 Drumset: Recommended six-piece kit, or optional four/five-piece drum kit with three to four cymbals & hi-hat
1 Auxiliary Percussion: Wind chimes, triangle, suspended cymbal, concert bass drum, tam-tam/gong, concert snare drum, zil-bell(s), shaker(s), concert tom(s), patio chimes, cowbell(s), splash cymbal(s)
Battery Percussion
3-9 Marching Snare Drums: Two standard marching drum sticks
2-4 Marching Tenor Drums: Two standard marching drum sticks
5 Marching Bass Drums: Two standard marching mallets
2-3 Marching Cymbals: Recommended three cymbal players to cover occasional split parts
Scores & Parts (PDF)
MainStage Live Set
Audio: Ensemble, Instrumental and Sectional Standard/Click Tracks (Lossless & MP3)
Isolated Vocal Triggers (Lossless)
This arrangement contains third-party copyrighted material from Florence Leontine Mary Welch and Isabella Janet Florentina Summers. A supplemental licensing fee of ~$280 may be required to perform this arrangement of “Dog Days Are Over” from the album Lungs.
Front Ensemble Percussion: Hunter W. Davis
Battery Percussion: Zachary L. Brumfield
“Dog Days Are Over” – © 2008 (or © 2009 depending on release context) Florence Welch & Isabella Summers. Published by Universal-Polygram International on behalf of Goldzeal Ltd. and Universal-Polygram on behalf of Universal Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
