Difficulty: Easy (great for middle school & beginning high school steel bands)

"Gentle Winds" is another chorale chart that features only the steel band. There is no drum set part for this piece. Gentle Winds was written as a reminder of my time playing in the Laborie Steel Band in St. Lucia. This chart features very soft dynamics. This will challenge your students to control their dynamics as they play a melody and accompaniment parts. This is also a great chart for teaching roll speeds with soft dynamics. The chart fades out to nothing as it resolves. This is a great opportunity to teach students how to release off of a roll.