Rocky Road Rag - Sheet Music for Horn Quintet Lewis A. Songer

5 Horns, a very entertaining ragtime piece by the highly skilled Lew Songer. Uphill, downhill, through furrows and over stones – the rickety wagon of the peddler responds to every sudden jolt with a chorus of bangs and jingles, as the pots and pans attached to the sides express their displeasure.

The piece musically depicts a creaking carriage bumping over elevations and boulders. With every sudden jolt, a chorus of brass instruments responds with bangs and clangs, which express the pots and pans attached to the sides and voice their discontent.

There is an optional two-bar rest at letter A.

At letter D carry the crescendo from the previous measure through to the downbeat.

The tempo should not be too fast. The fifth horn at F is very tricky.