Gakuen Tengoku (学園天国, lit. School Heaven) is a popular Japanese song composed by Inoue Tadao for the pop group Finger 5. It has been arranged into a piece for wind ensemble on many occasions, including a rendition by Akito Matsuda, the same composer as Crescent Moon Dance. This piece was played once as a small ensemble by Team Monaka, and additionally as a full ensemble by the Kitauji High School concert band after Kansai at the school festival.
Scoring[]
The arrangement sticks quite true to the tone of the original piece. It is full of bright, upbeat melodies as well as some darker low brass/bass melodies. It gives small solos to each section.
The piece is introduced with a quick clarinet soli, which transitions to a drum solo. Four measures into this solo, a bass to treble call-and-response occurs. This then segues into the trumpets' melody, followed by the high woodwinds. This is ended abruptly by a trombone soli, which then shifts into the main chorus of the piece. Succeeding this is the same drum solo and call-and-response as previously, which leads to a clarinet solo, followed by a trombone solo. The piece then continues as it had originally, until ending with a short alto saxophone solo and a full band hit.
Instrumentation[]
06 - Gakuen Tengoku (Full Hensei Ver.) ~ Hibike! Euphonium S2 - ZR
Full band ver
01 - Gakuen Tengoku (Team Monaka Ver.) ~ Hibike! Euphonium S2 - ZR
Team Monaka ver
- Piccolo
- Flute 1, 2
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- E♭ Clarinet
- B♭ Clarinet 1, 2, 3
- E♭ Alto Clarinet
- B♭ Bass Clarinet
- B♭ Soprano Saxophone
- E♭ Alto Saxophone 1, 2
- B♭ Tenor Saxophone
- E♭ Baritone Saxophone
- B♭ Trumpet 1, 2, 3
- F Horn 1, 2, 3, 4
- Trombone 1, 2, 3
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Double Bass
- Drum Set
- Timpani
- Glockenspiel
- Bongos
- Tambourine
- Slap Stick
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