Marching Band Arrangement
Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
Marching Band Arrangement – Smoke on the Water
General Information
- Duration: c. 1:30
- Difficulty: Moderate-Advanced
- Original Medium: Heavy Metal
- Release Date: 1973
- Copyright: See Below
- Price: See Below
Look/Listen
Instrumentation
- Flute/Piccolo
- B-flat Clarinet (split)
- E-flat Alto Saxophone (split)
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Trumpet I-II-III
- Mellophone (split)
- Trombone I-II
- Baritone
- Sousaphone
- Battery Percussion 1
- Drumset (optional) 2
- Baritone Sax (optional) 2
- Bass Guitar (optional) 2
Also Available
This arrangement is available as part of a full show package (Music of the 1970s). Also available:
- 25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago)
- Bicycle Race (Queen)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
- Boogie Wonderland (Earth, Wind, & Fire)
- Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas)
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
- Country Roads (John Denver)
- Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen)
- Gonna Fly Now, Theme from Rocky (Bill Conti)
- Hold the Line (Toto)
- Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
- In The Stone (Earth, Wind, & Fire)
- Just You ‘n’ Me (Chicago)
- Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)
- Layla (Derek and the Dominos)
- Make Me Smile (Chicago)
- Movin’ Out, Anthony’s Song (Billy Joel)
- Ohio (Crosby Stills Nash & Young)
- Rock and Roll, Part Two – The Hey Song (Gary Glitter)
- September (Earth, Wind, & Fire)
- Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
- Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple)
- Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
- We Will Rock You (Queen)
- Wheel in the Sky (Journey)
- YMCA (The Village People)
Notes
1 The battery percussion parts in this arrangement were created by me: a non-percussionist. They are playable, but they are also basic, under the assumption that you have a percussion instructor/arranger who can write better battery parts (an XML file of the parts can be sent to assist your percussion arranger).
2 Bari Sax, Bass Guitar, and Drumset are included in this arrangement for use by pep bands.
Purchase Options
Smoke on the water marching band
Copyright Note
This marching band arrangement is copyrighted and requires a custom arrangement license in addition to the purchase of the music. The music’s rights holders (not me as the arranger) set and charge these licensing fees, which vary based on the publisher, composer or performer, ensemble size, and the type of organization requesting the arrangement. Most licenses cost between $100 and $400 per piece. You can request them directly from the publisher or go through a clearinghouse like Tresóna Music. In some cases, you can secure a license directly from the composer.
To avoid extra fees and expenses, consider performing music that is in the Public Domain. This is music that is no longer under copyright, and can be arranged and performed without paying any additional licensing fees. For more music for marching band, check out my other arrangements – everything from jazz and orchestral music to 80s classics like Careless Whisper .