Pomp and Circumstance on Boomwhackers
Pomp and Circumstance is a color-coded Boomwhacker play-along on bimbadi: the notes fly toward your class in their tube colors on the smartboard or projector, with note names instead of lyrics. You need the 8-note diatonic set plus the F♯ tube from the chromatic set. In the United States, this trio by Edward Elgar is played at almost every graduation. This play-along is a bonus that comes with the colored sheet music on eduki; the code inside unlocks it.
The player’s menus are in German for now. Press ▶ and play: “Tempo” is the speed slider, “Tonart” means key.
Tubes you need
- C
- D
- E
- F♯
- G
- A
- B
- Chigh
- Key
- G major
- Time
- 4/4
- Melody
- C D E F♯ G A B high C
- Chords
- C D E F♯ G A B
- Music
- Edward Elgar
No tubes? With the QR wall every student scans a code and gets one color as an instrument on a phone or tablet. Boomwhacker colors: C red, D orange, E yellow, F light green, G dark green, A purple, B pink, high C red again.
Classroom idea
Play it for a fifth-grade promotion, a moving-up ceremony or the last day of school, slowly and with dignity. Let the students who are leaving walk in while the rest of the class plays.
Colored sheet music and bonus code
The colored sheet music for “Pomp and Circumstance” is available on eduki, a teaching-materials marketplace (German edition). Inside you will find a bonus code that unlocks this play-along. Enter it on the song list or right in the player; your browser remembers it.
💡 German sheet music uses the German note names: H is your B, and B means B♭. The colors are the same.
📄 Colored sheet music on eduki (German edition) 🎁 Enter a code
In other languages
- Spanish Pompa y circunstancia
More songs like this
No lyrics printed here. Melodies are in the public domain or our own arrangements for Boomwhackers; sources are listed in the player under “Für Lehrkräfte” (for teachers).