The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa

Key Signature: 3 flats = Eb Major

Meter: Cut time (alla breve) = four beats to a measure; half note gets 1 beat
Tempo: Tempo di Marcia (march tempo)
Dynamic Range: ff (fortissimo/very loud) to p (piano/soft)

0:04 0:34 1:04

Theme A Theme B Theme C
0:00 16 measures 16 measures 16 measures
Introduction (repeat) (repeat) (repeat)

1:56 2:48
1:33 2:25 Theme C
Interlude Theme C Interlude 16 measures
16 measures (repeat)
24 measures 24 measures
(repeat)

Theme C Words: Hooray for the flag of the free, May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea, The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day, When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,
That by their might, and by their right, it waves forever!