If you are selecting pieces for a contest or concert, the following table may be helpful. It gives an indication of style, duration and degree of difficulty. Click on title to see the score. Get score and parts from catalogue
| DURATION (MINS) | DIFFICULTY | |||||||
| SLOW ITEMS | Characteristics | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 + | Easy | Med | Hard |
| The Burry Man | Comic feature: basses, troms | |||||||
| Daydream | Thoughtful, "drifting" | |||||||
| Ellis Island | Quiet, reflective | |||||||
| Evening Prayers | 2 cornets featured | |||||||
| Geisha | Pentatonic, Japanese | |||||||
| Highland Lullaby | 6/8, Scottish flavour | |||||||
| Lochaber No More | Trad folk song: euph feature | |||||||
| Margaret | Gentle, solo cornet feature | |||||||
| Siesta | Latin feel, laid-back | |||||||
| Tivoli at Night | Gentle, flowing: sop featured | |||||||
| Venetian Boat Song | Barcarolle: flugel, horn | c 2 | ||||||
| Winter | Evocative: difficult euph line | |||||||
| FAST ITEMS | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 + | Easy | Med | Hard | |
| A-roving | Folk song: test piece | |||||||
| Basically Baroque | Bass Section feature | |||||||
| Big Band Rock | Strong "rock" influence | |||||||
| Calypso | Latin feel, 2/2 tempo | |||||||
| Dimples | "Characteristic" number | |||||||
| Duncarnock | Traditional March | |||||||
| Fanfare and Gloria | Concert opener | |||||||
| The Farmer's Boy | Folk song: test piece | |||||||
| Gloria | Band and choir | |||||||
| The Loony Dook | March movement | |||||||
| The Red Clydesider | Traditional March | |||||||
| The Majorette | March | |||||||
| Moscow Mule | Russian: gets faster and faster | |||||||
| Opening Credits | "Film theme" opener | |||||||
| Olympic Torch | Simple march 2' 20" or 5 mins | 2' 20" | ||||||
| The Pudding Club | Concert March | |||||||
| Songs of the '45 | Jacobite folk songs: test piece | very! | ||||||
| Spooky | Light jazzy feel | |||||||
| Steppe Dance | Russian feel: slow, then much faster | |||||||
| Sundance | Aztec number | |||||||
| Tequila sunrise | Cornet Trio | |||||||
| The Two Bridges | Opener, Queensferry Suite | |||||||
| Under the Influence | Jazzy, with slow blues | |||||||
| LONGER PIECES | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 + | Easy | Med | Hard | |
| Invocation | Extended "prayer": fast, slow, fast | c 8 | ||||||
| Moonfleet | Tone poem | |||||||
| The Pearl | Tone poem | |||||||
| Queensferry Suite | 4 movements, light music | |||||||
| Skara Brae | Overture | |||||||
| Suite for Brass Band | ||||||||
| Trombone Quartet | c 7 | |||||||