O CANADA. CALIXA LAVALLEE Arranged by Vince Gassi

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1 Easy-Medium Duration 5:00 B1115 O CANADA EMERGING AZZ SERIES CALIXA LAVALLEE Arranged y Vince Gassi Whoa dude, ay cool O Canada is no availale or stage and And check this out - there are our dierent arrangements in this one ackage, each in a dierent style Included are a non-sing version, azz altz, medium sing, and inally a rock version, hich ust goes to sho that there are many ays to say "e stand on guard or thee" More styles soon to come REVIEW enmusiccom Instrumentation: Alto Sax 1 Alto Sax 2 Tenor Sax 1 Tenor Sax 2 tone Sax Trumet 1 Trumet 2 Trumet 3 Trumet Tromone 1 Tromone 2 Tromone 3 Tromone Guitar Guitar Drum Set

2 The Writer Vince Gassi received his Bachelor o Music rom the niversity o Western Ontario in London, Canada, and later studied comosing and arranging at the Dick Grove School o Music in Los Angeles, Caliornia While there, he studied rivately ith the internationally renoned trumet layer and rass teacher, Claude Gordon In addition to his many years as a rivate rass instructor, Vince has taught Instrumental Music at the elementary and secondary school levels Currently, he is teaching Instrumental Music at Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School in Toronto, Canada His ulished orks are or concert and, azz ensemle, string orchestra, and oodind and rass ensemle Vince has comleted commissions or honor ands, university ensemles, and symhony orchestras and has recently egun riting or television and ilm lease contact the comoser i you require any urther inormation aout this iece or his availaility or commissioning ne orks and aearances vincegassi@enmusiccom REVIEW Alternate arts Sometimes there may e layers ho ish to oin the and ho do not lay a standard azz and instrument (lute, clarinet, tua, etc) Also, there may e situations hen one o the listed required instruments is not resent On our esite, under each iece, is a list o alternate and sustitute arts that are availale as a ree donload or use ith the ensemle There are arts or: lute, Clarinet, Clarinet, Horn, tone Trele Cle and Tua There are sustitute arts or: Alto Sax - lays Tromone 1 art Tenor Sax - lays Tromone 1 art or more inormation on the EMERGING AZZ SERIES - instrument ranges, lots o ree donloadale alternate arts, coies o the guitar/drum sheet, ull length M3s and more, lease visit enmusiccom/azz

3 Getting Started Starting a azz and can seem like a huge task You may or may not have any azz laying exerience and are not quite sure here to start Here are some general things to think aout: Try to have the minimum instrumentation covered, even i it means that you do not have the instrumentation o a traditional azz and (use alternate arts i necessary) In order to arrange a chart so that it is layale ith minimum instrumentation, sometimes the range o the 3rd trumet/tromone is higher than the 2nd I you have a ull and, have a stronger layer on the 3rd art, rather than the 2nd Look over the score and select a section in hich all layers lay (esecially a unison section) irst, have the rhythm section lay don the groove Next, have the horn sections sing their rhythms ith articulations inally, have the horns lay their arts along ith the rhythm section Try to get your and to lay ith the correct eel eore trying to conquer the notes o the entire iece azz Terms reak - A rie solo assage during a cessation o the accomaniment, usually only one or to ars in length call and resonse - The erormance o musical items in alternation eteen to distinct grous o musicians or eteen a soloist and a grou coming - to rovide a chordal accomaniment or a soloist all o - A gliss hich alls rom the end o a chord or note lay ack - To lay slightly ehind the eat ri - A short melodic idea hich is reeated as an accomaniment ehind a soloist Traditional Set- Rhythm Section REVIEW shout chorus - a climactic chorus o a and arrangement sto time - hen the rhythm section stos laying or art o one or more ars, hile the soloist continues unaccomanied Kno your layers Select charts that your students ill e ale to lay successully, ut ill also rovide a challenge so they ill not get ored easily and ill learn something ne Include dierent styles o azz music in your reertoire Guitar Trumets 1 3 Tromones Saxes Alto 1 sing eighths - a trilet sudivision eel here the irst eighth note is held longer than the second (although ritten the same) Suggested Articulations q q q - DAH - long - DIT - short - TAH - long accent q^ q q q - TT - short accent - DAHT - long-sto - DOO-DAH - sing

4 Role o the Rhythm Section azz Styles The rhythm section (drums, ass, iano and otional guitar) is key These layers kee the time, rovide the harmony and create the groove or each iece TIME - keeing the time steady; creating the ulse GROOVE - roviding the su-division or the style; creating rhythmic interaction ith the and HARMONY - roviding the harmonic rogression or the melody or imrovisation suly the stylistic oundation lock in the groove ith the ass emellish the rhythm ith the guitar and iano REVIEW Mamo Aro-Cuan style ith stress on the and o 2 straight-eighth sudivision creates the groove ith the drums rovides the harmonic rogression Guitar creates a harmonic groove y roviding the rogression, hile laying a rhythmic groove has a delicate relationshi ith the iano creates harmonic groove ith the guitar, ut the to should not conlict ith each other uses coming rhythms Sing characterized y a trilet sudivision and uses uneven eighth notes sutle stress o eats 2 and Rock relies on a solid ackeat (emhasis on eats 2 and ) straight eighth sudivision reeated atterns Shule a cross eteen sing and rock styles y stressing the ackeat and using the trilet sudivision groove rimarily created y ass and drums Sama a light, Brazilian-ased style ith stress is ON eat 3 relies on straight-eighth sudivision and a artito alto (chordal) rhythm unk sixteenth note sudivision and syncoation, articularly in the ass eats 2 and rominent in snare drum oten comlex, unison lines erormed y horns Ballad a slo temo, azz allad los seamlessly through various sudivisions (straight-eighth, trilet, or doule time) needs sace; laid ack eel

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11 # n - n n - - # Tt 1,2 n Tt 3, Trn 1,2 - REVIEW - - n Trn 3, - - B 7 A o 7 B 7 m7 E ma7 E ma7 m7 G m7 A ma7 7 # n n Cr Cym O CANADA g O

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15 N - Tt 1,2 A - - Tt 3, Trn 1,2 N - - REVIEW n - Trn 3, n - m9 B 7 E ma7 D ma7 E ma7 D ma7 E ma7 D ma7 E ma7 n - - n n O CANADA g O ot ill -ad li Oæ 69 Oæ

16 Tt 1,2 Tt 3, Trn 1,2 Trn 3, Sing Medium Sing q» 120 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ E ma7 ^ ^ ^ ^ REVIEW ^ ^ A ma7 E ma7 m7/b ^ E ma7 ^ ^ A ma7 m7/b E 6 - C m E 6 B 7 # n n n n E 6 7 O CANADA g 12 X 2 3 ill n 9

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20 Rock Straight Eighths q» 86 # # n # n n # n n Tt 1,2 Tt 3, Trn 1,2 Trn 3, E E /D C m7 n E m7 G m7 A ma7 A ma7/b B 7 n n E 7 n n B 6 n n n REVIEW n n B 6 7 n n B 7 n HH (Closed) O CANADA g

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