By the Clear Fountain

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1 Duration: 1:50 GRADE 0.5 CB17318 $5.00 By the ear ountain A La aire ontaine Canadian olk Song Arranged by Ryan Meeboer Instrumentation: lute - 8 oe - 2 Bb arinet - 8 Bb Bass arinet - 2 Eb Alto Saxohone - 6 Bb Tenor Saxohone - 2 Eb tone Saxohone - 1 Bb Trumet - 6 Horn - 2 Trombone - tone, Bassoon - 3 tone Treble e String Bass Triangle, Crash Cymbals, Bass Drum, Rainstick, Susended Cymbal, Wind Chimes -

2 By the ear ountain A La aire ontaine Canadian olk Song Arranged by Ryan Meeboer By the ear ountain (A La aire ontaine) is a song that tells o a young man s thoughts about a young oman that he loves. This song originated in rance, but as brought to Canada many years ago and has become a art o Canadian heritage. It as considered to be a olitical song used by rench-canadians rior to Conederation. This arrangement o the Canadian olk song is simliied or beginning bands to ork on techniques or laying a lyrical iece o music. Rhythms mostly consist o using hal and quarter notes, and the ranges o most instruments stay ithin the irst six notes learned in most method books. rior to orking on the iece, send time orking on sustaining long tones, and ocussing on legato tonguing, in order to kee the smooth motion o the iece consistent throughout. Try racticing some o the rhythms o the iece on a single itch so students can ocus on this skill, beore trying to add the itches. It oens using ragments o the melodies rom the verse and rerain o the original song, used in call resonse orm. The rainstick in the ercussion is imortant, as it relects the running aters o the ountain reerred to in the lyrics. The main body o the iece is arranged in a chorale ashion, ith all the arts moving together to rovide harmony or the melody layed by the lute, clarinet or alto saxohone. The trumet erorms a heroic counter-melody at measure 13. It is imortant that the trumet is heard here, but do not overoer the main melody in the lute and alto saxohone. At measure 21, the lo inds and brass erorm a dee rerain oening. I any instruments are missing, this art can be easily covered by trombone i necessary. The chorale-like style o the iece returns at measure 25, beore the iece closes ith a reeat o the introduction. By the clear ountain, going or a alk I ound the ater so clear I had to bathe. Rerain: I've loved you or a long time, I ill never orget you nder the oak's leaves, I lay and dried. On the highest bough, a nightingale sang. Sing, nightingale, sing, you o the joyous heart. Your heart is to laugh, mine is to cry. This olk song arrangement is art o a collection or young band celebrating Canada s 150th anniversary since joining Conederation. ISBN: CATALOG NMBER: CB17318 COST: $5.00 DRATION: 1:50 DIICLTY RATING:GRADE 0.5 Concert Band.enmusic.com

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