Easy Duration 2:30 B11 SLEEPWALK EMERGING AZZ SERIES RYAN MEEBOER Sleepalk is a ump sing chart olloing the tradition o Sing, Sing, Sing Repetitive ris are played y all instruments throughout that are guaranteed to get the perormers and listeners excited aout this chart Solos starting PREVIEW at measure 5 ollo a 12-ar lues progression in C minor ONLY (concert pitch), so solos can easily e improvised y perormers, either y using a C natural minor concert scale, or y using a C lues scale (C E # G B) or a little more lavour When the gradual entry section egins at measure 69, e sure the ne material alays stands out Also, since the rass and sax lines are dierent, make sure that all the lines in this section end together enpmusiccom Instrumentation: *Alto Sax 1 *Alto Sax 2 *Tenor Sax 1 Tenor Sax 2 tone Sax *Trumpet 1 *Trumpet 2 Trumpet 3 *Tromone 1 Tromone 2 Tromone 3 Guitar * * Guitar *Drum Set * required instrument
The Writer Ryan Meeoer is a music educator ho otained his degree through the Ontario Institute or Studies in Education at the University o Toronto As a composer, he has ritten and arranged many pieces or students in concert and azz ands, and has also composed and arranged pieces or small university comos As a perormer, he has had experience in many groups, including concert and stage ands, chamer choir, vocal azz ensemle, pop groups, acoustic duets, and the Hamilton ased sing group, The Main Sing Connection Ryan Meeoer egan studying music at the age o seven through private guitar lessons During his years in elementary and secondary school, Ryan gained experience in several amilies o instruments ocusing on music education and theory (including composition and orchestration), he attended McMaster University to achieve his honours degree in music Ryan has een commissioned y several school and community groups throughout Ontario His orks are oten perormed at estivals and many o his pieces are ound on contest and estival lists He is equally comortale riting traditional ind music and azz, and this harmonic vocaulary is present in his original orks Mr Meeoer continues riting hile teaching elementary school in Burlington, Ontario, Canada Please contact the composer i you require any urther inormation aout this piece or his availaility or commissioning ne orks and appearances ryanmeeoer@enpmusiccom Sometimes there may e players ho ish to oin the and ho do not play a standard azz and instrument (lute, clarinet, tua, etc) Also, there may e situations hen one o the listed required instruments is not present On our esite, under each piece, is a list o alternate and sustitute parts that are availale as a ree donload or use ith the ensemle Alternate Parts There are parts or: lute, Clarinet, Clarinet, Horn, tone Trele Cle and Tua There are sustitute parts or: Alto Sax - plays Tromone 1 part Tenor Sax - plays Tromone 1 part or more inormation on the EMERGING AZZ SERIES - instrument ranges, lots o ree donloadale alternate parts, copies o the guitar/drum sheet, ull length MP3s and more, please visit enpmusiccom/azz
Getting Started Starting a azz and can seem like a huge task You may or may not have any azz playing experience 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 parts i necessary) In order to arrange a chart so that it is playale ith minimum instrumentation, sometimes the range o the 3rd trumpet/tromone is higher than the 2nd I you have a ull and, have a stronger player on the 3rd part, rather than the 2nd Look over the score and select a section in hich all players play (especially 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 play their parts along ith the rhythm section Try to get your and to play ith the correct eel eore trying to conquer the notes o the entire piece azz Terms reak - A rie solo passage during a cessation o the accompaniment, usually only one or to ars in length call and response - The perormance o musical items in alternation eteen to distinct groups o musicians or eteen a soloist and a group comping - to provide a chordal accompaniment or a soloist all o - A gliss hich alls rom the end o a chord or note lay ack - To play slightly ehind the eat ri - A short melodic idea hich is repeated as an accompaniment ehind a soloist Traditional Set-Up Rhythm Section shout chorus - a climactic chorus o a and arrangement stop time - hen the rhythm section stops playing or part o one or more ars, hile the soloist continues unaccompanied Kno your players Select charts that your students ill e ale to play successully, ut ill also provide a challenge so they ill not get ored easily and ill learn something ne Include dierent styles o azz music in your repertoire Guitar 2 2 1 3 Trumpets 1 3 Tromones Saxes Alto 1 sing eighths - a triplet 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 - TUT - short accent - DAHT - long-stop - DOO-DAH - sing
Role o the Rhythm Section azz Styles The rhythm section (drums, ass, piano and optional guitar) is key These players keep the time, provide the harmony and create the groove or each piece TIME - keeping the time steady; creating the pulse GROOVE - providing the su-division or the style; creating rhythmic interaction ith the and HARMONY - providing the harmonic progression or the melody or improvisation supply the stylistic oundation lock in the groove ith the ass emellish the rhythm ith the guitar and piano PREVIEW Mamo ONLY Aro-Cuan style ith stress on the and o 2 straight-eighth sudivision creates the groove ith the drums provides the harmonic progression Guitar creates a harmonic groove y providing the progression, hile playing a rhythmic groove has a delicate relationship ith the piano creates harmonic groove ith the guitar, ut the to should not conlict ith each other uses comping rhythms Sing characterized y a triplet sudivision and uses uneven eighth notes sutle stress o eats 2 and Rock relies on a solid ackeat (emphasis on eats 2 and ) straight eighth sudivision repeated patterns Shule a cross eteen sing and rock styles y stressing the ackeat and using the triplet sudivision groove primarily created y ass and drums Sama a light, Brazilian-ased style ith stress is ON eat 3 relies on straight-eighth sudivision and a partito alto (chordal) rhythm unk sixteenth note sudivision and syncopation, particularly in the ass eats 2 and prominent in snare drum oten complex, unison lines perormed y horns Ballad a slo tempo, azz allad los seamlessly through various sudivisions (straight-eighth, triplet, or doule time) needs space; laid ack eel
E Alto Sax 1 E Alto Sax 2 B Tenor Sax 1 Sing q=192 3 q q = q e - - ḟ - SLEEPWALK # k # k # - õ õ õ Ryan Meeoer B Tenor Sax 2 ḟ - # - õ E tone Sax B Trumpet 1 k # - # - õ õ B Trumpet 2 ḟ ḟ k k õ B Trumpet 3 Tromone 1 Tromone 2 Tromone 3 Guitar Guitar Drum Set ḟ Closed Hi-Hat k PREVIEW k õ ONLY - n - õ - - õ - 2 G 7 Û n n 3 - Û C m Û n k - k õ Û õ õ õ õ õ Lo Tom Hi-Hat ith oot 2011 EIGHTH NOTE PUBLICATIONS enpmusiccom 6 7 8 3 9
Ḟ Ḟ Ḟ Ḟ Trn 1 Ḟ Trn 2 Trn 3 Ḟ Sleepalk pg 2 10 11 12 13 1 15 16 17 18
Ḟ - Ḟ - - - - k k k k k k Trn 1 Trn 2 k k - - k Trn 3 - k k k - Sleepalk pg 3 19 20 21 22 23 2 25 26 27
- - - # - - - - - - # # k - - - Ṗ k Ṗ k Ṗ Trn 1 Trn 2 Trn 3 k PREVIEW ONLY n - - - k ÛṖ m7 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û C Û m7 Û Û Û Ṗ P P P Û Û Û Û k k P Sleepalk pg 28 29 30-31 32 P P Ride 33 3 35 Õ 36 3
- n # - # Nḟ - - n # - ḟ n - - n n - # ḟ - n n # k n ḟ # ḟ k # ḟ k Trn 1 Trn 2 Trn 3 m7 Û Û Û Û k PREVIEW ḟ ONLY n n Û Û Û Û A Û 7 Û Û Û G Û 7 Û Û Û 37 38 39 n Õ 0 ḟ Sleepalk pg 5 1 2 3 5
- - Solo # A m7 n - # D m7 n - k - k ṗ - k ṗ k Trn 1 Trn 2 k k ṗ - - p - ṗ - Trn 3 - k k k - C m7 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û m7 p - Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Sleepalk pg 6 6 7 8 Ride 9 50 51 52 53 5
A m7 E 7 - # # A m7 - E 7 - k # - # k Solo D m7 n - - Trn 1 k - k n - n Trn 2 - - Trn 3 - - Cm7 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û G Û 7 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Cm7 Û Û Û Û G Û 7 Û Û Û Cm7 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û n n n n n Õ Ride Sleepalk pg 7 55 56 57 58 59 60 3 61 62 63
tutti G m7 p p - - - p - p ṗ - k k - - - - - D m7 A 7 k # - # - - - - D m7 k # ḟ A 7 ḟ #ḟ tutti ḟ Trn 1 Trn 2 - - n - n - - - n Trn 3 - - - ḟ ḟ Û Û Û Û m7 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Cm7 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û G Û 7 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û C Û m7 Û Û Û G Û 7 Û Û Û n n n n Õ Sleepalk pg 8 6 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 3
play 1st time only (optional drum solo) ü ü ü ü ü ü ü Trn 1 Trn 2 Trn 3 ü ü ü ü õ Cm7 Lo Tom Hi-Hat ith oot Sleepalk pg 9 73 7 75 76 77 78 79 80 81
- - Ḟ - - - - # # # - n - n - n Ḟ - - # - n - k - Trn 1 Trn 2 PREVIEW - ONLY k - k - - Trn 3 - k - k - k k k - Sleepalk pg 10 82 83 8 85 86 87 88 89 90
# k k - - # - n # k # k k - - # - n # k # - - - - # - n # - # - - - - # - n # - k - Ḟ k Ḟ k Trn 1 Trn 2 PREVIEW Ḟ ONLY k k - k - Trn 3 k - Ḟ k k k k k - Sleepalk pg 11 91 92 93 9 95 96 97 98 99
k - - # - n # - # Nḟ k - - - # - ḟ - - - # - n n - # - - - - n # k k Ṗ k Ṗ ḟ k Ṗ # ḟ Trn 1 Trn 2 k k k PREVIEW Ṗ ONLY Ṗ Ṗ n n ḟ Trn 3 k k m7 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û C Û m7 Û Û Û P Û Û Û Û m7 Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û A Û 7 Û Û Û G Û 7 Û Û Û k k k n Ride Õ Õ Sleepalk pg 12 100 101 102 103 10 3 105 106 107 108
- - - n - n - - - n - ḟ n ḟ k # k k k k k k k Trn 1 Trn 2 Trn 3 k k k ḟ n ḟ Sleepalk pg 13 109 110 111 112 113 11 Û Cm7 Û C m7/b Closed Hi-Hat 115 116 k n Û Û A 7 G 7 Cm n Û 117