It Don t Mean a Thing (I It Ain t Got That Sing) Music y Due Ellington Words y Irving Mills Arranged y Ralph ord INSTRUMENTATION Conductor C lute (Optional) 1st E Alto Saxophone 2nd E Alto Saxophone 1st B Tenor Saxophone 2nd B Tenor Saxophone E Baritone Saxophone (Optional) 1st B Trumpet 2nd B Trumpet 3rd B Trumpet 4th B Trumpet (Optional) 1st Tromone 2nd Tromone 3rd Tromone (Optional) 4th Tromone (Optional) Guitar Chords Guitar (Optional) iano revie Only Optional/Alternate arts B Clarinet Viraphone Tua Horn in (Doules 1st Tromone) 1st Baritone Horn TC/B Tenor Saxophone (Doules 1st Tromone) 2nd Baritone Horn TC/B Tenor Saxophone (Doules 2nd Tromone)
NOTES TO THE CONDUCTOR Recognized as one o the standards o jazz, Due Ellington s masterpiece composition has een covered y hundreds i not thousands o artists rom all genres o music This arrangement includes an added tist o stating the irst hal, or our measures, o the verse in a Latin style, and then ansering ith the second hal (our measures) o the verse in a sing style or rehearsal purposes, it ill e imperative or the rhythm section to rehearse this transition to ensure a smooth change o eel eteen the styles The ey dierence in these to patterns is the Latin to sing rhythms in the drums and piano, and the change rom a samastyle ass ri to a aling ass pattern The inds should sing the eighths in the sing section ut play eighths more straight and even in the Latin section These dierences ecome less ovious at a aster tempo The ind articulation stays much the same in eteen the to styles, utilizing longshort (doodaht) eighthnote patterns Be sure to exaggerate the dynamic rom mm 32 35, ith a ig hit and allo on the last hal o m 35 leading into the solo sections at m 36 In general, marcato, or rootop, marings are detached and accented thin daht Staccatos are short ut not clipped or too short There are ritten solos eginning at m 36 or tenor 1 and trumpet 1 eel ree to cue the acgrounds at your discretion, particularly i the solo section is repeated more than tice or additional solos As in the verse and throughout the chart, the transer o styles remains constant Leading into the ending o the chart, eginning at m 99, direct the uild to start sotly and exaggerate to the conclusion Enjoy a ne tae on the classic Ellington masterpiece! Enjoy! Ralph ord Ralph ord Ralph ord ( 1963) is a composer, arranger, conductor, educator, media creator, producer, riter, radio host, and announcer ith over thirty years o experience in these various genres He is an exclusive composer and arranger or the Belin division o Alred Music, ith over 240 titles availale orldide or orchestra, concert and, jazz ensemle, and marching and He earned his undergraduate degree in 1986 and his Master o Science degree in 1988 rom Troy He as then appointed to the Troy music aculty here he taught orchestration, arranging, theory, technology, jazz studies, and applied rass olloed y his appointment as director o ands, coordinator o inds and percussion, and proessor o music Ralph retired rom Troy University in June 2011 revie Only A requently commissioned composer, his music has een premiered and perormed y university, military, proessional, community, and school ensemles around the orld Ralph is also in demand as a conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and guest lecturer throughout the United States and aroad
IT DON T MEAN A THING (I It Ain t Got That Sing) CONDUCTOR Music y Due Ellington 46157S Words y Irving Mills Arranged Latin ç = 100112 C lute C (Optional) n n n n A n n n y Ralph ord 1st EÑ Alto Saxophone C n # # # N n 2nd EÑ Alto Saxophone C n # # # N n # 1st BÑ Tenor Saxophone C n # n # n N # N 2nd BÑ Tenor Saxophone C n # n # n N # N EÑ Baritone Saxophone C (Optional) 1st BÑ Trumpet C \ n # n ß 2nd BÑ Trumpet C n n \ n # N ß 3rd BÑ Trumpet C n # n \ 4th BÑ Trumpet ß C (Optional) # # \ n n # ß 1st Tromone C 2nd Tromone C n n n n n n n n 3rd Tromone C (Optional) 4th Tromone n C n n n (Optional) Guitar C 9 B! 9 C 9 C (Optional) B! 9 C 9 B! 9 C 9 B! 9 C 9 C n iano n n C n n n n n n n n n n n n n C C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1932 (Reneed) EMI MILLS MUSIC, INC and SONY/ATV MUSIC UBLISHING LLC Exclusive rint Rights or EMI MILLS MUSIC, INC Administered y ALRED MUSIC This Arrangement 2017 EMI MILLS MUSIC, INC and SONY/ATV MUSIC UBLISHING LLC All Rights Reserved including ulic erormance revie Only
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lute Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt 3 Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn 3 Tn 4 Gtr no {33} N N N E! È ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ A! 7 A D! 6 E! È A n n n 33 34 35 36 37 38 N # # N # N n E n N 5 B! È B! ô n n n n Eô n n ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ N n n B! 7 A E! A! 9 ß A n n # n n n revie Only n n N n n n G7 G! 9 39 40
lute Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt 3 Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn 3 Tn 4 Gtr no {41} Latin # # # # N n n Á n Ê( 7) # n # n # n # n 41 42 43 n n n n A n È n Á n n n A A A A n n n D! 7 C7 Ê n 6 44 Sing n n B! 7 n n n 45 # n # # n n n Eô n n n n n n n 46 47 48 E! W A A È revie Only 3
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{56} lute Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt 3 Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn 3 Tn 4 Gtr no Latin (Solos on cue TSax/Tpt) Ê( 7) n n 56 Bgrds on cue Solo 2nd Time G N Solo 1st Time G E! 7 D7 GÁ ( Bgrds ) (Bgrds) # E! 7 D7 GÁ ( A ) (Bgrds) n (Bgrds) ( Bgrds ) n n n n D! 7 C7 Á n 8 ( Bgrds ) ( Bgrds ) (Bgrds) C7 n # (Bgrds) (Bgrds) (Bgrds) C7 n 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 # B! 7 n n n # ô # ô Eô n # n n n N W B! 7 A N W B! 7 N A A A E! W A! 7 revie Only D # # D n C n n
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lute Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt 3 Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn 3 Tn 4 Gtr no {72} Sing È È E! È A A A A B! 9 B! 9 A! 9 E! 7 E! 7 D! 7 È È E! È N N # # N # n N N # E n N n E! 7/G E! 7/G D! 7/ 10 n C7 n n C7 n # B! 7 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 n n n n n C; N C; B! ; n N 9 A 9 E! 9 A Repeat as needed or solos # Dõ n Dõ n # Cõ n n revie Only
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