Eas Duration 3:30 B112 YOU MUST KNOW EMERGING AZZ SERIES RYAN MEEBOER You Must Kno opens ith a un mixture o sncopated rhthms and the poer o a rock chart that ill gra anone's attention This sama tune is meant to e plaed ith lots o energ using an upeat tempo to keep the excitement going throughout Start making sure the rhthm section can la don a tight eel and lock it in right hen the egin plaing the groove at measure 9 The tenors and tromones pla the main melod rom measures 25 through 39 to help create a contrasting eel rom the rest o the chart, hich is meant to e plaed ith more energ Make sure the trumpet and alto ackgrounds, eginning a measure 32, help uild up to the next section, ut do not overpoer the tenor and tromone line *Trumpet 2 Trumpet 3 The iv7 chord changes in D minor starting at measure 57, are simple enough or perormers to either pla the ritten solos or improvise their on, using a D minor concert scale (alternating a natural minor on the chord and a melodic minor on the A7 chord) enpmusiccom Instrumentation: *Alto Sax 1 *Alto Sax 2 *Tenor Sax 1 Tenor Sax 2 tone Sax *Trumpet 1 *Tromone 1 Tromone 2 Tromone 3 * * *Drum Set * required instrument
The Writer Ran Meeoer is a music educator ho otained his degree through the Ontario Institute or Studies in Education at the Universit o Toronto As a composer, he has ritten and arranged man pieces or students in concert and azz ands, and has also composed and arranged pieces or small universit comos As a perormer, he has had experience in man groups, including concert and stage ands, chamer choir, vocal azz ensemle, pop groups, acoustic duets, and the Hamilton ased sing group, The Main Sing onnection Ran Meeoer egan studing music at the age o seven through private guitar lessons During his ears in elementar and secondar school, Ran gained experience in several amilies o instruments ocusing on music education and theor (including composition and orchestration), he attended McMaster Universit to achieve his honours degree in music Ran has een commissioned several school and communit groups throughout Ontario His orks are oten perormed at estivals and man o his pieces are ound on contest and estival lists He is equall comortale riting traditional ind music and azz, and this harmonic vocaular is present in his original orks Mr Meeoer continues riting hile teaching elementar school in Burlington, Ontario, anada lease contact the composer i ou require an urther inormation aout this piece or his availailit or commissioning ne orks and appearances ranmeeoer@enpmusiccom Sometimes there ma e plaers ho ish to oin the and ho do not pla a standard azz and instrument (lute, clarinet, tua, etc) Also, there ma 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 arts There are parts or: lute, larinet, larinet, Horn, tone Trele le and Tua There are sustitute parts or: Alto Sax plas Tromone 1 part Tenor Sax plas 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 M3s and more, please visit enpmusiccom/azz
Getting Started Starting a azz and can seem like a huge task You ma or ma not have an azz plaing experience and are not quite sure here to start Here are some general things to think aout: Tr to have the minimum instrumentation covered, even i it means that ou do not have the instrumentation o a traditional azz and (use alternate parts i necessar) In order to arrange a chart so that it is plaale ith minimum instrumentation, sometimes the range o the 3rd trumpet/tromone is higher than the 2nd I ou have a ull and, have a stronger plaer on the 3rd part, rather than the 2nd Look over the score and select a section in hich all plaers pla (especiall a unison section) irst, have the rhthm section la don the groove Next, have the horn sections sing their rhthms ith articulations inall, have the horns pla their parts along ith the rhthm section Tr to get our and to pla ith the correct eel eore tring to conquer the notes o the entire piece azz Terms reak A rie solo passage during a cessation o the accompaniment, usuall onl 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 la ack To pla slightl ehind the eat ri A short melodic idea hich is repeated as an accompaniment ehind a soloist Traditional SetUp Rhthm Section shout chorus a climactic chorus o a and arrangement stop time hen the rhthm section stops plaing or part o one or more ars, hile the soloist continues unaccompanied Kno our plaers Select charts that our students ill e ale to pla successull, ut ill also provide a challenge so the ill not get ored easil and ill learn something ne Include dierent stles o azz music in our repertoire 2 2 1 3 4 Trumpets 1 3 Tromones Saxes Alto 1 4 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 longstop DOODAH sing
Role o the Rhthm Section azz Stles The rhthm section (drums, ass, piano and optional guitar) is ke These plaers keep the time, provide the harmon and create the groove or each piece TIME keeping the time stead; creating the pulse GROOVE providing the sudivision or the stle; creating rhthmic interaction ith the and HARMONY providing the harmonic progression or the melod or improvisation suppl the stlistic oundation lock in the groove ith the ass emellish the rhthm ith the guitar and piano REVIEW Mamo ONLY Arouan stle ith stress on the and o 2 straighteighth sudivision creates the groove ith the drums provides the harmonic progression creates a harmonic groove providing the progression, hile plaing a rhthmic 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 rhthms Sing characterized a triplet sudivision and uses uneven eighth notes sutle stress o eats 2 and 4 Rock relies on a solid ackeat (emphasis on eats 2 and 4) straight eighth sudivision repeated patterns Shule a cross eteen sing and rock stles stressing the ackeat and using the triplet sudivision groove primaril created ass and drums Sama a light, Brazilianased stle ith stress is ON eat 3 relies on straighteighth sudivision and a partito alto (chordal) rhthm unk sixteenth note sudivision and sncopation, particularl in the ass eats 2 and 4 prominent in snare drum oten complex, unison lines perormed horns Ballad a slo tempo, azz allad los seamlessl through various sudivisions (straighteighth, triplet, or doule time) needs space; laid ack eel
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