YOUNG BAND Grade Conductor 8 lute Oboe Bassoon st B Clarinet nd B Clarinet B Bass Clarinet 5 E Alto Saxophone B Tenor Saxophone E Baritone Saxophone st B Trumpet nd B Trumpet Horn eliz Naidad Merry Christmas Words and Music by OSÉ ELICIANO Arranged by VICTOR LPEZ INSTRUMENTATION Trombone Baritone Baritone Treble Cle 3 Mallet Percussion (Bells/Small Cobell, Xylophone) Timpani/Claes (Tune: B ) 3 Percussion (Snare Drum/Hi-Hat Cymbals, Bass Drum or Optional Drumset) Percussion (Congas [] or Optional Tom-Toms, Guiro) WORLD PARTS Aailable or donload rom alredcom/orldparts Horn in E Trombone in B Bass Cle Trombone in B Treble Cle Baritone in B Bass Cle in E Bass Cle in E Treble Cle in B Bass Cle in B Treble Cle Preie Only Please note: Our band and orchestra music is no being collated by an automatic high-speed system The enclosed parts are no sorted by page count, rather than score order
PROGRAM NOTES eliz Naidad, ritten in 970 by osé eliciano, is one o the most popular Christmas songs in the orld osé as born blind, to humble beginnings on September 0, 95, in Lares, Puerto Rico One o eleen boys, his loe aair ith music began at the age o three hen he irst accompanied his uncle on a tin cracker can When he as ie, his amily immigrated to Ne York City Young osé learned to play the concertina at age six, using a handul o records as his teacher At eight, he perormed or his classmates at PS 57, and at nine, perormed at The Puerto Rican Theater in the Bronx Venturing beyond the accordion, he taught himsel to play the guitar ith undaunted determination and again, ith nothing but records as his teacher, practiced or as many as hours a day Exposed to the rock-n-roll o the 50s, osé as then inspired to sing At 7, osé quit school His ather as not orking at the time and he needed to help his amily He played in coee houses in Greenich Village and or his salary as as customary during that time period in small clubs they d pass the hat He played his irst proessional engagement that same year in Detroit, Michigan Shortly thereater, a music critic riting o his perormance at Gerde s olk City reerred to him as a 0-ingered izard ho romps, runs, rolls, picks and reerberates his six strings in an incomparable ashion, and added, I you ant to itness the birth o a star, catch Mr eliciano beore he leaes tomorro night Three songs that hae been milestones or eliciano are Light My ire, Che Sara and eliz Naidad Hoeer, eliz Naidad, the Christmas song that has no become a tradition orldide during the holiday season eery year, has had the most success It is a top itunes donload and ASCAP has placed it among the 5 Greatest Holiday Songs o the Century NOTES TO THE CONDUCTOR The unison and tutti section at the beginning and ending o this arrangement is a rhythmic motie that has become a signature or endless numbers o Latin compositions This exciting rhythmic igure sets the tone or the melody, starting ith the pickup at measure 9 Although the melodic material in this arrangement is airly close to the original, there are ariances throughout Please note that there is alays a tendency or young musicians to play popular songs in the style that they hae come to kno Emphasis should be placed on haing students read the ritten igures correctly and not as they hae heard them otherise A strong component o this arrangement is the rhythmic support proided by the percussion section As it is the case ith this arrangement, one characteristic o a Latin rhythm section is to hae seeral musicians playing indiidual repetitie parts at once; almost like a rhythm machine hich is constantly steady It is the combination o all o those ingredients that make it rhythmically special Written in a Latin rock style, the Percussion part proides the basic rock beat hile the Percussion proides authentic Latin components ith the conga drums and guiro Additionally, both the timpani and mallet percussion parts hae been utilized to proide essential Latin percussion instruments The timpani part includes the most undamental o all Latin percussion instruments, the claes Note that the pattern is /3 throughout The player should hold one stick (clae) lightly in one hand ith the palm up and the hand cupped, alloing the sound to resonate I the clae is held tight, it ill produce a choked sound The other hand holds the stick irmly and strikes the indicated rhythm in the center o the resting clae It is suggested that each part be rehearsed separately at irst beore trying to put them all together Each player may ant to research proper posture or holding his/her Latin percussion instrument The combination o both the rock beat and basic authentic Latin Cha-Cha-Cha rhythms is hat makes this ork special Hoeer, the arrangement ill sound ust as eectie ith ust the Percussion or drumset part Starting ith rehearsal number 9 through the irst beat o measure, the counter melody should not oerpoer the melodic line At rehearsal number 5, the rhythmic eel gets more exciting as the small cobell is introduced in the mallet part Note that the quarter notes should be played on the mouth o the bell ith the shoulder o the drum stick and the eighth notes should be played on the center or body o the bell ith the tip o the stick The mouth o the bell should ace out to the audience Note that the rhythmic pattern is ritten in reerse as the mouth o the bell (lo sound) is ritten higher and the shoulder (high sound) ritten loer Preie Only Throughout the entire composition, but especially in this section, as a stylistic concern, pay close attention to the articulations and dynamic markings The Del Segno at measure 0 takes you back to rehearsal number 9 and then to the Coda at the end o measure 3 The Coda is the same as the introduction ith the exception o the last measure Enoy and eliz Naidad to all!
ULL SCORE Approx Duration - :00 lute Oboe Bassoon Bb Clarinets Bb Bass Clarinet Eb Alto Saxophone Bb Tenor Saxophone Eb Baritone Saxophone Bb Trumpets Horn Trombone Baritone Mallet Percussion (Bells/Small Cobell, Xylophone) Timpani (Claes) Percussion (Snare Drum/Hi-Hat Cymbals, Bass Drum or Optional Drumset) Percussion (Conga Drums [] or Optional Tom-Toms, Guiro) 3079S Latin rock = 0 b Latin rock = 0 (Dry sound) Tune: Bb eliz Naidad Merry Christmas - ^ ^ - ^ ^ - ^ ^ - ^ ^ - - - ^ ^ - ^ ^ - ^ ^ - - - ^ ^ - ^ ^ - ^ ^ - - ^ - ^ - ^ - - - 3 970 (Reneed) H PUBLISHING COMPANY This Arrangement 009 H PUBLISHING COMPANY All Rights Resered including Public Perormance Used by Permission ^ - ^ - ^ - ^ - - - ^ - ^ - ^ - Words and Music by osé eliciano Arranged by Victor López - ^ - ^ - ^ - ^ - - - ^ - ^ - ^ - - - ^ - ^ - ^ - Preie Only 5
l Ob Bsn Cls B Cl A Sax T Sax Bar Sax Tpts Hn Tbn Bar Mlt Perc Timp Perc Perc 3079S b ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 6 Bells Xyl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 8 rim shot 9 9 Conga Drums (opt Tom-Toms) % % Guiro Claes (/3 pattern) HH Slap Open 9 Preie Only 0
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6 l Ob Bsn Cls B Cl A Sax T Sax Bar Sax Tpts Hn Tbn Bar Mlt Perc Timp Perc Perc 3079S b 6 7 7 Bells and Xyl 7 8 n 9 b b N b b A Preie Only b 0
l Ob Bsn Cls B Cl A Sax T Sax Bar Sax Tpts Hn Tbn Bar Mlt Perc Timp Perc Perc 3079S b - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N N - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To Coda i To Coda i 3 - - - - - - - - - ^ ^ - - - rs ^ 5 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sm Cobell Preie Only 5 7
8 l - - - - - - - - Ob Bsn Cls B Cl A Sax T Sax Bar Sax Tpts Hn Tbn Bar Mlt Perc Timp Perc b - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - b - - b- - b - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N- - Preie Only Perc 3079S 6 7 8 9 30
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0 l Ob Bsn Cls B Cl A Sax T Sax Bar Sax Tpts Hn Tbn Bar Mlt Perc Timp Perc Perc 3079S b - - - - - - b - - - - - b - - - - b - - - - - - b b b b 36 N - - - N - - - - - - - - - 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N - - - 38 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39 DS % al Coda ^ DS % al Coda Preie Only ^ ^ 0
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l Ob Bsn Cls B Cl A Sax T Sax Bar Sax Tpts Hn Tbn Bar Mlt Perc Timp Perc Perc b - ^ - ^ - ^ - - - - ^ - - ^ - - - - ^ - ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Bells Xyl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Preie Only 3079S 5 6 7 8 9