EasMedium Duration :00 B119 BIG V EMERGING AZZ SERIES RYAN MEEBOER This chart is dedicated to one o the comoser s colleagues, Brian Vincent This iece relects his ersonalit as it is a high energ, consistent, and catch roc tune There are a numer o unison sections in Big V, or examle, measures 1 to 11, o hich erormers ill need PREVIEW to e aare These unison assages can sometimes e diicult ONLY as all the and memers must la the itches, rhthms, articulations, and dnamics erectl in order or it to sound correct and oerul Be sure that all call resonse sections, such as measures 29 through 6, are ell alanced and the acgrounds during the solos are laed to suort the soloist, not dominate All drum ills are notated, ut these are onl suggested, eseciall or the solo ills I easier ills are necessar, or more challenging ones are desired, then modi them to the laer s ailit inall, some o the lics in this iece can e a little tric or an earl azz and, eseciall due to the 'lues' note accidental Practice these measures in isolation to erect the rhthms and itches enmusiccom Instrumentation: *Alto Sax 1 *Alto Sax 2 *Tenor Sax 1 *Tenor Sax 2 tone Sax *Trumet 1 *Trumet 2 *Trumet Trumet 4 *Tromone 1 *Tromone 2 Tromone Tromone 4 Guitar * * Guitar *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 comoser, he has ritten and arranged man ieces or students in concert and azz ands, and has also comosed and arranged ieces or small universit comos As a erormer, he has had exerience in man grous, including concert and stage ands, chamer choir, vocal azz ensemle, o grous, acoustic duets, and the Hamilton ased sing grou, The Main Sing onnection Ran Meeoer egan studing music at the age o seven through rivate guitar lessons During his ears in elementar and secondar school, Ran gained exerience in several amilies o instruments ocusing on music education and theor (including comosition and orchestration), he attended McMaster Universit to achieve his honours degree in music Ran has een commissioned several school and communit grous throughout Ontario His ors are oten erormed at estivals and man o his ieces are ound on contest and estival lists He is equall comortale riting traditional ind music and azz, and this harmonic vocaular is resent in his original ors Mr Meeoer continues riting hile teaching elementar school in Burlington, Ontario, anada Please contact the comoser i ou require an urther inormation aout this iece or his availailit or commissioning ne ors and aearances ranmeeoer@enmusiccom PREVIEW ONLY Sometimes there ma e laers ho ish to oin the and ho do not la a standard azz and instrument (lute, clarinet, tua, etc) Also, there ma e situations hen one o the listed required instruments is not resent On our esite, under each iece, is a list o alternate and sustitute arts that are availale as a ree donload or use ith the ensemle Alternate Parts There are arts or: lute, larinet, larinet, Horn, tone Trele le and Tua There are sustitute arts or: Alto Sax las Tromone 1 art Tenor Sax las Tromone 1 art or more inormation on the EMERGING AZZ SERIES instrument ranges, lots o ree donloadale alternate arts, coies o the guitar/drum sheet, ull length MPs and more, lease visit enmusiccom/azz
Getting Started Starting a azz and can seem lie a huge tas You ma or ma not have an azz laing exerience and are not quite sure here to start Here are some general things to thin 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 arts i necessar) In order to arrange a chart so that it is laale ith minimum instrumentation, sometimes the range o the rd trumet/tromone is higher than the 2nd I ou have a ull and, have a stronger laer on the rd art, rather than the 2nd Loo over the score and select a section in hich all laers la (eseciall 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 la their arts along ith the rhthm section Tr to get our and to la ith the correct eel eore tring to conquer the notes o the entire iece azz Terms rea A rie solo assage during a cessation o the accomaniment, usuall onl one or to ars in length call and resonse The erormance o musical items in alternation eteen to distinct grous o musicians or eteen a soloist and a grou coming to rovide a chordal accomaniment or a soloist all o A gliss hich alls rom the end o a chord or note la ac To la slightl ehind the eat ri A short melodic idea hich is reeated as an accomaniment ehind a soloist Traditional SetU Rhthm Section PREVIEW ONLY shout chorus a climactic chorus o a and arrangement sto time hen the rhthm section stos laing or art o one or more ars, hile the soloist continues unaccomanied Kno our laers Select charts that our students ill e ale to la successull, ut ill also rovide a challenge so the ill not get ored easil and ill learn something ne Include dierent stles o azz music in our reertoire Guitar 2 2 1 4 Trumets 1 Tromones Saxes Alto 1 4 sing eighths a trilet 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 longsto DOODAH sing
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