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Mountain King Swing - in progress
Hi friends,
I decided to do something a little different. I did something like this with Fred Winterling some years back, and we had a blast. Fred is no longer with us (r.i.p.), but I thought I'd put this "work in progress" out there and see what comments and suggestions I get I sometimes use the melody line from "In the Hall of the Mountain King" as a warm up exercise on my bass at band practice. I started "swinging" it a bit, and some of the guys would sort of doodle around it, so I thought "why not get a swing arrangement?" I looked around on the internet, and believe it or not, I could only find a quartet, a quintet, and a couple of recordings of an old but never in print arrangement for swing band, but no big band arrangements (I did find one on a UK site, but no samples; I emailed them, but still no replies). So I decided to do my own I'll confess up front that this is one of the areas that made me fall in love with Notation Composer, because otherwise someone like me would never be able to produce this kind of arrangement.
If you hear or see places where "real live" musicians might struggle, please let me know. Any other comments/suggestions/tweaks are also welcome! Please note that this file is not tweaked for performance either - this is the "rough cut" in the works. This is partly to encourage folks to see that getting a good arrangement does take some work, and to know that it can be pretty rough at first MountainKingSwing-WORKING_Copy_029.not ttfn, Sherry
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Re: Mountain King Swing - in progress
Hi Sherry,
You are doing an excellent job! I like the variations in color, and you shouldn't demean your drum part -- it is quite infectious. I did you the honor of transporting your Composer file downstairs to listen with the best sound card in the house (Clavinova) and it was rocking! You also got a "standing O" from the kitchen upstairs, where Cynthia is baking, and well within earshot. Keep up the good work! Ralph |
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Re: Mountain King Swing - in progress
Hi friends,
Ralph, thanks for the encouragement, and tell Cynthia that I appreciate the complimentary "O" I consulted with various band members to make sure that various items were indeed playable, and "the boss" (aka Bill Denbrock, leader of the band) gives it a thumbs up, so here's the final version. MountainKingSwing-DONE_051.not I created a "short sheet" for the drummer as well, rather than printing out the version that is with the main file, so I'm posting both of the "final" files. MountainKingSwing-DRUMS_Copy_050_GM.not The "DONE" one is to hear and see all the instruments. The "Drums" file is just for printing the "drum sketch" part that I'm printing off for our drummer (he's really good). (If you try playing the "Drums" file, you won't hear much because there aren't any notes in it except the first two bars ) Enjoy Sherry
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Re: Mountain King Swing - in progress
The Hall of the Swingin' King!
Nice. Had a thought: how about a files section here where people can upload ORIGINAL compositions they wish to share (no copies of copyrighted material, of course) in .not format. We have this Share Your Music section the forum, but a files archive would be more permanent and easier to search. |
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Re: Mountain King Swing - in progress
Hi Sherry,
You get a delayed response from me due to travel commitments, but I finally got a chance to listen tonight. First, I have to say, Clarice (my Clavinova) did not like the percussion parts, so in order to hear your piece properly, I had to listen on my GM PC. Clarice just doesn't like GM drums. I think I told you back in my early Composer days that my drum parts from the Clavinova sounded like a bad violin on General Midi. You've done a good job. I would like to hear it played by the band, as I think they will convey your swing feel better. The interplay and the mixing of horn colors is very good throughout, but your chart really gets going after measure 145 -- a very nice change in momentum, even though there is no accelerando, it feels like there is. I find your separate drums score very interesting. Thanks for planting the seeds of how to better handle repetitive percussion parts. Thank you for sharing. David has a good idea. Would it be difficult to set aside an area original works? Ralph |
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Re: Mountain King Swing - in progress
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I'll give it some thought, and if anyone has any ideas about how to put something like that together (and keep it organized), I'm all ears! Thanks for the feedback guys - I always appreciate constructive comments, whether it's confirming something already there or suggesting change ttfn, Sherry
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