Big Band Arranging Analysis Pages 3 5
Score for study available at:
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In this lesson, we examine the bridge and last “A” section. Before I made the video, I wrote down the following, so I will cover these specific points during the video. You will need pages 3 and 4 for reference.
1) articulations needed in trombone solo
2) 4 bars passing melody around by section is very “dance bandy”
3)m.21 sax resolves to Dmi11, should be G dominant 7th
4) m25 the “and” of 2 A9 chord in tpt, not sus chord, change trpt 2 note to D
5) m 25 cross voicing in tpt 2 and trp 4 on beat 4, not really needed because of tempo
6) m 27 melody is altered, why? 1/2 of 2 in saxes clashes with bones D7
7) m 27 rhythm does not lead into last 8 bars, ensemble rhythm with drum fill?
8) m 29, sort of anticlimactic to have just saxes play melody again by themselves. how about full ensemble for at least 4 bars?
9) Could not make that call because of tpt mutes. Plan ahead for build up to last 8 bars of head
10)Drums: simply put quarter-dotted eighth, sixteenth swing figure.
11) Current marking is somewhat like a drone or march
12) How about brushes for first half then sticks?
13) Drums should have more one bar repeats rather than every bar written out
14) Piano solo “G” octave actually clashes with bone melody. Is the 11th of the Dmi11 chord, not as strong to the ear as the root of the chord
Previous tutorials in this series in order:
Leadsheet Reharmonization
• Things We Did Last Summer Reharmonization ...
Big Band Arranging & Analysis Class Lesson 1
• Big Band Arranging & Analysis Class Less...
Big Band Arranging & Analysis Class Lesson 2
• Big Band Analysis & Arranging | Lesson 2...
Big Band Analysis & Arranging Macro Overview
• Big Band Analysis & Arranging Macro Overview
Big Band Analysis & Arranging Sax Soli M. 5-13
• Big Band Arranging & Analysis Sax Soli M ...
Big Band Analysis & Arranging - Trombones M. 5-23
• Big Band Arranging & Analysis Lesson 4 Tro...
A continuation of the analysis and arranging project on the tune, The Things We Did Last Summer. This course is dual in nature, going through a student chart while I arrange a chart on the same tune, laying out my choices and methodology along the way