With all of the fine trumpet players in the world today, it is a challenge to decide which ones to feature. Making my decision this time was much easier for I have a vested interest in this gentleman. His name is John Hess and he was kind enough to send me this video which he recorded/performed and produced using one of my arrangements. Sometimes it’s nice to pat yourself on the back as long as you can control your ego.
Just as it would be impossible to name my favorite child, it would also be impossible for me to name my favorite arrangement. To narrow the field down a little from the two hundred and fifty five arrangements that I have listed on my site, I thought I would list the top three (when possible) from each of the fifteen categories. Some have been selected for their creativity; some were included because of their uniqueness and some because of the possible value to the trumpet literature. Latin • Malaguenia • De Torreon a Lerdo • Girl from Ipanema • Besame…
After nearly eighteen months of adding arrangements to my trumpetensemblemusic.com site, I thought it would be appropriate to answer an often asked question- Which is your favorite arrangement? Just as it would be impossible to name my favorite child, it would also be impossible for me to name my favorite arrangement. To narrow the field down a little from the two hundred and fifty five arrangements that I have listed on my site, I thought I would list the top three (when possible) from each of the fifteen categories. Some have been selected for their creativity; some were included because…
Download work sheet here- Getting Started At Midi Arranging Listen to MP3 examples here- MP3 musical examples 1. Access material for project Open your Internet Browser and paste this URL in the box at the top. http://www.barbershop.org/document-center/category/19-free-music-for-printing.html 2. Print sheet music Print out sheet music for “You’re a Grand Old Flag”, second song from the bottom of the page. Page #1 of downloads 3. Set up score in Finale- Start your Finale program and set the Wizard for SATB. Set it up for cut time, four flats, half note pickup and 69 measures in length. 4. Enter individual parts…