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Author: rc_clarinetlady
Date: 2005-03-08 07:31
Hello everyone,
Our newly formed trio is struggling a little bit to find some light jazz,pop and show tunes for an upcoming gig. We have some great classical, light classical, Scott Joplin and some, but not much, wedding music for the future. Some of the problems we're running into are that the music is either too easy and cheesy sounding in the arrangements or it is also written with piano option and says piano isn't necessary but it really is to make it sound right. Where do you all find trio music? I've searched online and here in K.C. at Luyben's and J.W. Pepper's. We've bought our music that will work from them. Any specific books or arrangements you know of that work for you would be so appreciated as this gig is March 31. Yikes!
Thanks,
Rebecca
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Author: clarinetwife
Date: 2005-03-08 14:26
Warner has a whole series of trio books out with piano option that yoy may have looked at already. There is a Jazz standards book and a Gershwin book. It is true that some of the tunes work best with the piano. The other option is SSA choral arrangements, especially if you have a store in your area that stocks any choral music. It does help to be able to look at them first since some work better than others. My students played "You are the New Day" by the King's singers in SSA, and it was lovely.
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Author: Brandon
Date: 2005-03-08 16:47
The six Mozart Divertamenti are quite good. Jeanne music is a good source as well. They have an internet site, but I cannot recall it off the top of my head.
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Author: rc_clarinetlady
Date: 2005-03-09 05:29
Thanks everyone. I will start checking it all out.
I just found out that this gig is for a whole bunch of corporate big wigs for a new hospital opening in our area. I don't even know what kind of music to play for that. We were going to play some really nice ragtime I found but we 're going to have to play a bigger and nice variety to please the many different types of people that will be there.
I'm going to go check out those sites now. I'll let you know if I find some good music for the night. Again, thanks. You all are so helpful.
Rebecca
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2005-03-09 11:59
Rebecca,
It would seem that any trio arrangement would work for just about any combination of instruments; what you are after is the harmonic and structural framework and what instrument would make little difference. I know you are a very seasoned player and suspect your trio-mates are as well.
I'd take a look hard at some of the sax and flute trio literature. Then just work out the transpostions or octave shifts or possibly play as is if the chart was originally for all like instruments. I realize that timbre and coloration may not fit but if the Canadian Brass can play about any style, so can you.
Perhaps the corporate big wigs would enjoy Joplin to Mozart with a bit of Cole Porter in the middle. If you look at this as a long range program building chore, you can have a real variety to offer over time.
HRL
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Author: rc_clarinetlady
Date: 2005-03-09 12:44
Hi Hank!
Thanks for the input. We have played flute, sax and trumpet music in the past and you're right, for the most part it works with little if any work on the octave shifts. As long as it's for like instruments we're okay.
The problem I've come up with is finding music that is arranged well enough to sound as if it's not so elementary and yet easily workable in a decent amount of rehearsals. Not that tough of a request with a good arranger. Some of these arrangements we've come across are just so very cheesy sounding. There is some good music for trios of differing instrumentation but that would take some transposition time and where all three of us women have young families we just don't have that kind of time to put into messing with it. We just need to rehearse and play.
Most of the jazz books I'm finding are series and if there's a trumpet , flute etc. book then there's also a clarinet book so why not play that one. It seems we've been unlucky enough to come across the several that require piano parts even though they claim it's not necessary to use the piano. Clearly the melodic line continues in the piano part, though, in places with large rests so more adaptation has to be done. I just wish there was a great jazz trio book out there for advanced players for like Bb or even C instruments, no piano needed. A big book. Maybe that's my next project in life. Ha!! No time!
Thanks, Rebecca
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2005-03-09 18:09
Hi Rebecca,
Yes, the problem is the "cheesy factor." Needing the piano for access to anything is a bummer but as you said "maybe that's my next project." Hopefully, there my be some others on the BB that can cut you into some jazz stuff.
HRL
PS Remember that ligature thing we talked about last year? Some are selling on eBay for big prices.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-03-09 22:26
Rebecca....."ragtime" might be a bit bloody for hospital people. Perhaps "badinage" would be more appropriate.
Bob Draznik
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