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jhatpro
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:47 pm    Post subject: Harder Than It Looks Reply with quote

Our community big band is trying to do an online project with everyone playing their parts to a click track and recording them on iPhone video.

We’re doing the Morales arrangement of Nat Adderly’s Work Song and the trumpet unison section is driving me nuts. It’s a series of eighth note figures at different places in alternating bars and at 172 bpm it’s tricky.

Anyone know which section I’m talking about? Do you count it in four, two, or just feel it?

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10513905&type=audio
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Harder Than It Looks Reply with quote

jhatpro wrote:
Our community big band is trying to do an online project with everyone playing their parts to a click track and recording them on iPhone video.

We’re doing the Morales arrangement of Nat Adderly’s Work Song and the trumpet unison section is driving me nuts. It’s a series of eight note figures at different places in alternating bars and at 172 bpm it’s tricky.

Anyone know which section I’m talking about? Do you count it in four, two, or just feel it?

https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&productID=10513905&type=audio


Here's the score, too. Let us know the meas numbers ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A23CFepe4Q4

ALWAYS → Play the music, not the notes.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bars 59-73.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know where you're talking about, but the principles are the same no matter what. I don't want to be condescending, but is this what you're looking for?

- Play it with a metronome and only at a tempo that you can play without error.
- - over time, gradually increase the tempo, but only at a tempo without error.

-isolate sections that are the most problematic and work out from there playing easier phrases after you have the more difficult phrases mastered.

-play from several measures from the end of the passage and keep going more towards the beginning, adding one measure at a time.

-if you really want to stretch yourself, do the same thing, but playing the measures/passage backwards.

O.K. now I see it. It might help also to write on your part where one and three lie and aim for them. Later you can shift that to two and four.

- did I mention metronome?
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good suggestions. I have been using a met to shed that section. I’m also finding that counting in 2 makes playing those bars easier. Thanks!
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