So some of you may know that I love to arrange songs. I am not the best in the world at this, but I absolutely love it. (Scary right) My friends know I have been fortunate enough to have the Washington State Cougar Marching Band play my songs in rehearsal and hopefully perform them too. So here is a few of the songs I've been working on I finally figured out how to Share, Thanks Blake for being smarter than me with my own music program.
Dance With Me Tonight
Olly Murs
- This is probably edition 35+ so it won't sound like a million dollars but it should have the over all theme as a short for the CMB. For those of you who don't know this song I have also posted the Original right below.
I apologize for the MIDI sound quality and the awkward not in time terrible PDF pictures that make up this video. One day I will figure out how to get it to work, but since I am spending time on the music and not the picture quality I think I am alright.
If for some reason you see the parts and think, no way can a person play that. PLEASE TELL ME! I am by no means an expert on all instruments and I do make mistakes, plus the original song is in a funny key. (D major) which is fine but for a marching band that's a death wish, so its transposed into B flat Major. Sounds good (I tried every flat key to make sure) and making sure every part plays in their respected register is more difficult than one thinks.
Why no drum part?
Great question and the easy answer is. I respect myself far too much to do that to myself, and at the college level where this is written for (theoretically) our drum instructors and battery line write their own parts anyway, so I keep the headache away by not even attempting to do that. Plus with my superbly limited talent for drums (boom chuck comes to mind) the parts would be very minimal and in a way sad, plus if I want the drummers to learn anything every. It wont be my me writing them a part that's for sure.
Timber
Pitbull Ft. Ke$ha
I hope you know this song! it was only played everywhere for nearly all of 2015.
The Key is completely and utterly TERRIBLE for marching band, or any band for that matter, who wants to deal with that many sharps? NOT ME!!! But I used the original key.
I have transposed this, I am still deciding what key I like better, F major makes it sound like a little bunny is chopping down ferns in the broad sunlight and its just not a good sound.
B flat major is better, but still a bit on the happy side, but once I hear it in front of the band I may like it better in B flat. I was given some good advice that so far has worked,
"The band will make it sound great not matter what key its in, just give to them easy and they will take it from there." - Bert
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