Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1188028

By Meghan Trainor. By Kevin Kadish and Meghan Trainor. Arranged by Stephen Jenkins. Chamber,Comedy,Film/TV,Holiday,Pop. 28 pages. Edition BlechMafia #787642. Published by edition BlechMafia (A0.1188028).

Inspired by Post Modern Jukebox’s Upright-Bass-Solo cover of the pop song “All About that Bass�, we decided to turn the BlechMafia version into a tuba solo.
We mixed tuba excerpts from orchestral and film literature, such as the Dragon-Solo from Wagner’s Ring Cycle and the Imperial March from Star Wars, into Meghan Trainor’s original. 
As rehearsals progressed we decided to add more orchestral excerpts into other instruments as well. Thus the Siegfried Call from Wagner’s Ring Cycle interrupts the Imperial March and a theme from Humperdinck’s Hänsel and Gretel was added to the trumpet part. 
Rehearsing this piece was quite a challenge - we could barely get to the end without laughing!
The result is definitely worth listening too and sure to be a hit in any concert!

Duration: 4:00

Parts include:
Trumpet 1 in Bb or C
Trumpet 1 in Bb or C
Horn in F
Trombone in C (Bass Clef) or Bb (Treble Clef)
Tuba
Drum Kit
For alternative transpositions or any other questions, contact me here: stephen@blechmafia.de.

Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1117524

By Gloria Gaynor. By Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati, and Katherine K. Davis. Arranged by Stephen Jenkins. 19th Century,Christian,Christmas,Classical,Comedy. 39 pages. Edition BlechMafia #719069. Published by edition BlechMafia (A0.1117524).

Weihnachtsboléro - Little Drummer Boy in the style of Ravel's Boléro After promising a friend to undertake that task of combining Little Drummer Boy with Ravel's Boléro I soon came across a small but rather significant problem: Boléro is in 3/4 whereas Little Drummer Boy is in 4/4. Thankfully, Little Drummer Boy works extremely well transformed into 6/8 and this produces a wonderful juxtaposition when combined with the virtually static 3/4 rhythm of Boléro. Boléro is a masterwork of skillful orchestration and enthralling harmony, which results in an incredible crescendo - which lasts for a quarter of an hour! My aim was to achieve this same effect, however in a much shorter time frame! Essentially, this arrangement is based on the structure of Boléro, using elements of Ravel’s harmonic and orchestrational ideas. The importance of the second, contrasting melody is not forgotten, with the famous trombone solo combined with fragments of Jingle Bells and ... voilà! This arrangement is most effective with a snare drum, but it works well without. Duration ca 5:00 Alternative transpositions are provided: Trumpet 1 in D (recommended), Bb and C Trumpet 2 in Bb and C Horn in F / alt. Flugelhorn in Bb Trombone in C (Bass Clef) and Bb (Treble Clef) For alternative transpositions or any other questions, contact me here: stephen@blechmafia.de.