Side Notes:

Helpful Hints:
As with "Cant Help Falling in Love," using a strong
underlying 2 beat accent in each measure makes it a lot
more fun to play. (Let the off beat feel stronger than
the down beat.)
Warning: there are several passages that are quite
impossible to play unless you use the fingering.

This song is dedicated to the unbelievably great guys

under whom I had the privilege of being coached at
Highland High School in Salt Lake City: Roger Dupaix,
Tom Kingsford, and especially Larry Gelwix who took our
rugby team to the high school national finals. "Lar" was
always telling me that I ought to put a rugby game to
music.
All note infractions will result in a five yard penalty.

Game Day
(Highland Games)

 =142-160

With liberty and justice for all

written by Jon Schmidt

fast like a grace note

copyright 2001
1

(from the album To The Summit )

Minus track instruction:

12
There are 3 bass drum strikes
directly preceding the down-beat

gotta feel this 1st beat for this part to make sense

Pedal ad-lib

8va
8va ............................................................................................................................................................................

12 345

12

......end 8va
9

8va
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13

5
3
1

16

2
1

3 4

12

5
3
4

24

5
3

12

20

3
2
1

4
2
1

5
3
1

12

28
1

2
5

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5
3

32

5
3

4
2

3
1

12 3 4

12

1
3

36

3
1

12

4
2
1

5
4
2

40

1 2

12 3

5
1

5
4
2

5
4
2

4
2
1

5
4
2

44

12 3

12

48

2 3

12

similie

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3
2
1

4
1

4
1

12

5
3
2

3
2
1

1
5

64

68
1

12 3

56 7

12 3

12

5 6 7

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5
4
2

4
2
1

56

60

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5
3
2

72

12

7 8

1
1

76

12

1 2

cresc.

1
4
1

80

5
1

4
1

5
1

5
1

4
1

84

56

88

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5
1

4
1

48

12

2
1(thumb on C and D)
1

Instead of trying to keep track of four scary flats, make it easy and let EVERY note be
flat, except for G. (And of course F and C, but we wouldn't be tempted to flat those now would we.)

91

94

97

12

4
1

101

4
2
1

105

1
1

4 5

4
2
1

5
4
2

cresc.

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5
3

109

5
1

5
2

6 7

G5

4
2

cresc.

5
1

113
1

12 3

4
1

decresc.

117

121

12

3 4

125

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2 3

129

slow cresc.

4
2
1
1

133

5
3
1
1

(thumb on C and D)

5
4
2

137

5
4
2
1

5
4
2
1

2
1
1

5
4
2
1
1

4
2

1 2

1 2

first timers: even if you count slow, keep the beat

140

4
2

5
4

5
2

cresc.
1

5
3
1

143

3
1

4
2
1

From here to the end the big right hand chords

are all octave sandwiches.
F

1 2

B
E
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similie


2

2
5

5
4
1

150

2
1

5
4

5
2

4
2

L.H. Over

153
2

1 2

5 6

156

1 2

1 2

cresc.

159
1

52

5 6

1 2 3

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4
1

5
3

162

see footnote

C
G

165

1 2 3

5 6 7 8

decresc.

169

56

173

12 3

2 3

6 7

12 3

4 5

5 67 8

12 3

4 5

5 6 7 8

178

Footnote: That sign up there means play the printed note, step up one note, then play the printed note again.

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8va
8va ..........................................................................................................................................................................
184

.................................................................. End 8va

187

8va
8va.........................
190

...............................................................................................................................................................................................
193

rit.

keep pedal down until measure 195

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