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A Few Good Men GORDON GOODWIN c INSTRUMENTATION, Zu conde sTrembone @° 1st B Alte Saxophone 2 Trombone 2nd Seephone irivombere a| ‘ate open ‘onto nse tenor Seophone cw @ E barton Sarophone rane Tata rompet an ° ndeeronpet Bras sue Tne Peron angle age che tune Cone Sal one 6 Shakes Conga @elwin JAZZ NOTES TO THE CONDUCTOR The ehythmie figures in this char shoul be played wth mltary precision crisp and ight, Remember to subdivide the sie ‘teenth notes in your hea so that you doit enter late on rhythms ike the one measure 10. Dynamics re veryimpetant inapece the ths; otherwise, t's just loud all the time, and that's not coo So check our the cescendos in measures 37,47, 48,122,132, and 133, ‘Your soloist may find that he or she can play an extng sole by playing only onthe tonic chord ofeach eight-measire phrase, but more advancea sles may wishte goto he next level andincorperate some ofthe passing chords the rhythm section is plying. On our CO, Cal Verheyen pays a burning slo that combines elements faz, Blues, and 00k ‘Te ensemble soll at measure 88 ean bea lot of fun—remember the dynamics and tight phrasing, and with the exception ‘of measures 95-9, den pay toe loud. Oh, and dent forge, beat 1 of measure 124i completly sent! Dent fain the hole. Onthe Big Phat Band version percusionist Ls Conte threw na highrpitched agogebellon that best which cracked sup. s0 weletitin You can hear the ig Phat Bands version of hs chart on Swingin forthe Fences (iver Records) Please enjoy! Gordon Goon a Seoien, MT cence pesvoensar ammeter) gonoucron Ae Recorded by Gordon Goodwin's Big Prat Sand A FEW GOOD MEN cae ane 2 ee 1 SRS z we + © 2ogh pewnuyaus rustmine cone agckn , 7 . Soo MARE Roney eee ei 5 g : mone ocx ao ra Mon coenene eo ceo Hon eo Gen Hon 9 epee Biewo me mene Res Pa ‘A eo on mse 8 ot mone frecre eco ey ta unme e ” ta wn me 6 wan Bee ca as mee i emcxeet a eo Gea Hon ems moose & F one -s- eon Mon f i a

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