Jazz and Popular Arranging

MUSC 338

TROMBONE/TRUMPET ASSIGNMENT

Create an arrangement of this tune for 4 trumpets and 4 trombones. Assume that this passage will
be accompanied by
a standard rhythm section of piano, bass, drums and guitar. You must complete at least 16 bars of the
34 bars.

You must also create single parts for each brass player.

Parts should be created using principals of good voice leading, be well suited for the instrument
and contain any basic instructions needed by the players. You must also include parts for piano, bass
and drums.

You must use examples of unison and/or octaves and 4 part block chord writing (at least 8 bars ).

Trombone
Assignment 1 2 3 4
voice leading is present
voice leading is not present voice leading is voice leading is excellent in all
in all parts
in some parts present in some parts parts
Voice Leading
voice leading creates
voice leading creates voice leading is not voice leading creates parts that
parts that are individual
awkward individual parts effective are very individual and logical
and logical

most individual parts

individual parts have individual parts have individual parts have very
have acceptable
Parts are sections with range issues acceptable ranges acceptable ranges
ranges
suited for the
instruments parts lack logical range each part has logical each part has very logical range
most parts have logical
shifts range shifts shifts
range shifts

Octaves/unisons are
Octaves/unisons are present
Octaves/unisons are not present but are not Octaves/unisons are
and are used to great effect
Parts contain used used correctly present
all required
elements 4 part writing is
4 part writing is present and is
4 part writing is not present present 4 part writing is present
executed with skill
but lacks clarity

Individual parts are Individual parts are notated

Individual parts are Individual parts are
notated in a manner that is with attention to detail creating
notated in a manner notated in a manner that
very difficult to read parts that are at the
that is difficult to read is easy to read
Quality of the professional level
Parts formatting is poor
formatting is awkward formatting is good
formatting is excellent
pitch notation is unreadable
pitch notation is poor pitch notation is good
in places pitch notation is excellent

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