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Andrew D Gordon & Frank Villafranca

Blues Horn Ensemble Playing For Bb & Eb Instruments

For Treble Clef Instruments

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Product Info:

Product ID: COBS012872382
Composer/Artist/Author: Andrew D Gordon & Frank Villafranca
Instrumentation: Treble Clef Instruments
Publisher: ADG
Language: Eng
Media: Book & CD
No of Pages: 50
ISBN-10: 1882146050
ISBN-13: 9781882146055
UPC: 663389107922

Description:

“Blues Horn Ensemble Playing” is the result of the combined efforts of Andrew D. Gordon & Frank Villafranca to present the material in a way in which beginning and intermediate horn players can gain an understanding of blues ensemble playing quickly and easily.

The twenty examples recorded on the CD provide a dual purpose. They take you through a variety of musical styles including, swing blues, slow blues, funky blues, jazz blues, latin blues, minor blues, mostly based on the standard 12 bar blues chord progression and include four choruses each. The first two choruses are recorded with the horns and rhythm section consisting of keyboards, guitar, bass and drums and the last two choruses are rhythm section only. On the last two choruses you may want to play the riffs again or practice playing your own melodic blues solos.

These examples will help you build a repertoire of riffs you can use in a live situation. Hopefully, they will also provide inspiration to help you come up with your own ideas.

While writing the horn riffs for this book, Andrew and Frank started with simple and sometimes recognizable melodies to help students understand the concept of developing riffs, (motifs, repeated ideas or variations of) that work well as background accompaniment when playing with a singer or solo instrumentalist. The most basic idea is to write a riff that accents or compliments the melody of the soloist. Adding riffs in between melodic phrases is a good way to start, while writing something that supports the melody rhythmically is another good idea. The primary idea is not to cover up or interfere with the melody or vocalist. The melody is the lead and all riff writing of this fashion is thought of as “accompaniment”.
 

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