Write for a horn section!
In this book, you will learn how to add saxophones and brass to a rhythm section ensemble. You will learn the capabilities and characteristics of the most common instruments, and how to order them effectively. You will also learn the different roles that a horn section can serve in your ensemble. Online audio tracks demonstrate the key concepts, as exemplified in a complete score.
You will learn to:
Write for alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone, as well as trumpet and trombone
Construct common voicings, such as unisons, octave unisons, two- to five-part soli, and open voicings
Expand your harmony by using jazz chords
Use brass mutes
Compose many textures, including melodies, solis, fills, pads, comping parts, background lines, and others
Score advanced harmonic techniques characteristic of brass sections, such as chromatic approach chords, four- and five-part voicings, tension substitutions, and more
?An amazing book that opens your mind for new horn arranging techniques. Horns on steroids!?
?Hassan El Shafei, Artist/Record Producer
?Arranging for Horns is the one-stop-shop the young arranger can make to explore the techniques, applications, and context for contemporary horn arranging. Jerry Gates masterfully compiled three decades of experience?both in classroom and in professional writing?into an organized and concise 80-page text. Highly recommended!?
?Adi Yeshaya, Composer, Arranger (Prince, Aretha Franklin, The Voice)
?An insightful and valuable resource for all arrangers. Jerry?s explanations are very clear and concise. Highly recommended!?
?Mark Harrison, Keyboardist/Composer, Music Educator, and Author
?Jerry is a devoted musician and educator who has written yet another clear and concise book! This time Jerry guides the reader through a direct and useful approach to writing horn arrangements. Included are rhythm section considerations, notations, and a valuable mention about contour shaping as the blueprint for a successful arrangement. This book demystifies arranging for horns and inspires us to dive right in. There are great tools included and distilled from Jerry?s many years of experience and education. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to get quick and positive results without excess theory to weigh the creative process down.?
?David Goldblatt, Composer, Pianist, and Music Director (for national television programs, world tours, and varied media)
?Jerry Gates? Arranging for Horns is a concise yet thorough guide to horn arranging in jazz and popular styles. The book progresses through each vital instrument, offering writing techniques for them as individuals and as a group. Arranging for Horns goes one step further than many treatments of this topic, looking at how an arrangement can vary throughout a song?changing the intensity of the music. This added consideration gives arrangers a powerful tool for adding shape and contour to their songs. Recommended for all arrangers and songwriters.?
?Ben Newhouse, Composer and Educator
/ Partitions jazzandblues / Tous instruments par tonalité / Tous instruments / BERKLEE

An amazing selection from VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs Of Rock and Roll, arranged for solo Horn.Includes the songs: All Along the Watchtower, All Shook Up, American Pie, Beat It, Blowin' in the Wind, Blue Suede Shoes, Bohemian Rhapsody, Born to Be Wild, Born to Run, Bridge over Troubled Water, California Dreamin', Dream On, Every Breath You Take, Fire and Rain, Free Bird, Gloria, Good Vibrations, Great Balls of Fire, A Hard Day's Night, Hey Jude, Hotel California, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Imagine, Jump, Layla, Let It Be, London Calling, Maggie May, My Generation, Piano Man, Proud Mary, Respect, Rock Around the Clock, Roxanne, Smells like Teen Spirit, Stairway to Heaven, Stand by Me, Sunshine of Your Love, Superstition, We Are the Champions, When Doves Cry, Yesterday, You Shook Me All Night Long and more. / Cor

Instrumental Play-Along-Fifteen megahits from The King arranged for solo instrumentalists including a great full-accompaniment play-along CD so you can sound just like a pro.Great for fun practice and performance.

Kleine Werke aus großen Kinohits. Die Unterhaltungsfilme aus der Produktion von Walt Disney Pictures, insbesondere die Zeichentrickfilme, prägen bis heute ganze Generationen von Kindern und Jugendlichen. Nicht wegzudenken ist dabei die Musik, die nicht nur in den Filmen selbst zu hören ist, sondern unter anderem auch den Grundstein für mehrere große Musical-Erfolge gelegt hat. In BläserKlasse Disney sind 14 der berühmtesten Melodien aus Walt-Disney-Filmen versammelt. Die Ausgabe ist als ergänzendes Spielmaterial für Hornschüler konzipiert, die ihr Instrument in Bläserklassen erlernen. Die Solo-Arrangements sind genau auf den Lernfortschritt in der BläserKlassen-Methode Essential Elements abgestimmt, da zu jedem einzelnen Song angegeben ist, ab welcher Lektion der Methode er sich eignet. Für das authentische Disney-Feeling sorgen die stilechten Begleitungen, die online im MP3-Format abgerufen werden können. / Niveau : Facile / Etudes et exercices / Etude / Cor en Fa

2nd Edition-A great collection of over 80 Beatles tunes including: All You Need Is Love ? Eight Days a Week ? Eleanor Rigby ? A Hard Day's Night ? Help! ? Here Comes the Sun ? Hey Jude ? I Want to Hold YourHand ? In My Life ? Let It Be ? The Long and Winding Road ? Revolution ? Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ? Ticket to Ride ? Twist and Shout ? Yellow Submarine ? Yesterday ?and more.