I Saw Three Ships - for mixed band
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Hi friends,
A friend of mine asked me if I'd like to do an arrangement of "I Saw Three Ships" for a group of us that would be playing for their church's Christmas Eve service, and she gave me the instrument list (with a couple of "maybes") for me to consider. I decided to give it a shot, and here is what I came up with. The percussion is pretty simple here, but I just wanted to give the "feel" - I know the percussionist, and I'm giving him full liberty to fill it out as he sees/hears it fit :) Also, the "bell" on the percussion part will be removed if the "Bells" person gets to play ;) For our performance, the "maybes" are doubled parts so that if they don't play, the arrangement should still hold together. The arrangement isn't too complicated - it has some doubled parts, and the main interest is a bit of harmonization and the key changes - but I think for doing it in a single day, it turned out ok. I'm looking forward to hearing real live musicians play it and add the nuances of their own to the performance. Attachment 1048 As always, it will sound a bit cheesy on the default GS Wavetable device, but I'm hoping to record the live performance and will post a link to that if/when it happens. Merry Christmas to all! Sherry |
Re: I Saw Three Ships - for mixed band
Good job, Sherry! I was particularly tickled by the "Bach"-ish Flute work at Rehearsal Mark 55.
Ralph |
Re: I Saw Three Ships - for mixed band
Very nice, Sherry! The full Christmas sound.
Of course, those ships wouldn't sail very far today, around here -- ice and snow and more ice. Ho, ho, ho! David |
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Hi Sherry.
I've been enjoying this arrangement. Some (rather random) comments:
Thanks for sharing your file. Ta, Walt |
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I myself have never written for that sort of mix (I have done a couple of arrangements for our big band), so it was a new venture for me. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, and my friend who asked me to arrange has already said she has some ideas for next time we play together. Thanks for the encouragement, and I'm glad that you're enjoying it. I did not get a recording of the performance, but might try doing an mp3 using my GPO library. ttfn, Sherry |
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