Name: Blue Moon (arr. Phil Thrift) by Elvis Presley Brass Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Phil Thrift
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Blue Moon (arr. Phil Thrift)
by Elvis Presley Brass Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Details

Title Blue Moon (arr. Phil Thrift)

Artist Elvis Presley

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Richard Rodgers

Arranger Phil Thrift

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 15

Arrangement Brass Ensemble

Publisher Phil Thrift

Level 4

Product ID 1051902

Genre Contemporary

Instruments Trombone

Product Description

Blue Moon is best performed by not telling your audience what is coming! Many listeners will be unfamiliar with the almost recitative-style opening that follows the four-measure intro. So when the well-known tune is finally heard at measure 23, some at least will be pleasantly surprised. But dont decorate the melody too much here; just enjoy it as it is, let that warm trombone sound shine through! The 2nd trombone can decorate the melody a little more from measure 31 onward, but dont let any swing feeling creep in before measure 38. You may wish to speed up a bit more than I have indicated at measures 47 and 62, but dont play the swing sections too fast this is not an up-tempo version. Just strengthen the swing feeling a little each time. This piece will test your quartets ability to play an easy swing really tight especially when the melody is being pulled around, the lead player is maybe playing a little "behind the beat". As is usual with my arrangements, every player has the lead at some point, and possibly the chance to introduce a few of their own ideas. This arrangement gives you plenty of opportunity to exploit those all-important trombone characteristics: slide vibrato, bends, and smears, but above all, a warm sound!

Listen to a full-length recording by the Southtown Trombones on SoundCloud.

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