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Difficulty - Easy
This simplified arrangement was put together for my Band at W O Smith Music School. This classic is a great simple tune that I have simplified even more to be able to play with our super young students on Jumbie Jams. They had no reading experience beforehand and this allowed them to read easily and play along with the older students on the full band setup. As you will see, this is not a fully polished arrangement (I apologize for any notaFon flubs since this was not done on my normal soHware) where you can simply start at the beginning and play to the end. The goal here was to get the Melody + Harmony down on paper and call the form and solos out in real Fme. I also included a viable ending that could be changed as needed. You can really piecemeal it together however you would like by calling out repeats, solos, and the ending in real Fme.
There are parts for T, DS, G, B and Drums and there is an “Jumbie Jam” part. This was created for our younger students to read the note names in the note heads easily and the Tenor part gives the older kids get a bit meaFer version of the melody with some fills. For solos, I just gave them the notes for the G major scale and said to start there but feel free to explore past those notes when you want. Jumbie Jam players can play ANY notes since it’s in the key of G! I hope you and your band enjoy playing this tune!
Difficulty - Easy
This simplified arrangement was put together for my Band at W O Smith Music School. This classic is a great simple tune that I have simplified even more to be able to play with our super young students on Jumbie Jams. They had no reading experience beforehand and this allowed them to read easily and play along with the older students on the full band setup. As you will see, this is not a fully polished arrangement (I apologize for any notaFon flubs since this was not done on my normal soHware) where you can simply start at the beginning and play to the end. The goal here was to get the Melody + Harmony down on paper and call the form and solos out in real Fme. I also included a viable ending that could be changed as needed. You can really piecemeal it together however you would like by calling out repeats, solos, and the ending in real Fme.
There are parts for T, DS, G, B and Drums and there is an “Jumbie Jam” part. This was created for our younger students to read the note names in the note heads easily and the Tenor part gives the older kids get a bit meaFer version of the melody with some fills. For solos, I just gave them the notes for the G major scale and said to start there but feel free to explore past those notes when you want. Jumbie Jam players can play ANY notes since it’s in the key of G! I hope you and your band enjoy playing this tune!