Short Notes - Big band Arranging SECRETS REVEALED
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- In this lesson I show you how to properly notate short notes in your big band charts.
Elliot Deutsch is a composer and arranger of big band music in Los Angeles, CA. His arrangements and orchestrations have been performed and recorded by Arturo Sandoval, Martina McBride, Big Phat Band, Take 6, and many others. Deutsch's collaborations with electro swing producer Atom Smith have been streamed over a million times on Spotify. As a freelance trumpeter, Deutsch has toured with Solomon Burke and The Mutaytor, and he performs regularly with the polka band Die Sauerkrauts and the party band That Vibe.
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What a TIME to be alive! Videos on big band arranging, of that quality, for free?
I learned some stuff on jazz arranging in my Conservatory years, but you got me into it again.
Now the question is: where would I find musicians to play and record that kind of music when I don't really have the network anymore?
Thank you so much for everything, Elliot!
I am not sure if there is a good resource for finding local players. Maybe bring your arrangements to your local college or high school band directors and seeing if they'll use some class time to read through your charts.
@@PandemoniumBigBand sounds like a good idea! Thanks :)
Short lesson good. You've covered one simple point and if we get it that's enough for a moment. And like a few other points you've raised on your marvelous channel, there's things I maybe knew, or at least suspected, before but you feel better when you've heard someone actually confirm it.
2:25 was a total cringe... so good you make a video about this Elliot! By the way, I think that Dave Weckl told the story on one of his lice streams about the same thing that Jerry Hey always preaches, bit similar but then for the eight notes.
Good to see you back by the way onthe tube!
Glad to be in such great company! And thanks for the shout out Jorre!
So happy to see that you are still making videos!!!!! By the way in one of your lessons about writing rhythm section parts you said that you would release a video on writing for rhythm guitar ( Even though there is not a guitarist in the school ensemble that I write for, a brief introduction to the function of the instrument in a big band setting would be much appreciated)
Great idea
Good to see you back with this very important message!
Glad to be back
Nice Short (Note) Video
Thanks for watching
Lol. The beginning was absolutely great! You had me at first.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really enjoyed the video, it helped a lot.
Thanks Louis!
Yo Elliot, I was wondering if you could make a video talking about writing guitar parts rhythmic and soloing please, I am quite stumped?
I’m working on my first big band arrangement and this series has been invaluable! Thank you so much and I can’t wait to see the Pandemonium Big Band next time I’m in LA. 😊
I am so glad to hear that.
Hello, I have a little question: how it will sound tenuto with staccato?
graphically horizontal dash and dot.
That is not an articulation that is used in jazz orchestra music. It has specific meaning for other styles of music, but for jazz band I would avoid the staccato-tenuto combination articulation marking.
Hi what is your email address kobi erlich i dont find your email in the discription regard kobi erlich jazz piano player from isael composer arranger
is it pandemoniumbigband@gmail.com
Short notes on short notes!
01:11 Not to mention all of the rehearsal time it saves. OR if someone is sight-reading your chart - the less thinking they have to do because it looks confusing is more likely to result in having the chart sound right the FIRST time! K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple - Stupid!
I'll vouch for this by horn players that corrected me - gently - on one of my first studio charts; Big Band or Pop IS NOT the same writing format as Orchestral music. To simplify - ha ha - Big Band music is written as simply as possibly (Whole Note instead of Whole note - tied to an 8th note, or dotted half noted tied to an 8th note as an example).
Hi Maestro! Link to patreon don't working!
Great video Elliot. Strangely enough I was looking at a published arrangement recently which looked horrible for all the reasons you have mentioned above - it looked a nightmare to play which actually could be simplified somewhat by just changing some of the semiquavers to other measures with accents. Keep on posting - they are much appreciated!
I was just looking if you kept making these cool tutorials, and found out this one fresh from yesterday... thanks !
More to come!
Good video! Could you maybe do a Video about arranging for small/School Bigband? So Rhythm, 3sax,2trp,1trb for Example?
That’s a great topic
Have subbed!
Have you ever written for strings? I'd be so interested to see your take on it. These are the best videos on UA-cam, thank you for your generosity in creating them!
Thank you Paul! New video on Friday. And of course I’ve written for strings.
I've asked before but do you publish arrangements for Saxophone quartet. I'm desperate for some SAAT, SATT, and AATT arrangements to purchase, please? Thanks.
Send me an email and we can have a conversation. pandemoniumbigband@gmail.com
Hi Elliot, do you have any videos about full band voicings? I struggle with finding ways to come up with trombone trumpet and saxes voicings
Yes. Check out a video I made awhile back called Shout Chorus, also Closed Voicing. I should cover full band voicing again.
Yeah.. Have you got anything shorter? Please don't say Wayne!
ha!
Hi, it would be cool to have a guide how to write a guitar part for bigband. I Would be very grateful if it were possible
working on it
When you heard "This is a technique for Jazz Band specifically, in 4/4 and 3/4"
How many of you went "Ok but... what if......."
Honestly I write all music, regardless of genre, with this convention. I only consider myself an expert when it comes to jazz ensemble writing though.
@@PandemoniumBigBand I bet this kind of consistency also serves as a good way to tell the musicians what you want them to do with just the sheet music too!
Thank you Elliot
You are very welcome
I LIVE by this concept when I write & arrange!!
Finally ! A new video 🤝🏾🤝🏾
So much truth in this short video. I think the "why" of this video is important, too. I was enlightened by a student once, when I pointed out these same things and talked about the importance of readability. His response was "Yes, I can write a quarter note with a dot instead of 8th/8th rest, but just putting the 8th notes in gives the same sound and takes less time than putting all of those articulations." The MuseScore generation? 🤣
More like the “haven’t put sheet music in front of real musicians very many times yet” generation!
@@PandemoniumBigBand 😂
I'd love to buy some tutorials be we would never get anything done, he never stops laughing 😱