This is a rework of jbywater21's arrangment (found here: musescore.com/jbywater21/scor...) To those who wish to play this as a solo piece: God speed and good luck. You're going to need it. Sheet music made with MuseScore - musescore.com
I'd like to take this moment to first thank everyone who has left comments, but really, you should check out jbywater21's arrangement, as most of the work I did, transcription wise, was simply copy and pasting sections from his (link in the description) Now, there have been several comments about his already, so I think I need to clarify: TL:DR Summary -> This was a personal project to learn more about Musescore, not a replacement to a published version of the score. Its purpose was to teach me more about the program. For those curious about why it is either a) Not possible or b) has pedal tones that are weird or nonsensical, this wasn't meant to be a replacement to actual sheet music of the song. I used this song as a way to get a better understanding of MuseScore and it's functionalities. This is why it may not be 'true' to the original solo. It was simply a song that I choose to use to learn more about soundfonts, dynamics and tempo changes via the inspector panel, and other non-amateur techniques. Just wanted to clear that up for those curious, and for future viewers that may be curious.
Does this explanation also include the usage of the extreme ledger lines of the treble clef, which from a composition standpoint, makes no sense for bass trombone? Just checking. Otherwise, the notes and all check out (except the swing, which you have to set the MuseScore settings even further on that section).
I've generally found Tenor clef to be used for trombone unless writing in a Bb transposed context - e.g. UK Brass Band. Otherwise I tend to automatically transpose for Bb when presented with Treble Clef.
Reed Samples I don’t play bass trombone myself, but I assume that the rapid tonguing and range would be more challenging than interpreting the notes. I’m a little confused about the capabilities of the bass trombone, so I’m wondering if you could play the parts of the piece that aren’t tricky in terms of writing.
@@jimbothethicc7003 I was making a meme about the key signature. The bass trombone, as far as I can tell is just a tenor trombone, but a little easier to play lower and a little harder to play higher. Then, the fast parts will be hard because of the slide and the fast tonguing parts are hard because you can't fake the tongue by pressing valves down.
Bass trombone range is pretty much the same as tenor except the tone of the instrument is darker. Range is only affected by mouthpiece size really and for me it is easier to play high notes on a bass mouthpiece than tenor but it's preference
Reed Samples treble clef isn’t hard, I read the four main clefs used in major music but I read bass and treble the best, the issue is the section of treble that goes like 8 lines down, it’s unnecessary, just write it in bass
@@upsidedownpyramid7617 I'd say just write in tenor clef. Most trombone players who play this sort of music are able to read tenor clef and tenor clef better fits the range used during the sections they used treble clef and it would have less ledger lines above the staff than bass clef would.
Not bass trombones, but every trombonist should at least know how to read treble and play in it semi-comfortably Edit: every trombonist who’s good enough to attempt this piece, I guess what I meant is that the treble clef is just a footnote as far as difficulty goes for this
@@Jack-lm3hh I was in band from 5th to 12th grade and 3 years in college. I play tenor trombone All my music was in bass clef. I never saw a single piece of music written for trombone in treble clef. Not even one.
As a tenor trombonist in a British brass band, I play in treble clef as a transposing instrument in Bb. You can sometimes get Bb treble clef parts in wind bands too, but not often.
@@Jack-lm3hh The weird thing is that the notes written in treble clef are in other places in that piece written in bass clef. So it would be way more convient to write everything in bass clef (of some parts in tenor clef) But writing parts in treble clef with 3 or 4 ledger lines under the staff is way more confusing compared to 4 or 5 ledger lines above the bass cleff
@@teresastewart8902 you can play the low notes on a straight tenor like the low Bb and Gb. Its just really hard. The only issue is notes between E and Bb since they usually require a F attachment to play.
