Tank! (from Cowboy Bebop) by Yoko Kanno/arranged by Paul Murtha 

Or hell, they HAVE a Grade 5 arrangement for this posted a year ago. Literally, it’s right there😐

You do realize this is in a harder key than the original. Why change it off of an easier key, that would only demand you to play a whole step higher. Having to play this just makes me wish we were playing a better arrangement.😔

@@inertiaking1 no it’s not, it’s plenty easy. Easier rhythms, easier range, etc. The arrangement is made for less experienced players. Get over it. It does its job really well, it’s literally 2 extra flats, anyone and everyone can play that. You’re complaining about nothing. If you want something closer to the original, go to the John Wasson Grade 5 arrangement. Bb minor is a great key for young players.

@@hyperstargaming6150are you calling me young😢

@@TropTropical if you’re in high school then yes.

Miss the altissimo ending though.

Dude same I got my band director to let us play this! It’s so cool

fr it feels too slow

@@paulamoore5993it’s meant to be an easier arrangement there’s another one

if u ever get it please lmk 🙏

It’s very clearly written for younger players compared to the other one that’s written for grade 5. Obviously more liberties have to be taken to make it easier.

There's absolutely no way students can play this in C. The brass section would faint trying to do those runs in the second A section. They *start* on Eb. When I was a teenager, I wanted to play this in the school jazz band, but no transcriptions or arrangements were available, so I had to spend weeks hand-transcribing and then arranging it down into something playable for me and the other kids. I'm sure Hal Leonard was far too busy cranking out new versions of "Stardust" to notice that there were suddenly a half million nerds who wanted to learn jazz because of an anime, but at least they've finally gotten around to it and published multiple difficulty levels.