Yardbird Suite【Big Band Score & Parts】

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1st-anniversary of Masuda Music Office!!!

Finally, Big Band arrangement 『Yardbird Suite』 is now available on Piascore !!

It's a well-known Charlie Parker song in the jazz world.

A score, parts, and sample sheets with improvisation written for alto sax and piano are included in the sales data.

Please check it out !!

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Information

Composed by Charlie Parker

Arranged by Sakiko Masuda

Concert Key:C Major

Tempo:Medium Up Swing

Difficulty:Intermediate

Shop:Piascore

About the Arrangement

Line Up

  • 5saxes(Alto Sax 1, 2、Tenor Sax 1, 2、Baritone Sax)
  • 4trumpets
  • 4trombones(Tormbone 1, 2, 3、Bass Trombone*)
  • 4rhythm section(Guitar*、Piano*、Bass、Drums)

* Bass trombone can be substituted for tenor trombone.  In that case, please play the unplayable one octave higher.
* Can be played without guitar and piano.

Form

  • Introduction / measure 1〜8
  • Theme / measure 9〜40
  • Solo / measure 41〜66
  • Interlude / measure 67〜74(same arrangement as the inro.)
  • Last Thme 〜Ending / measure 75〜108

Solo Section

  • can take solo in any part
  • for more soloist, please repeat  between measures 41〜66

Easy arrangement

The first 8 bars of the last theme (measure 75〜82) are arranged for sax soli, and the next 8 bars (measure 83〜90) are arranged for brass soli.

The soli melody is almost original, so you can play the fist theme (measure 9〜24)  instead of the last theme (measure 75〜82).

Write the following in your socres and parts,

  • put D.S. al Coda at the end of measure 74, Segno mark at the beginning of measure 9, and Coda marks at the end of measure 24 and at the beginning of measurer 91.

Or, you can use D.C. al Coda at the end of measure 66, and Coda marks at the end of measure 24 and at the end of measure 91.

Video

Let's play the jazz!!

The sheet music is now on sale at Piascore!

If you are looking for a Jazz standard song, please check it out!

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