Thank you for all of the instructional videos Elliot. They have helped me a lot as a very early beginner big band arranger and composer. The advice given here as well as your arrangement of pure imagination (which is my personal favourite arrangement I've ever heard of the piece) gave me the idea to arrange pure imagination as a bossa nova so thank you for the inspiration.
@Roadman32353 күн бұрын
I write for big band with classical tonalities
@ibdense7 күн бұрын
I used to play with a drummer named John Shackelford in the 70s and 80s. I wonder if they are related? Love the arrangement!
@ibdense7 күн бұрын
I loved your C7 vs C13 hint. I just realized that the C13 isn’t just the harmony being used, but it really conveys the message to the piano player that this is how far you can go.
@arataka5711 күн бұрын
Where have you been?
@cathleenflynn985212 күн бұрын
Fantastic, as always!!!! Thank you.
@pattibrugman970215 күн бұрын
Absolutely wonderful, Elliot. Love the textures you create and your best tip-sing what you want to write. Oh year!! We’ll talk again soon!!
@monsterjazzlicks15 күн бұрын
Have subbed!
@leonli739415 күн бұрын
Amazing work! Learn a lot!
@kankan794025 күн бұрын
wonderful!!! thank you very much
@22freakly28 күн бұрын
You guys are unbelievable! Keep posting videos! Your work is very important, for people who learned to play jazz improvise. But writing for a big band has remained a sacred mystery. I re-watch the lessons several times and enjoy your performances just as much. Good luck!
@rodgerclemons984728 күн бұрын
I've just "discovered" your channel. You do, in a couple of minutes, what it might take me a couple of weeks to finish. Amazing! I've been listening to recordings of Pandemonium Big Band, too. What an outstanding group of players you've assembled. Just THANKS! Good stuff, brother!
@dmitryklenin28 күн бұрын
not accents - articulations 1. Staccato - short 2. Tenuto - play full value 3. Accent - emphasized, doesn’t imply anything about duration 4. Marcato - short + emphasized (in jazz) 5. Slur - full value, connected quarter note - could be short or long notes longer than quarter note - always long avoid dotted quarter with marcato short notes on the beat - quarter notes with marcato or staccato short notes on upbeat - eight note
@realszl28 күн бұрын
wow very helpful tutorial. As a guitar player myself, I’m pretty fluent with music theory but not with how a big band horn section should sound. Thanks for giving me inspiration on how to write horns! Love from China. ❤
@trumpetandflugel29 күн бұрын
Great teacher - it’s a shame about the busy music when he is talking
@pepperT358Ай бұрын
Near the end, where you harmonised the D melody note as a non chord tone, even though it was the root - that was great!! If I was ever taught that, I had forgotten lol Great video, glad I watched it!! Going to watch the sax one next 😀
@0775302464Ай бұрын
a lot of talking
@Cream-6622Ай бұрын
Can you make a tutorial for big band arranging with strings?
@tracygallaway36Ай бұрын
Oh, MAN that COOKED!! best version since Buddy's band! Thanks!!!
@KLOVOrecordsАй бұрын
Nice, I just explored your channel and fount it very cool and useful since I'm sax-player and I'm recording horn sections by myself. Thank you for sharing these valuable knowledges!
@AlexanderHeltАй бұрын
Yuh
@creativeartsmediallcАй бұрын
This is just what I needed for writing horn parts. Thanks a bunch!
@joeabbo8113Ай бұрын
Great info....background music so good and loud...it distracts me from your lesson
@joeabbo8113Ай бұрын
Do you write the tenor and baritone parts in bass clef on the concert score or in treble clef
@PandemoniumBigBandАй бұрын
I’ve done it both ways. I usually do tenors in treble and bari in bass clef (concert score)
@Eden_Rubin_MusicАй бұрын
How did you found work in this field of writing for Big Bands?(it's a big question I know, but it's interesting for me)
@ellenredsaxАй бұрын
It would be helpful to hear the chord progression examples as well as seeing them
@ellenredsaxАй бұрын
Really helpful and concise
@tbonealexАй бұрын
Why change melody note at end of bar 6 to B natural? The actual melody is Bb and you could harmonize as G7#9
@yohanesriopangestu9566Ай бұрын
Really interesting Tutorial. 👍😎
@alanhowell3646Ай бұрын
Interested that you said "Trumpets don't sound great voiced into 4 parts by themselves". Can you elaborate Elliot?
@monsterjazzlicksАй бұрын
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@BANDLDRАй бұрын
Swingin’ band, nice arrangement, tasty solos. Love it!
@monsterjazzlicksАй бұрын
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@lozbridgepianoАй бұрын
Thank you so much for these videos, they’re really helping me out learn big band arranging! Just the right amount of content and I love your delivery style. Do you have any videos about how to arrange horns around a vocalist?
@PandemoniumBigBandАй бұрын
Good topic idea! I am preparing topics for this summer. I’ll put it on the list.
@monsterjazzlicksАй бұрын
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@MyJ2BАй бұрын
I play guitar with a traditional jazz big band with music on paper and also "sub in" with other big bands that uses Tablets (only). My fear on converting to digital is dealing with the DC/DS back pages and CODAs, and variable number of repeats (that can change from gig to gig). How easy is that to navigate with or without a bluetooth page turner? I am thinking of running Mobile Sheets on a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet. Any advice and experience is appreciated. Thank you !
@AkawumpАй бұрын
The five dislikes from people who have bad music taste💯💯
@NeorhimАй бұрын
Excellent sad voicing lesson. Very concise. Good idea to compare the example without interruption at the end.
@NeorhimАй бұрын
I'll keep this channel on my A list.
@ViolinViolaMasterclassАй бұрын
This is great thank you so much! What if you sell your PDF arrangements of music? Patreon (as you might know!) allows you to sell products on your page and I'd like to sell some of my classical and medieval arrangements to my followers (medleys, rep I've turned into etudes with fingers/bowings etc.)...but I'm confused about the copyright. What are your thoughts? THANK YOU🙏 subscribed!
@PandemoniumBigBandАй бұрын
If the source material is from the classical or medieval periods, you should be safe.
@dmitrykleninАй бұрын
Close Voicing, pt. 1 Summary all of the harmonies within one octave major: major 6, major 6 / 9, major 7, major 9, major 13 minor: minor 6, minor 7, minor 9, minor 11 (no9) dominant: dominant 7, dominant 9, dominant 13 Rules 1. Leave at least a minor 3rd between the top voices 2. Leave out the root (unless the top voice is playing the 3rd / second voice plays the root) 3. If melody is playing the root, put 2nd voice on the 6th (13th) or 11th or 9th Cheating 1. Copy four trumpet parts in trombone staves and drop down an octave 2. Copy trombone parts into Alto 1-Tenor 2 3. Give Bari. Sax the roots
@jackyerkess8436Ай бұрын
Can you talk more about the actual way you arrange for them. I.e. if writing for 5, do you exclusively harmonised 1-4 and put 5 down the octave. Or do you use 5 part harmonies? Likewise, if you were writing 5th parts for something that was only originally written for 4, what notes would you give 5th? (Assuming you can’t change the other 4 parts).
@donnytarbert6839Ай бұрын
Great !
@robpallot5058Ай бұрын
Great video - thanks! As a pianist, the other (4th?) sort of notation is the single line melody with chords - often helpful in a shout-chorus section