Michael Sweeney: Leichte Noten

Dieser 1992 komponierte Klassiker für Spieler im zweiten Jahr ist nach wie vor bei Wettbewerben und Festivals beliebt. Hier ist eine leichte, flexible Version für nur vier Stimmen, die den Schwung und...

Never has there been a version of this Sonny Rollins classic in an arrangement this easy! With ample use of unison lines, a moderate tempo and careful scoring, this one will really cook with young pla...

Continuing with Michael's popular series of Celtic Air and Dance arrangements, the third installment opens with Red is the Rose (or Loch Lomond) in a flowing ballad treatment. The lively Bill Sullivan...

Vintage pop rock from the sixties, made famous by the legendary Temptations, Michael Sweeney's version has all the signature vocal hooks.

This medium tempo swing standard provides the perfect way to get your young players to swing. Mike's easy arrangement features plenty of full ensemble tutti rhythms and no solos are required.

Practically a trademark Count Basie tune, this medium swing classic has been carefully modified to fit the needs of beginning bands. Features authentic style, lots of tutti ensemble playing and easy w...

Take this swingin' Ellington favorite and put it in the skilled hands of Michael Sweeney and you have a magnificent teaching and performance piece for beginning jazz groups. The style is authentic eve...

Here's a fun original swing tune with a bit of an edge! Michael Sweeney again shows his understanding of this easy level in this well-written blues that features some minor dissonances for spice and a...

One of the all-time classic charts from the Count Basie Band is this gem penned by longstanding guitarist Freddie Green. Available for the first time in an arrangement for beginning bands, Michael Swe...

Here's an easy version of this big band favorite from the Count Basie Orchestra. Your audience is sure to recognize this one, and it's the perfect way to introduce young players to one of the great ba...

Made famous by the Count Basie band as well as countless other jazz artists, bring a bit of history to your young players with this familiar standard. This easy arrangement includes a nice mix of unis...

The hippest new swing tune of the year from the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. This exciting chart for young players features the signature horn riffs and drum breaks.

Here is a very playable arrangement of this quintessential cool jazz swing tune that will work great with young players. Carefully scored to sound full with incomplete instrumentation this arrangement...

This Beach Boys favorite is still popular with students today and Mike's easy arrangement makes it playable with even beginning groups. Written in a solid rock style with limited use of syncopation, t...

Featuring dramatic moods, rhythmic intensity, and active percussion parts, Michael has created a powerful arrangement of the main themes from the blockbuster movie for second year players.

Mit modalen Harmonien, dynamischen Perkussionsklängen und kühnen Melodien ist dies ein großartig klingendes Stück, in das sich Ihre Anfänger richtig reinhängen können. Da nichts schneller als eine Vie...

Selten erreicht eine Komposition der Note 1 ein so hohes Maß an Raffinesse und Kühnheit wie dieses neue Werk von Michael Sweeney. Zu Beginn erklingen dunkle und bedrohliche Klänge mit orientalischen A...

Nichts steht so sehr für den Rock'n'Roll der 50er Jahre wie dieses Stück, das ursprünglich von Bill Haley & The Comets aufgenommen wurde. Großartiger Swingspaß für jede Gelegenheit!

Grades 1-2. (Sweeney)

Performer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 34) Includes Another One Bites the Dust and We Will Rock You.

Composed in the 1700s, this traditional Irish ballad was a lament of homesickness by its author, and is now a tender and beloved melody appearing on countless recordings. Also known as The Wind from t...

Michael Sweeney's simple, yet sensitive arrangemetn of this classic Beastles ballad is great for teaching phrasing and expression to beggining players.

Hier können Sie Ihren Anfängern den Blues auf unterhaltsame und einfache Weise näher bringen. Das Stück enthält eine Basslinie für tiefe Blechbläser (und Holzbläser) am Anfang, einige einfache chromat...

Here is a sensitive yet very playable version of this beautiful folk melody. From a soft beginning with woodwinds followed by the low brass playing the melody, this arrangement builds to a dramatic st...