This month the freebie sheet music is "Cotton-Eyed Joe" an old fiddle tune about a handsome man the ladies aways wanted to dance with. This is set by John Gibson for woodwind duets that can be played in various combinations. The download includes all the parts: flute 1 and 2, clarinet 1 and 2, and alto sax 1 and 2. The alto sax duet could also be used by oboe players and tenor sax players, but not as combined parts.
You can access the freebies of the past in the JB Linear Music Archive. Click on "Freebie Archives" at the left.
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The last of the limited edition of Fernand Gillet's excellent book of scales and exercises is available for purchase at Amazon.com. These are the remaining 12 copies of the facsimile edition in Gillet's handwriting. The book is still being published at JB Linear Music, but only in the computerized version. Here is your chance to not only obtain an historical book, but also get one of the finest scale and interval books available. Click on this link for the Amazon listing.
Next month's Freebie Download:
"Jigg", the 3rd movement of William Boyce's 7th Symphony (1740) set for woodwind trios.
Player's quinte* of the month:
Keep buying new sheet music. If you get stuck with the same old music, you can get dull and lifeless. Don't let this happen to you. New music is a perfect picker-upper!
Have fun playing!
Sincerely,
John Gibson JB Linear Music
*quinte: sometimes it is a quote, sometimes it is a hint
