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Issue: # 73       
 1,340 subscribers worldwide 

April/2012
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Dear                     free

 Here's your JB Linear Monthly Freebie.
 
   

 

This month's free sheet music is Oriental (Spanish Dance #2) by Enrique Granados for woodwind solo and piano. One piano part works for all of the solos which include flute, oboe, english horn, Bb clarinet, alto sax, and tenor sax. All parts are in the download, too. There is a play-a-long mp3 audio file for you, too. This freebie is a shorter version of the main melody. The complete solo is also available at www.music4woodwinds.com.

 

Here is a video of the score - the complete piece with alto saxophone

 

Download the Granados Here 

 

Download the play-a-long piano mp3 audio file

 

 

 

         

  
 You can access the freebies of the past in the JB Linear Music Archive. Click on "Freebie Archives" at the left.
News

++++We have two new composers contributing music at www.music4woodwinds. ++++

 

Dr. Gary Powell Nash, a native of Flint, Michigan is Associate Professor of Music at Fisk University in Nashville, TN where he teaches and coordinates courses in music theory, technology, composition, applied woodwinds and conducts the Fisk Jazz Ensemble.

 

He has added:

  1. Bluebird Animato for English Horn and String Trio
  2. Papilonian Dance for Saxophone Trio
  3. Papilonian Dance for Two Oboes and English Horn
  4. Silent Guns of Sacrifice and Fortitude for Clarinet and Percussion
  5. Soulful Quartet #1 for English Horn and String Trio
  6. Soulful Trio #1 for Two Oboes and English Horn 

Dr. Leonard Anderson will be adding his original "old standards" in pop and jazz styles. Len Anderson is a prolific composer and player. These pieces include separate parts for players on C, Bb, Eb, and bass clef instruments. Each part has the melodic line with chord symbols. Also included is a play-a-long backing track.

 

So far we have two pieces ready to purchase:

  1. Boss Bossa
  2. Thinking of You

Take a listen to Len playing Boss Bossa!

 

John Gibson has added his symphonic band arrangement of "The Jigs are Up" which includes Frieze Britches, Scatter the Mud, The Mooncoin (Jazz Waltz), and The Lark in the Morning.

Best Sellers at

www.music4woodwinds.com

 

Bach Chaconne for unaccompanied clarinet

      Hear a fine performance of this

 

Mendelssohn, Song Without Words unaccompanied clarinet

 

Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre for flute, clarinet, and bassoon

 

Spirit of God, Descend on My Heart for clarinet quartet

 

It Isn't Easy Being a Cuckoo for flute trio 

 

Smart Shoppers Package for woodwind quintet 

Next month's Freebie Download:  

"Melodie", Op. 4 No. 2 by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel for woodwind solos and piano.

 

Player's quinte* of the month:

 

"...rhythm and intonation are first priorities - the 'vital organs' (heart and lungs) of music....weakness in either one of these basic skills represents a complete failure of the musical organism."  Leon Russianoff Clarinet Method Book I

 

 

 Have fun playing

 

 


Sincerely,


John Gibson
JB Linear Music
 
*quinte: sometimes it is a quote, sometimes it is a hint