Audiences will love this reggae treatment of the familiar tune from The Wizard of Oz. It has a slow intro in 3/4 before kicking into the tune in 4/4. After the melody, the tenors have a short soli section before the melodies from “Over The Rainbow” and “If I Only Had A Brain” blend together for a short interlude. The 3/4 intro is then restated before the main melody is reintroduced. The tune is completed by the 3/4 intro.
This beautiful aria is often erroneously attributed to J.S. Bach due to its inclusion in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, but was most likely written by the German composer Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel.
This series was commissioned specifically to provide quality steel band music for beginning steel bands. The six pieces in this collection represent a variety of styles, composers and difficulty and can serve as an entire semester’s repertoire.
One of Debussy’s more recognizable and crowd-pleasing pieces, this arrangement is a challenging piece to perform not for its technical requirements, but more for its expressive demands (dynamics and tempo) and the ability for the ensemble to listen to one another.
If I Only Had a Brain
$30.00
Audiences will love this reggae treatment of the familiar tune from The Wizard of Oz.
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Audiences will love this reggae treatment of the familiar tune from The Wizard of Oz. It has a slow intro in 3/4 before kicking into the tune in 4/4. After the melody, the tenors have a short soli section before the melodies from “Over The Rainbow” and “If I Only Had A Brain” blend together for a short interlude. The 3/4 intro is then restated before the main melody is reintroduced. The tune is completed by the 3/4 intro.
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Genre: Reggae
Difficulty: Intermediate
Instrumentation: T, DS, C, B
Ranges
Tenor G4 – B5
Double Seconds G3 – A4
Cello B3 – D4
Six Bass C2 – D3
Time: 3:23
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