I read notated reels for some kind of celtic christmas concert. It would have been more fun with out the notation, and a small little how-to from the flute player as to what the hell they wanted. Instead, we played very square reel-ish arrangements (often with the tempo marking "Rock and Reel"). Bleh.
After having this discussion no less than 4 times at CU, I gave up. However, I recently had an opportunity to re-work some of this music for an event upcoming in March. Unfortunately, the musicians involved would really need to have something very straightforward and, well, notated.
I maintain the hope that some well-educated and adventurous musician will one day be willing to jam over a musical "road map", and that I will yet get to make good use of at least the reel and the march, which I think are pretty spiffy, at least as far as the riffs are concerned.
Not surprisingly, I'm having the exact opposite problem with the Banjo Tango. There may possibly be 3 banjo players in the country who both read music and understand latin jazz well enough to tackle this piece. Unfortunately, they're also all very famous and busy.
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After having this discussion no less than 4 times at CU, I gave up. However, I recently had an opportunity to re-work some of this music for an event upcoming in March. Unfortunately, the musicians involved would really need to have something very straightforward and, well, notated.
I maintain the hope that some well-educated and adventurous musician will one day be willing to jam over a musical "road map", and that I will yet get to make good use of at least the reel and the march, which I think are pretty spiffy, at least as far as the riffs are concerned.
Not surprisingly, I'm having the exact opposite problem with the Banjo Tango. There may possibly be 3 banjo players in the country who both read music and understand latin jazz well enough to tackle this piece. Unfortunately, they're also all very famous and busy.
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