General Guidelines for Voicings the Brass Section

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1 General Guidelines or Voiings the Brass Setion Trpt 1 Trpt 2 trpts Trpt 3 b b b b b b b # n # b # b # b Trpt 4 tbn 1 tbn 2 b b b b # b b b b # b b # b b # n b tbn 3 b b b # b tbn 4 b b b b b b b b pno G9sus4 Dm7 ( b 5) Eb ma9 C9sus4 Bb 9sus4 Gsus Bb m9 Eb ma9 (#11) Ab ma9 Bb 13 /A m9 B9sus4 m9 bass G9sus4 Dm7 ( b 5 ) Eb ma9 b C9sus4 Bb m a7/c Bb 9sus4 b Gsus Bb m9 b Eb ma9 (#11) b Ab ma9 b Bb 13 b /A b A9sus4 m9 Bb 9sus4 B9sus4 n m9 drums In their loer range, our trpts then to trpts an balane ith ourive trombones in sloer root position brass voiings. When the trpt setion is in a middle range, and the movement is slo, the loer trpts and higher an be voied in luster. When the lead trpt is at the top o the sta (onert) an be voied open (pyramid) or losed When trpt lead is higher, the to leads (trpt tbn) are voied beteen an otave and 10th o eah other. Tbns are given midrange voiings until a setion loses, at hih time they an be given root position voiings. (Leads remain 8ve10th, though)

2 Stella By Starlight medium up Brass and Rhythm trpts.. b.. b. b... b. b. n n b b b b b b b bb b. b b b b. #... b. b.. b b # m7 ( b 5 ) #. B7(b 5) # m7 ( b 5) B7(b 5) Em7. Em Ab 7sus4. Ab 7sus4 b. brass. 14 Gm7 Gm7 Bb m a7 G b m a7 Bb m a7 15 G b m a7 b b.. m a7 16 m a7 Combining the brass ategory I one setion in unison, the other horded. Note that this tehnique only orks ell hen there is a dierene in linear movement beteen the to setions. (Also hen ombining brass and saxes!) as the brass ombine, range onsiderations (page one) inluene the hoie o voiings and ombinations. Note the thm setion ues, espeially those or the drummer, ho appreiates knoing ho is playing his ues. ACE Brass, page 2

3 Dm7 ( b 5 ) Dm7 ( b 5 ) 17 b # # # # # 3 # 3 # 3 Csus4/G C/G Csus4/G 18 C/G # # # # # # # # m7 ( b 5 ) # m7 ( b 5 ) # b # b # b # b # b # b # b # # # # # # # # Gm a7 Gm a7 22 ens # # # # # # # # # Em7 # m7 G± C ± Bm9 Em7 # m7 G± C ± Bm Combining the brass ategory II: Everyone in unison otaves. We ath or to important qualities: 1) the moving line is idiomati to the instruments playing, and 2) hoever long the setion, it omes to a lose ith integrated voiings. Notie also that hile the horn movement is moving easily, thm setion has slash notation. When integrating, inthesta notation is used. ACE Brass, page 3

4 E+7 ( b 9).. b... b. b.. A+7 ( b 9) # # n n b # # # n n b # b A7 ( 9) b b Dm9 # n# # n # # # b # n # b b b n # m7 ( b 5 ) m7 b b b b # b b Bb 7sus4 # # # # # # # # # E+7 ( b 9) A+7 ( b 9) b A7 ( 9) Dm9 # m7 ( b 5 ) # m7 Bb 7sus Short setions o parallel oupling (trpts and play same notes one otave apart) do not sound "old" hen the hords are extended and the lead line is ritten ith good motion. (We take are that the lines breathe.) As the orm develops, voiings types ill mix, in this ay raising the ontour level hile leaving the musi playable. Note the # on beat three o measure 30 or the bass. The measure starts ith an # hord, ordinarily alling or an # in the bass on beat one. But ith the trombones dropping to root position on beat three, e ant the bass to agree (trombone # is in bass range) thereore the # indiation in the bass part. Notes played by the bassist on the other beats are less important in this instane. ACE Brass, page 4

5 #.. # m7 ( b 5 ).. # m7 ( b 5 ) 34.. # # n # n # n # n b Em7 ( b 5 ) Em7 ( b 5 ).. 36 b b b b b b # # m7 ( b 5 ) Gm7 ( b 5 ) ( b 5 ) # m7 ( b 5 ) Gm7 ( b 5 ) ( b 5 ) # 37 b b 38 b b. #.... n D9 G+7 D9 G b... b. b. b n # n n G+7 ( b 9) Cl yd G+7 ( b 9) Cl yd 40 Important untions on this page inlude: The return to unison trpts, horded, bringing reuse into the hart. Written bass hen the sloer moving oupy the bass range Phrasing and artiulations in the brass, artiulations tbn ues plaed in the drum part Root position horns or a eeling o losure ACE Brass, page 5

23 Single-Slit Diffraction

$23 Single-Slit Diffraction$ 23 Single-Slit Diffraction Single-slit diffraction is another interference phenomenon. If, instead of creating a mask ith to slits, e create a mask ith one slit, and then illuminate it, e find, under certain