Phantom Regiment

Phantom Regiment
Phantom Regiment

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Augie's Great Municipal Band

Augie's Great Municipal Band - for bells, snare drums, tenor drums, bongos or congas, bass drum, crash cymbals, whistle, PVC pipe (unless you happen to have an alpine horn), and vocals
mp3
pdf

Notes about the pdf: The weird empty boxes above vocals should say quarter note = 126 bpm. The "x" marks on tenor drums are  left-on-right stick clicks (strike the right stick with the left stick). Use wooden sticks on one of the lower pitched tenor drums (say, 14 inch or larger). The idea with the snares, tenor, and bongos/congas is to get that "large marching/processional band" sound as seen on SW III. Crash cymbals and whistle should be played by one player. This arrangement is not an exact translation of the version heard in the movie; for one thing, nobody I know owns a cuica.

Notes about the mp3: Finale's vocals sound very electronic. Deal with it. The five stroke rolls starting in measure 13 do not sound right; they should be played strictly in time - just keep the right hand moving exactly with every 8th note. The sound cuts out on the bells in the last measure because Finale does not believe that my bells go up to C.
If you want to hear a high quality version of the original, always look for one without video; I prefer DarkKnightMatt's on Youtube.

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