Façades, Philip Glass
The Arrangement
First, listen to the arrangement:
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Feel like practicing to a backing track? Click here to customise or make your own!
Structure
1. Intro (2 bars)
2. A (10 bars)
3. B (Improvisation - non-melodic parts repeat 10 bar pattern from A, unless improvising. Use notes of the scales give when improvising - important notes are blue.)
4. A (10 bars)
5. Coda (2 bars played 4 times, getting softer each time).
Parts
For each part, there is a "Veteran (V)" option for more experienced players and "Rookie (R)" option for beginners.
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Melody - V1, R1
Harmony 1 - V2, R2
Harmony 3 - V3, R3
Piano - V4, R4 (multiple versions available for this part)
Bass - V5, R5
Guitar - (involving composition!)
Percussion - (involving composition!)
Be sure to listen to your part here to help learn it!
Click your instrument below to learn your part!
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Everyone will get a chance to improvise over the term, so head here to prepare before class!