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Clarinet Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.554018 By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Ray Thompson. Rock. 16 pages. RayThompsonMusic #6497367. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.554018). "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a song by the English rock band the Beatlesfrom their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The song is about a student named Maxwell Edison who commits murders with a hammer, with the dark lyrics disguised by an upbeat sound. McCartney described the song as symbolic of the downfalls of life, being "my analogy for when something goes wrong out of the blue, as it so often does"You either love it or you hate it!!Apparently the 3 other Beatles detested it.....This is the version you need for your clarinet quartet.Arranged straight, it needs to be played in a swung style.For standard clarinet quartet 3 Bb and one bass.Transposed into C from the original in D, so clarinets remain in D. The verse melody is shared in turn by the 3 standard clarinets, and the bass maintains a steady rhythm.I have added a countermelody in verses 2 and 3, which IS audible on the original record, but not on any of the piano transcriptions.I have also harmonised a little of verse 3 so that clarinet 1 plays a descant above..EnjoyCheck out my other Beatles clarinet quartets This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).