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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1008464 Composed by Kirk Schmidt. Arranged by Kirk Schmidt. Jazz. Score and parts. 37 pages. Kirk Schmidt #4830691. Published by Kirk Schmidt (A0.1008464). This original composition is a jazz waltz which explores opposites in music, hence the name VERSUS. The Alto Saxes double on flute and there are ad lib solos for the Tenor 1 Sax; Trombone 2 and some bass bone feature. This tune explores some opposites withing the band, namely:Heavy Swing (dotted 8ths and 16ths) vs. Triplet Swing. The latter being reversed.Open voicing of the Guitar vs. the closed voicing of the Electric Piano.Muted Brass vs. Open Brass.3/4 Time Signature vs. 4/4 faux swing feel interspersed.ppp vs. fff dynamics.Flute (Highest Instrument Range in the Band) vs. Bass Bone (Lowest Range in the Band)I also employed an unconventional chord progression. 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 both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. 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).