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Re: Frosty the Snowman

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Subject: Re: Frosty the Snowman
From: Peter Younghusband <monkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 11:52:43 -0400
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I've played it once - last year. I would say it's really a crowd pleaser,
especially if you muck around with it.

Cadenza - (See below) You can basically mutilate it to suit yourself!

Monkey


Tim Morgan wrote:

> In message <4875E883F13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, John Ingman
> <b.a.ingman@xxxxxxxxx> writes
> >All,
> >Have any of the bass trombone players on the list played the popular
> >arrangement of 'frosty the snowman' with their bands? If so can you
> >tell me if it is hard/easy/good!
>
> I've played it.  It's a very effective xmas piece which always gets the
> audience cheering (especially if you dress up in the outfit!).  It was
> written for Mark Frost, bass trom with Fodens (hence the appropriate
> choice of piece to arrange!) so although it is not too tricky
> technically (however, there is a little waltz section that has you
> flying about all over the shop), you are expected to 'plumb the depths'
> a little.  The highest note in the piece is top G (bass clef, concert
> pitch) and the lowest is a pedal C (yes, that's pedal C, one tone above
> double pedal Bb) in the cadenza (this usually gets a little ripple of
> applause on its own!)  The cadenza is quite long though, and I suppose
> would lend itself to a fair bit of mutilation if required.
>
> For serious solos, the new stuff from the Doug Yeo CD is hard to beat.
> I've done Goff Richard's 'Rainy Day In Rio' and Gordon Langford's
> 'Proclamation' and they're both superb.
>
> Best wishes,
> --
> Tim Morgan, Bass Trombone, Woolley Pritchard Sovereign Brass.
>
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