Big Band Swing

• Multiple instruments of the same instrument
• Large brassy sound
• Double Bass over Tuba
  • Prominent walking bass
• Piano comps louder, has solos
• DUKE ELLINGTON
• Drumsets
• Mutes used
• CAN FORM CHORDS!!!!!!
• Orchestrated!

Instrumentation §

• 5 Saxaphones
• 3 Trombones
• 5 Trumpets
• 1 Double Bass
• 1 Drumset
• 1 Piano

Keywords §

• Antiphonal
• Chordal stabs
  • Syncopated
  • Sometimes on off beat
  • Played as fillers
• Unison

Take the “A” Train §

• Use instruments to mimic sounds produced my machines.

Example Qns §

Question

Suggest the interactions between the solo and the orchestra.

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Answer

The trumpets play syncopated chordal stabs as fillers during long notes in the melody. The trombones play in unison.