This page is for those who have purchased The Band Director's Guide to Arranging for the Marching Band from Marketing Vision Partners, and the new Second Edition, now called The Band Director's Guide To Marching Band Arranging, available in print, pdf, and Kindle textbook versions. The second edition includes new sections on using sample libraries with Sibelius and on using electronics with the marching band.
Here is a downloadable pdf excerpt from the book:
Here is a downloadable pdf excerpt from the book:
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PLEASE NOTE: To make it possible to read the many musical examples in the text - including two full scores of marching band arrangements - the Kindle version had to be rendered as a "Kindle Textbook." This kind of Kindle file does not work with all devices. For example, it will not work on a Kindle Paperwhite or a Voyager. However, it will render on newer Fire tablets with the musical examples. It will render on Android devices, iPhones and iPads, but the embedded musical examples will not be available. Those music examples can be found on this page, below.
As time goes on, Kindle support for PC and Mac readers, for Android devices, and for iPads and iPhones is supposed to improve, so we may only have to wait a little while for all features of the Kindle version to be available on those devices!
To purchase the print version from Amazon.com, click here.
To purchase the Kindle version of the book, click here.
If you prefer the PDF ebook version, contact me.
As time goes on, Kindle support for PC and Mac readers, for Android devices, and for iPads and iPhones is supposed to improve, so we may only have to wait a little while for all features of the Kindle version to be available on those devices!
To purchase the print version from Amazon.com, click here.
To purchase the Kindle version of the book, click here.
If you prefer the PDF ebook version, contact me.
AUDIO OF SELECTED BOOK EXAMPLES
Chapter 7: F7 chord voicings for brass, part 1
Chapter 7: F7 chord voicings for brass, part 2
Chapter 7: alternating chord tones in thirds
Chapter 7: reharmonizing the passage in thirds
Chapter 7: thirds and sixths, part 2
Chapter 7: thirds and sixths, part 3
Chapter 7: thirds and sixths, part 3
Chapter 7: thirds and sixths, part 5
Chapter 7: thirds and sixths, part 6
Chapter 8: "Night On Bald Mountain" battery percussion
Chapter 8: "Night On Bald Mountain" easier battery percussion
Chapter 8: accent patterns 1
Chapter 8: accent patterns 2
Chapter 8: latin percussion
Chapter 9: example of a "down" ending
Chapter 9: the half-step grind
Chapter 9: "Night On Bald Mountain" ending
Chapter 9: "Night On Bald Mountain" woodwind ending
Chapter 9: example of a big ending
Chapter 9: example of a big, slow ending
Chapter 12: jazz trombone interpretation of the "Bald Mountain" melody
Full arrangement of "Night On Bald Mountain" rendered using Sibelius 8.5
Full easy arrangement of "Night On Bald Mountain" rendered using Sibelius 8.5
All musical material on this page copyright 2017 by Jeffrey D. Waggoner. This material is not to be downloaded, sold or shared in any form.