As heard on the Chris Bill YouTube channel. A true classic and apparently voted one of history's most feel-good songs. Can't say no to that!

It's exciting ! Let's play this music to the victory. Five brass players bring audience to the Rocky's ring side . This arrangement is good for advanced players. This is a full-chorus arrangement in original key for Brass Quintet (2 Bb Trumpets/F Horn/Trombone/Tuba). The PDF file includes 14 pages of score and 12 pages of parts. Playing time :2min45sec. Please visit youtube to listen full sound sample.https://youtu.be/1E2tga33Q98 1. Gonna Fly Now (from 0min.00sec.) 2. Eye Of The Tiger (from 2min.53sec.) 3. The Final Bell (from 5min.39sec.)

Holst skillfully weaves together traditional carols, sometimes layering one carol on top of another. Good Christian Men Rejoice, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, Come Ye Lofty Come Ye Lowly and The First Noel. This arrangement is suitable for a concert or church service. It is a perfect addition to your Christmas music repertoire. Performance time, 6:00.

The MP3 clip here, limited to 30 seconds, happens late in the arrangement, which is 3 minutes and 15 seconds long. You'll hear the characteristic Stevie Wonder modulation up a half step. I brought the whole song down a half step from the original key of B (yikes!) to Bb. After the modulation players will be challenged briefly by the key of Cb. I urge you to purchase this arrangement, as I'm confident you'll find that I've captured the essential elements, as well as the excitement, of Stevie's great song, and allowed the brass quintet to sound at its best. Professional quintets can really enjoy this arrangement, but it is also playable by good student quintets.

The popular song ?Five Foot Two? dates back to 1914. So who wrote it? Good question, since the song was changed so often. Leo Feist, Inc. published a version in 1925 crediting Ray Henderson with music; Sam Lewis and Joseph Widow Young, with words. That same year The California Ramblers made the song?s first recording and used the Feist-published version. Since then, ?Five Foot Two? has been recorded many times by many different artists as well as being used in film and TV productions.
This arrangement was inspired by a vocal interpretation the arranger heard in the 1950s while working at an Adirondacks resort hotel. It starts and ends with brief slow sections but most of the way through breezes along at a suggested 112 tempo. All notes are within normal playing range of the five instruments, although Tuba does play its lowest E and F a couple of times. The melody consists mainly of half notes, quarter notes and whole notes, but the variations include lots of eighth notes and a few tricky rhythms. Written as a companion piece to Sweetwater Brass? popular ?Somebody Stole My Gal,? this ?Five Foot Two? is upbeat and fun and includes plenty of delightful 1920s-style doo-wacka-doo and ricky-ticky turns.
Completed in 2020, performance time for ?Five Foot Two? runs about 2 minutes, 39 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge; contact him directly at lessmith61@bellsouth.net. For more arrangements by Les, enter "Sweetwater Brass Press" (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box.

This medley wraps up seven of the most popular Christmas songs into a tidy package for audiences of all ages. Represented are: O Christmas Tree, What Child is This, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Silent Night, I Saw Three Ships and Angels We have heard on High. There?s something to play for everyone and it?s a great way to touch on a lot of great tunes with good pace and variety throughout. Duration : 4.55