Swing Sensation
by Linda Mitchell

One of our Cool Cats Recorder Ensembles
Ideal companions for the Cool Cats Recorder Course (plateau/extension).
  • Photocopiable (by purchasers only)
  • Double CD pack of Demonstrations and Backings
  • 15 tunes - 3 parts each, beginner to advanced.
  • Guitar chord symbols and full set guitar charts.
  • Perfect for concert items.


The piece we have chosen for you is 'THREE MINOR MICE'.

It is an arrangement of a tune the students all know ('Three Blind Mice').
HOWEVER - this arrangement is in a MINOR key (E minor).
Your students will love hearing how the mood and feel of a tune can be altered by a shift in tonality from major to minor.

The tune is also 'swung' - given a jazz syncopation.

HOW TO USE THE ARRANGEMENT
There are 3 parts:
Cool Cats Part - G, A, B.
Heroes part - E, F#, G.
Legends part - F#, A, B, C#, D, D#, pinched E.

There is also a guitar chord chart (Em, Am7, D, B7).

There are also audio files of all parts separately, all parts together ... AND a backing track (where the piece is performed 3 times).
So ... students can play just one, or two, or all parts and the piece will work.

A simple arrangement that always works:
1st time - Legends part
2nd time - Legends + cool Cats
3rd time - all parts together.

TUNED PERCUSSION, KEYBOARDS OR OTHER TUNED INSTRUMENTS CAN ALSO BE USED.


Three MinorMice from Bushfire Press - download the pdf
Click on the image above or here to download the pdf.

THE MP3 TRACKS (Click to play or download the tracks)
You can purchase Swing Sensations here.