Name: The Immovable Do (arr. Stephen Davies) by Percy Grainger Woodwind Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Stephen Davies
Price: 12.99 USD
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Product Details

Title The Immovable Do (arr. Stephen Davies)

Artist Percy Grainger

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Percy Grainger

Arranger Stephen Davies

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 33

Arrangement Woodwind Ensemble

Publisher Stephen Davies

Level 4

Product ID 1146352

Genre Classical 20th Century

Instruments Clarinet

Performance Group Woodwind Ensemble

Product Description

Percy Graingers' interesting life and eccentricities are widely known, however he was a master of his art. Most musicians will be familiar with the Tonic-Solfa ( Do Re Me etc), without boring you too much, a 'moveable' Do is the tonic of any key, a 'Fixed Do' is always a C !! In this piece Grainger employs his own 'Immovable Do', a C that is constant throughout the piece, even though it's in F!!! Now this would cause difficulties for any wind group!!! Graingers' instructions for anyone playing the melody on the Harmonium & Organ ".. these notes should be stuck fast with pencils, and thus held down to the very end of the piece..." So my solution is to seamlessly dovetail the C between an Eb and a Bb Clarinet, so that the fixed Do is to all intents and purposes always sounding. Graingers subtitle to the piece was ' The Cyphering C', which according to Chambers dictionary Cyphering means:- ' In an Organ, continuous sounding of a note not played, due to a mechanical failure '! The more melodic parts are a joy to listen to, with an infectious original tune, weaving between all the players.

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