Product Description
Stand by Me was originally released by the co-writer Ben E King in 1960 and is the sixth highest royalty earning song of
all time. However, King never intended to record the song himself. The story goes he
had some studio time left over after a session and the producer asked him if he
had any other songs they could put on tape. When King sat at the piano and performed Stand by Me, the producer recognised a huge hit in the making. This
version is arranged as a duet for two Tenor Saxophones.
Musicians at an intermediate level and above will
find this ideal for formal and informal performances. The overall performance
time is around three minutes.
Teachers will enjoy using this arrangement as a fun way to help
with ensemble skills and expressive playing. There are some complex syncopated
rhythms in the melody part and the challenge will be to tie these expressively
to the repeating bass pattern which is present throughout. The short sample audio is from the Clarinet and Alto Saxophone version while the full length youtube performance is the Alto Saxophone Duet.
There
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