Product Description
Does your string quartet have pocket? We're not talking about a walking bass line and the occasional gratuitous "blue note" here, we're talking real, honest, gritty, depths of the funk-closet kind of pocket. Because that's what your ensemble is gonna need to take on this jazzy rendition of one of the most legendary funk anthems in the history of the world.
This chart features complex "strum bowing" rhythms and chopping as the foundation for a uniquely infectious string-quartet groove, with absolutely no need for additional drums or percussion! That being said, I have also included a rhythm section lead sheet in case you want to perform with additional players of the picked and/or sticked variety.
When executed correctly, this arrangement can be an absolute show stopper, guaranteed to get butts on the dance floor and hands in the air at your next showcase, house concert, or cocktail reception. However, when executed poorly this might sound akin to the warm-up area during middle school band tryouts, so sight-reading is not recommended. But with just a bit of rehearsal time, a solid college-level or professional quartet can tackle this chart and be well on their way to bringing a whole new level of energy to their next gig!!
So stop Google-searching for "free string quartet music" and settling for questionably-accurate transcriptions of those same seven wedding songs. Give your ensemble the pizazz you need to knock your audience's socks off, with charts written by gigging string players, for gigging string players! If this tune doesn't get 'em out of their seats, nothing will.
Like this chart? Take the funk-factor up another notch by pairing this tune with my arrangement of "Easy Like Sunday Morning" for a Commodores medley that will have your listeners begging for more! The optional transition is included in the parts.
"Easy" available here: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/easy-like-sunday-morning-jazz-string-quartet-digital-sheet-musi...
Performance time - 2:30 as written. 3:00 if somebody goes off-script and extends their solo (...if the spirit takes you, go with it)
Questions? Feel free to contact me via my website, www.kylepudenz.com/ or on the 'Insta @theviolinvagabond
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.