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CUSTOMIZE IT!Tweak your arrangement to show your

assets

Nikki Blackmer, Faculty

+FIRST LOOK

1. What Key is it in?

2. Intro / Tag

3. Traps

4. Ego of the performer

+TRAP SHOOTING:

Preparing the Music

Spell all chords correctly for P tuning marking

Make sure all notes and words are aligned on page

Make sure there is enough space between staves

Mark all breath spots

Number the measures, add rehearsal letters

Avoid difficult page turns

Avoid repeats. Cut and Paste to read straight through

When passages are repeated: the notes and words should be TOTALLY identical or different enough to

remember the difference.

+TRAP SHOOTING

Chords we could revoice

Jumps we could smooth out

Passages we could simplify

Pickups we could make lead only

Expression words we can highlight

Swipes we can add for fun!

Breaths we can plan in advance

Key Changes we can take out, or modify to half step

+TRAP SHOOTING CONTINUED

DO

OCTAVES

TI-DO (TENORS) / RE-DO (BASSES

TOO BLACK

NOTES PER NANO-SECOND

½ STEP ROCKS

PART PULLING

HAND OFF

NOTES WITH HOLES IN THEM

+Measures 14-16

+ Measures 24-29

+Measures 40-48

+Measures 40-48

+Measures 48-58

+Measures 48-59

+Measures 61-66

+Measures 76-85

+Measures 76-85

+Tag

+Tag