Imperial March (Vader)

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BriceT
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Imperial March (Vader)

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Hey everyone,

I was just recently at a high school football game in which I played in, and during one of the kickoff's the tuba section decided to play the "Darth Vader" theme. Some of the players were not even ready and our section leader gave a bad count off; meanwhile it was horrible.

So I am currently quickly arranging a small "Vader" composition for the tuba section. And I need some help with some of the notes. I have the "main" or beginning part down, but it is the part with the two sixteenths followed by an eighth note that are giving me a little bit of trouble. If anyone has any info on what to write(just typing the notes, picture, etc.)please let me know!

Thanks and Let the force be with you
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Post by poomshanka »

Back in the day, I arranged this as a 4-part ditty for our tuba section in the USC band. I was working from sheet music, maybe in some type of Star Wars song book collection (sorry, can't quite remember). My recommendation would be to get on The Google and find the sheet music. That would give you a place to start.

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Post by MartyNeilan »

poomshanka wrote:My recommendation would be to get on The Google and find the sheet music. That would give you a place to start.
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One other search - MIDI files. Almost anything you can think of is in MIDI somewhere on the net. Open the file with the music notation software of your choice, and, instant sheetmusic.

*many of the free versions don't support opening midi files
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Post by poomshanka »

MartyNeilan wrote:One other search - MIDI files. Almost anything you can think of is in MIDI somewhere on the net. Open the file with the music notation software of your choice, and, instant sheetmusic.
Lazy.

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Post by MileMarkerZero »

I believe the rhythm is (in 4/4)

Q-8th-16th triplet-8th-16th triplet-16th triplet-8th
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I am convinced that 90% of the problems with rhythm, tone, intonation, articulation, technique, and overall prowess on the horn are related to air issues.
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