play that country tuba cowboy

[dmeacham5]

I want to play this (well my dad has been nagging me to try) but i can not seem to find the music anywhere,does anyone know where i can find it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljhpjtt4lmo" target="_blank

thanks for all the help

[The Big Ben]

I want to play this (well my dad has been nagging me to try) but i can not seem to find the music anywhere,does anyone know where i can find it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljhpjtt4lmo" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

thanks for all the help

Here's a better version: It's live by what looks like a HS or young college guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... OLuz5sYX9I" target="_blank

Do it like the garage band guys do it: put it on and figure out the part as you go. The background sounds like the garden variety Johnny Cash song.

[dmeacham5]

i meant the sheet music

[aqualung]

I could write this out for you, but I won't. Because ear training is an essential skill to acquire.

Be thankful that you don't have to learn transcription the way I did, way back when. The method was "drop the needle". Ownership of a reel-to-reel tape recorder came later.

Nowadays, digital technology makes the process much more convenient. Express Scribe freeware is quite adequate, and you can slow down the playback without lowering the pitch. Transcribe! is crafted specifically for music, and a 30-day demo is offered. It provides a snapshot of the audio spectrum aligned with a piano keyboard which helps with IDing pitches.

Be aware it will take a lot of time before you will be able to accurately notate rhythms. Just like it takes a lot of time to learn to accurately read them.

[dmeacham5]

i would really like to just buy he sheet music because i currently do not have anyone to teach me to do it by ear nor do i have the time, thank you for the idea, but please i would like a link to purchase the sheet music it would be very helpful

[eupher61]

The thing to realize is that you are going to have to do this for yourself. You cannot depend on others for everything in life, sometimes you have to put on your big boy panties and wade into it. This is such a case. I really doubt there is sheet music for that tune, and if there is, and someone has it, you should buy it for yourself. Asking others to send you copies of sheets is in violation of US copyright law.

If you don't understand that, you have a lot to learn before you are ready to play this specific tune.

[dmeacham5]

i did say buy

just buy he sheet music

or purchase

like a link to purchase the sheet music

as to putting on my big boy pants, that comment was not needed.

[The Big Ben]

i did say buy

just buy he sheet music

or purchase

like a link to purchase the sheet music

as to putting on my big boy pants, that comment was not needed.

Whoo, boy! We're adults here and, if you wanna hang here, you need to try to act like an adult, too.

You know those dorks that 'real music people' look down on? The guitar players who can't read music? They can figure this kind of stuff out. They know some chord patterns and just kind of go from there. I would be willing to bet that the guys who are playing the tune in the videos don't even have it on paper. They might have a sheet with the chord changes but that probably is about it. The accompaniment sounds like a pretty standard country tune. Get a copy of "Ring of Fire", "Boy Named Sue" or "I Walk The Line" by Johnny Cash and learn the chord patterns Johnny used. Johnny made a buttload of money with those simple chord patterns. You might, too, or at least help pay for your college by making music for drunks in a bar on the weekends. Lots of guys here did that. Play the first note and then figure out the second note and take it from there.

Now, if you want more guidance that that, search for a copy of the original tune that is being parodied- "Play That Funky Music, White Boy" by Wild Cherry that came out sometime in the early 80s and mix it around yourself.

Jeff "Got *my* big boy pants on" Benedict

[The Big Ben]

Benedect, ARE YOU DEAF ?
Play that funky music white boy ......................

No, I'm not. It's a parody. The Wild Cherry tune was the first one I thought of when I saw the title "Play That Country Tuba, Cowboy". After hearing it and comparing the words as I know them, I could hear the similarity and the parody.

[aqualung]

Actually, only the title is a parody of the "Funky" tune.

The lyric form and style is a parody of Cash's classic "A Boy Named Sue", penned by Shel Silverstein.

The chord progression to both is 1-4-5-1. Learn three triads and they will get you through a lot of country music, a lot of rock, a lot of ethnic dance music, a lot of Haydn, and "Silent Night".

[PhilGreen]

Hi Folks,

I got this piece arranged for me to do at a Brass Band contest (Brass In Concert 2010 I think). We managed to get permission from the publisher of 3 performances.
Played it OK - audiences loved it but the one judge wrote "Soloist Bravo - shame the piece has no musical integrity whatsoever"

Phil.