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About the piece: Welcome to the second chart Ive done on a Beatles tune! I guess, because the first one (Cant Buy Me Love) went so well, I had to keep it going (shameless plug alert: CBML is available from both sheetmusicdirect.com and sheetmusicplus.com.) And I Love Her is a great tune, and I tried to find some creative ways to expand on that. It features your most lyrical flugel player, and youll need woodwind doubles: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, and bass clarinet.
Ensemble: This is pretty straightforward: even 8th, bossa-ish vibe. Trumpets 1, 3, and 4 are on flugels full-time, except for the harmon trumpet bit in mm. 70-75. I feel the 5/4 bars as 2+3, and would conduct accordingly. Overall, think mellow, understated, warm/fuzzy on this.
Rhythm Section: I really hear nylon string guitar on this, so please ask your guitarist to bring the extra axe. Piano, guitar, and bass: If theres a notated paty without chord symbols, please play as written. If its chord symbols only, play/comp tastefully, as always. If there are both, you can do either. If the written part supports the ensemble, Id suggest going that route.
I LOVE having guitar and vibes in the rhythm section, but in general Im not a big fan of having them play off of the same part. So, please observe the play only if no guitar (or vibes etc.) indications. Drums, Ive indicated some basic grooves (note the feel change in the bridge) but I trust you. Just keep things tasty and understated.
Solo Section: Flugel soloafter the first read-through, youll know when its just you on the melody, and when your part is doubled. Feel free to play more expressively on the former. There are some short snippets of changes mixed in with the melodic statements; think of these more like fills than the official solo section which is mm. 50-80, the AAB of the form. Dont swing for the fences in spots like mm. 44-48; instead, float on top of the ensemble sound. And, keep things simple from n. 91 out.
As of this writing, I dont have a recording of this, other than the MIDI demo. If you end up with a nice recording and would be OK sharing that with me, please reach out!
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