Pilgrims' Swing 摇摆乐

门德尔松的《意大利交响曲》第一乐章中的Andante（通常被昵称为朝圣者进行曲）包含了最优美动人的旋律，并辅以最简单的低音线条和对位数字。作为一名年轻的音乐家，格雷厄姆-劳埃德（Graham Lloyd）对这首乐曲非常着迷，他买了管弦乐谱来研究音符，当时他觉得这些音符没什么意义。不过，他注意到低音线类似于标准摇摆乐曲中的 "行进低音线"

作曲家: Felix Mendelssohn
乐器: Concert Band
出版社: De Haske Publications
原文简介:
The Andante from the first movement of Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony (often nicknamed Pilgrims' March) contains the most beautifully haunting melody supported by the simplest of bass lines and counterpoint figures. As a young musician, Graham Lloyd was so fascinated by this music he bought the orchestral score to study the notes, which at the time made little sense to him. However, he did notice that the bass line was similar to a“walking bass line” in a standard swing tune.

In this composition Graham Lloyd uses Mendelssohn's original bass line, melodic line and counterpoint figures but gives them a swing feel. Who knows, maybe if Mendelssohn had been born a hundred years later, he could have become one of our big band leaders!
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