Pilgrims' Swing 搖擺樂

孟德爾松的《義大利交響曲》第一樂章中的Andante（通常被昵稱為朝聖者進行曲）包含了最優美動人的旋律，並輔以最簡單的低音線條和對位元數字。作為一名年輕的音樂家，格雷厄姆-勞埃德（Graham Lloyd）對這首樂曲非常著迷，他買了管弦樂譜來研究音符，當時他覺得這些音符沒什麼意義。不過，他注意到低音線類似於標準搖擺樂曲中的 "行進低音線"

作曲家: Felix Mendelssohn
樂器: Concert Band
出版社: De Haske Publications
原文簡介:
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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