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Cantaloupe Island

About this tune
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Herbie Hancock

with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet

(Make sure you listen to this - he's amazing!)

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DEMO

Our version

This tune is easy and great fun to play!

There are loads of rests and all the parts have the same rhythm.
Trumpet 1 - goes up to high C

Trumpet 2 - sticks to your first 5 notes (C D E F G)

Trombone - first 5 notes and a low B

There are three short bits to learn for each part.

Trumpet 1 - bits
Trumpet 1 bits

1.

Bit 1.1.png

Ta-Da!

4-beat rests

1 2 3

1 2 3 4 

1 2 3 4 

1 2 3 4 

3-beat rest

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2.

2-beat rest

tie

slurs

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3.

2-beat rest

Trumpet 2 - bits

Trumpet 2 bits

1.

Bit 1.1.png

Ta-Da!

4-beat rests

1 2 3

1 2 3 4 

1 2 3 4 

1 2 3 4 

3-beat rest

2.

2.2.1.png

2-beat rest

tie

slurs

3.

Bit 2.3.png

2-beat rest

Trombone bits
Trombone - bits

1.

Bit 3.1.png

Ta-Da!

4-beat rests

1 2 3

1 2 3 4 

1 2 3 4 

1 2 3 4 

3-beat rest

2.

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2-beat rest

Bit 3.3.png

3.

2-beat rest

Trumpet 1
Trumpet 1
minus trumpet 1
Trumpet 1
Cantaloupe brass - letters - Trumpet 1.p
trp 1.2
Trumpet 1
minus trumpet 1
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 1
Cantaloupe brass - no letters - Trumpet
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 2
minus trumpet 2
Cantaloupe brass - letters - Trumpet 2.p
Trumpet 2.2
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 2
minus trumpet 2
Cantaloupe brass - no letters - Trumpet
Trombone
Trombone
Trombone
minus trombone
Cantaloupe brass - letters - Trombone.pn
3.2
Trombone
minus trombone
Cantaloupe brass - no letters - Trombone
Improvise!

Over the first 8 bars:

Accompaniment for solos

Improvise!

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Over the next 4 bars (when the chord changes):

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Over the last 4 bars:

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Your performances

Your Performances

Send us a video or audio recording of you playing and, if you want, we can put it up here.

Here's Brecknock Year 5&6 playing it in Summer 2018,

after some workshops with saxophonist Tony Kofi.

PDFs to print
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