Briar Rose (Swing version of the Sleeping Beauty Waltz)
Digital Sheet Music

Time signature: 4/4
Tempo: 150
Hal Leonard grade: 3
Key: F (4th lower than original waltz)
Lead Trumpet highest note: A5 (last note; can be lowered to G5)

  The chords have been kept to the simpler side of classic big band sounds without too many extended or altered chords.

  The written articulations will help young musicians learn the characteristics of the swing idiom.

  No section is highlighted for more than a few bars at a time, and all of the playing is tutti.

  As a classically-trained pianist, I remember well the confusion accompanying my first forays into the jazz world. So I've included two piano parts.  One, for the more advanced student, is a basic lead-sheet with the bass line included.  The other piano part is more of a jazz etude. Sammy Nestico's written-out chords were a great resource for me, so It's kind of written in that style, but it is intended to be more of a starting point than a finished part. It offers some suggestions regarding quartal structure, rootless chords, and anticipations.  Today, there are so many resources online that even a quick search of video tutorials will yield a lot of information. Although it may be played as is, the pianist is encouraged to develop it on his or her own, with the band leader's guidance.

  There are also two Drum Set parts-- one is notation, for a beginning drummer, and the other is a standard kick sheet.

  I can send you an MP3 of the isolated rhythm section. My e-mail is klazzkeys@aol.com.

(Arranged with Jazz and Big Band/Finale Notation software. Audio sample courtesy of Online-Audio-Converter.com. PDFs courtesy of Silk Odyssey PDF merge.)