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Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child: 8 Trumpets & Percussion Score & Parts

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Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child: 8 Trumpets & Percussion Score & Parts

Name: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child: 8 Trumpets & Percussion Score & Parts
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 81-TE24118
Price: 20.00 USD
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Traditional / arr. David Marlatt

Level: Medium

Item: 81-TE24118

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Spirituals have found their way into the standard repertoire of vocalists and instrumentalists. The lyrical tunes combined with the powerful message they tell affect us all. In this arrangement all parts are interesting and the jazz harmonies and use of harmon mutes add a really great colour to this famous tune. This is a flugel horn feature throughout with muted trumpets in an accompanying role. This piece was premiered at the 2004 International Trumpet Guild conference in Denver, Colorado.

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Series: Eighth Note Publications

Publisher: Eighth Note Publications

ISBN10: 1-55472-914-9

ISBN13: 978-1-55472-914-2

UPC: 685462009701

SKU: 81-TE24118

Instrumentation: 8 Trumpets & Percussion

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Why we love this

Marlatt strips away the vocal idiom to reveal what makes this spiritual endure: a melody so direct it cuts through any instrumentation. The flugel horn carries the tune with warmth while the muted trumpets create sophisticated jazz harmonies underneath, giving your ensemble a chance to sound polished and intentional rather than just playing the notes.

What to expect

The arrangement honors the spiritual's quiet dignity while infusing it with a cool, modern sensibility. Harmon mutes and jazz harmonies give you something contemplative yet contemporary, transforming a hymn into a conversation between voices rather than a proclamation.

Who it's for

Intermediate brass ensembles ready to move beyond straightforward scoring into arranging that layers sophistication with accessibility. This works for trumpet choirs, compact brass groups, or mixed brass ensembles that want a sacred piece with real musical substance and festival appeal.

How to get the most out of it

Balance the flugel horn feature against the muted trumpet accompaniment carefully. The feature should sing through, but the jazz voicings need clarity to land their harmonic color.
Use the harmon mutes as a timbral choice, not just a dynamic control. These mutes shape the character of the piece and give the arrangement its distinctive voice.
Lock the percussion with the brass section from the start. The rhythm and color you create together will define how listeners experience the spiritual's message.

How to use it

Program this as a centerpiece for a concert devoted to sacred or American roots music, where its arranging sophistication will stand out. It also works as a festival or contest submission where judges appreciate craft and inventive orchestration at the intermediate level.

Skills your students will build

Balancing melody against harmonic accompaniment in ensemble context
Mute technique (harmon mutes) and its effect on intonation and tone color
Playing with jazz-influenced harmony and voicing clarity
Shaping phrasing and rubato in a spiritual arrangement

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