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U.Play.Plus: More Pops: Piano/Guitar/Score

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U.Play.Plus: More Pops: Piano/Guitar/Score

Melody Plus Harmony (Solo--A, Duet--B/C/D, Trio--C, Quartet--D) with Optional Piano Accompaniment and Optional CD Accompaniment

Arr. Victor López

Grade: 2.5-3

Item: 00-37569
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Description
The U.Play.Plus Series, arranged by Victor López (Flex-Ability Series), provides solos, duets, trios, quartets, and larger ensembles with flexible instrumentation. Each book has a two-line score for every title. The top line (A) is the melody. The second line (B, C, or D) may be played as a duet with line A and is one of the four-part harmony lines. Adding instruments with B, C, and D lines will complete the harmony. Cue notes are included to fill in missing parts. Woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion may play together, with or without the rhythm section accompaniment (Piano/Guitar/Score book) or the CD (available separately). The CD includes a concert B-flat tuning note and two tracks for each song. The first is a demonstration track, and the second is the rhythm section accompaniment (piano, guitar, electric bass, and drums). Titles: Any Way You Want It * Baby * Born to Be Somebody * Celebration * Danger Zone * Dream a Little Dream of Me * Dynamite * Living in America * Raiders March * Take the "A" Train.

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Additional Details
Series: U.Play.Plus
Publisher: Alfred Music
Page Count: 48
ISBN10: 0-7390-8129-2
ISBN13: 978-0-7390-8129-7
UPC: 038081421841
SKU: 00-37569
Instrumentation: Piano/Guitar/Score

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About the Creator: Victor López

Victor López has built a career writing music that works in real rehearsal spaces with real mixed ensembles. His Flex-Ability Series approach recognizes that schools have woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion in the room simultaneously, and musicians at different ability levels need to contribute meaningfully to the same arrangement.

López's U.Play.Plus series takes this concept further by treating the rhythm section as fully notated rather than optional. The piano and guitar parts anchor every arrangement, allowing conductors to build from the ground up with whatever instruments show up on any given rehearsal day.

Why we love this

The song selection alone makes this worth owning: Journey, Maroon 5, Bruno Mars, Kool & The Gang, Kenny Loggins, and the standards that never fail ("Baby," "Dream a Little Dream of Me," "Take the 'A' Train"). But what sets this apart is the rhythm section writing. You get actual piano and guitar voicings that sound like the original recordings, not simplified filler. Your students hear what they're supposed to be playing toward.

What to expect

Immediate energy and recognition. Your students walk into the rehearsal knowing these songs, and that familiarity transforms them from note-readers into musicians working on interpretation from day one. The arrangements honor the original grooves while staying playable.

Who it's for

Conductors managing mixed instrumental ensembles in grade 2.5, 3 settings, where flexibility matters more than instrumentation specificity. Teachers who want pop and rock standards that don't sound dumbed down. Programs needing concert-ready material that works whether you have a full band or three saxophones and a cello.

How to get the most out of it

  • Balance the melody line A against the harmony parts B, C, and D. The recorded accompaniment shows the intended proportions, so let that guide your rehearsal dynamics.
  • Treat the cue notes as teaching tools during rehearsals, then remove them once your ensemble knows the song. Cues that fill missing instrumental parts should disappear as soon as the actual instruments arrive.
  • Use the two-part score to rehearse with just melody and one harmony line before adding the full ensemble. This builds confidence in any mixed group composition.

How to use it

Build a full pops concert from this single book. The ten titles span tempos, moods, and decades, so you can sequence them for dramatic shape and ensemble engagement. These also work as high-impact sectional pieces in a longer program, a Bruno Mars hit paired with something classical gives your audience the full picture of what your students can do.

Skills your students will build

  • Reading two-part harmony scores and understanding how melody relates to harmonic context
  • Playing with rhythm section accompaniment and matching ensemble balance in a mixed instrumentation setting
  • Interpreting pop/rock style articulations and groove-based phrasing
  • Adjusting parts based on which instruments are present (flexibility within arrangement structure)

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