For our (approximately) 15 minutes of fame, the HONK! DisOrchestra Magnifico will play two original arrangements of Italian songs: “Bella Ciao” (Dm), and “Tarantella Napoletana” (Dm). We’ll follow these with two HONK! standards as time permits: “Second Line” (key of Bb) and “When the Saints Go Marching In” (key of F). Please familiar yourselves with these songs, learn your parts, and play along with the recordings below.
If you want these printed in “flip book” format, set your printer to print them “actual size,” otherwise use “fit to page.”
Bella Ciao & Intro: play-along recording Bella Ciao song for reference
Bella Ciao – Keys Bella Ciao Baritone Saxophone Bella Ciao Basses Bella Ciao Bb Clarinets Bella Ciao Bb Trumpet I Bella Ciao Bb Trumpet II Bella Ciao Euphonium Bella Ciao Horn in F Bella Ciao Alto Sax Bella Ciao Tenor Saxophone Bella Ciao Trombone I Bella Ciao Trombone II Bella Ciao Violin
Tarantella Napoletana & Intro- play-along recording
Tarantella Baritone Saxophone Tarantella Bb Clarinets Tarantella Euphonium Tarantella Horn in F Tarantella Alto Sax Tarantella-Basses Tarantella Bb Trumpet I Tarantella Bb Trumpet II Tarantella-Keyboards Tarantella-Tenor Saxophone Tarantella-Trombone I Tarantella-Trombone II Tarantella-Violin
(There are some speedy passages in Tarantella, especially in the frenzied ending. If you find these difficult, just play the notes on the first and 4th beat of each measure.)
“Second Line” Note: I haven’t had time to fix these scores. The beginning is misleading, as written. Here’s how it’s gonna go: First, ONE trumpet player plays the four-note introductory fanfare. Then the conductor (me or Ed) signals everyone else to hit a concert Bb note. These things happen a second time. Then everyone starts the song, playing an “A A B B A A B B etc. pattern, with solos cued potentially anywhere, until the conductor stops the piece.
Second Line song played in Bb Second Line for Eb instruments Second Line for Bb instruments Second Line for C instruments Second Line song for reference (in Bb)
“When The Saints Go Marching In” Saints- Bb Clarinets Saints – Baritone Saxophone Saints – Euphonium Saints- Horn in F Saints – Alto Sax Saints G- Violin Saints – Basses Saints- Bb Trumpet I Saints – Keyboards Saints – Trombone I Saints -Tenor Sax