TECHNICAL FEATURES Chicago, May 5, 1960 Decca Gets Sides I BEATS AND OFFBEATS By Phil Napoleon ARRANGERS' CORNER New York—Decca records has ucquired four two-beat sides by By SY OLIVER aad DICK JACOBS By ALAN ABEL Phil Napoleon, who recently New York—Question box time, ho let*a plunge right in. -igned with Columbia Sides were Columbus—In this issue we promised some help in playing B. M., of Chicago, has two questions. First on how to use the originally cut by Napoleon for mu­ shows, so dig right in and let’s see what we can discover. s ic publisher Joe Davis to help Da­ French horn in the dance band. Well, there are many meth­ vis promote tunes in his Beacon Whether it i» vaudeville, burlesque. night club show, the ods, but one that we like is to have the horn double trumpet Music catalog Davis sold the mas­ responiàbility fails upon the drummer. It i* he who must set melody an octave lower in ensemble passages. Herr** a short ters to Decca the tempo in a pronounced man­ example. • In a similar promotiona1 effort, ner for the benefit of muaician» of both conductor and stage. Get Davis is cutting some sides by in the habit of keeping your eyes and act» on atage. singer Bob Houston und piamrt San Oftentimes the Tempo will he on the music, conductor, <ind stage Buddy Weed which he may even­ given on a downbeat, with no indi­ continuously, particularly the con- tually turn over to u major label. and ii cation of the rhythmic speed. It is ductor. You responsible to iromo him for tempo changes, even up to the drummer to know rather noat i accurately the Tempo and to set though the acts may cue you di­ rectly. Names In Rhumba Ork ’wo we this rhythm with confidence. Even New York—Luis Del Campo’s irew II though it has been a number of During th« first show it is wiser His other question is what instrument of the danee band can substi­ to forget the catching of falls or tute for the oboe? Oui opinion: Trumpet in tin straight mute. rhumba band, recently installed at oui* ai hours since he rehearsed a particu­ the Domino .n Yorkville, includes y The lar tempo, it is up to him tc re­ tricks on stage; learn your music R R., of Zurich, Switzerland, wants to see some illustrations of and tempo« first. Above all, don’t modern trumpet markings. Here they are. several line’« < member the tempo when show time Among them are Billy Howell, ng don rolls around. be timid. If you are going tc make a mistake, it’s going to be heard Tommy Allison, and Ix*nnie Gott­ Ine Metronome System by a few, so why not let everyone Ex.n schalk. trumpets; Ed Caine and One good way to retain the hear it? Building up self-confi Close Open Frank Socoiow, altos; Lee Gor­ speed of the beat accurately is to dence is the first step in master­ don, tenor; Harvey Lavine, bari­ use the metronome system By this, ing show-drumming technique. ton. and Tom Garcia, piano. familiarize yourself with the tem­ This, along with the ability to pos of 80, 90, 100, etc., as indi­ read well, alertness to the conduc­ Which winds it up for this issue. cated on the metronome During tor’s movements, the acts on stage, Set1 you all next time out. Our rehearsals be sure to label your and playing relaxed, will result <n P. S., of Lima, Ohio, wants to see parting thought: Thirds or sixths drum parts with the tempo mark­ the proper finesse for playing a real tight v< icing illustrated for H. K.. of Laurelton, N. Y., is in­ are the best intervals to use in ing according to the metronome. good show drums. three brass and four saxes. Here's terested in seeing a voicing for one writing strict duets, such as single Lat* t. when the downbeat cuiuer New Det in- Book a pip, and take careful note of it, trumpet and four saxes. Here’s the string guitar and clarinet. around, you are prepared to set because it produces a really won­ one we like best. (Ed. Note: Saad question# to Sy Oliver Barrett Deems, formerly with and Dick Jacoba* 1619 Broadway* Now York tbs tempo by merely glancing at Joe Venuti, and known as the derful sound. EX. IV 19* N. Y. Eaeloee celf-addreeeed, «lamped the metronome marking made dur- envelope for personal reply.) world's fastest drummer, has just EX. ni TRIT. ing rehearsal. leader’s completed a >iew drum text in co­ luwnbeat, h» nun to make a strong operation with Martin Dixon. En­ entrance Almost all introductions titled Drummers' Practice Routine, are fortissimo, so you needn’t wor­ this book is unique and very help­ ry about playing too strongly. The ful. 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