Example 2 – Transposition & Consolidation
DETAILS
Service: Transposition & Consolidation
Title: Fire of Commitment
Composer: Jason Shelton
Style: Gospel/Worship
Instrumentation: Lead Sheet (Vocal & Chords)
NOTES
- Removed piano part
- Fit onto one page
- Increased size of chord symbols
- Consolidated lines to 4 bar phrases
- Transposed down to more comfortable key for the congregation
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Example 3 – Consolidation
DETAILS
Service: Consolidation
Title: Remember When the Music
Composer: Harry Chapin
Style: Pop Rock
Instrumentation: Lead Sheet (Vocal & Chords)
NOTES
- Removed piano part wherever appropriate
- Reduced pages from 6 to 3 (only one page turn, no need to turn back to first page in performance)
- Removed guitar chord diagrams
- Added “additional lyrics” under the applicable notes
- Added measure numbers and rehearsal marks (A-E) for easier navigation
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Example 4 – Audition Cut w/ Rehearsal Track
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Example 5 – Audition Cut
DETAILS
Service: Audition Cut
Title: Cry
Composer: Churchill Kohlman
Style: Musical Theatre
Instrumentation: Piano/Vocal
NOTES
- Replaced slash notation with fully notated triplets
- Rewrote dotted-eighth and sixteenth notes more accurately as swung eighth notes
- Removed background vocals line
- Re-voiced RH piano chords slightly lower to pull less focus in performance
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Example 6 – Transcription from Handwritten Notation
DETAILS
Service: Transcription from Handwritten Notation
Title: Time Out of My Mind
Composer: Peter Eldridge
Style: Jazz
Instrumentation: Lead Sheet (Vocal & Chords)
NOTES
- Improved legibility
- Added measure numbers for easier navigation
- Added courtesy accidentals wherever appropriate
(First page only for display)
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Example 7 – Transcription from Recorded Demonstration
DETAILS
Service: Transcription from Recorded Demonstration
Title: V’ahavta
Composer: Traditional
Style: Traditional Jewish
Instrumentation: Vocal
NOTES
- Updated notes and rhythms based on demonstration
- Adjusted time signatures and rhythms (moved stressed syllables to downbeats for easier sight-reading)
- Reduced pages from 2 to 1
- Changed lyrics from uppercase to mixed case at client’s request
Demonstration track
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Example 8 – Rehearsal Tracks w/ Microtonal Playback
DETAILS
Service: Rehearsal Tracks
Title: Flatland
Composer: Alex Hills
Style: New Music
Instrumentation: Choral SSAATTBB
NOTES
- S1/S2 panned left and louder
- All other parts panned right and softer
- Microtonal tuning as specified by client
- Click track for clarity
- No dynamics, as requested by client
- Not demonstrating sliding effect between pitches, as requested by client
