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On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe - Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer
Multiple searchapproaches here have failed to turn this one up. Can you help? It's for a bandperforming in Assisted Living Centers and Nursing Homes. THANK YOU!
Song Title: On TheAtchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
Song Composer: HarryWarren, Johnny Mercer, 1944
Band Name orPerformer: Judy Garland and the Merry Macs (vocals)
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOqldQp5hKY
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/2LWVb...206a9344db4f2d
Wikipedia Link(about the song): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the...d_the_Santa_Fe
Last edited by DaveBuergerOnBass; Today at 06:16 PM.
Reason: Posted a chart I created
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First attempt at charting a more complex score. Several measures had four complex chords. Is this format ok?
On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren
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Lots to learn from this chart
On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe 1 - Johnny Mercer-Harry Warren
It’s preferred to enter a bar-repeat sign(%) in space 2 of a 4-space bar so it will center in the measure. When the entire preceding measure isn’t fully repeated (like bar 3) use the slash instead.
S and N (Small/Normal chord-font size)
https://www.irealb.com/forums/showth...al-chord-font)
Using the Small font you can usually fit 4 chords into a 4-space bar without overlapping (sometimes you can shorten the quality without changing the sound G#o vs G#o7 in bars 6&7)
I also use the small font to emphasize shorter duration G+ in bar-4.
In the alternative, when there’s enough space, double the length of the measure(s) like the last line in the B-section.
Compare how I charted bars 4 & 8 in the B-section to the notation chart.
It’s good to try the chart in the player. That can highlight spacing errors.
)BOB
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Aha! I wasn't aware of the small font feature. This makes sense. Thank you for hand-holding me through this -- I appreciate it! So will the band!
P.S. I notice there is an empty bar, which would be the third to last measure. Is that OK or should that empty bar be deleted? It would mean the second to last line would be "short" visually.
Last edited by DaveBuergerOnBass; Today at 07:31 PM.
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