As a service to the music community at large, we now offer some free materials on this page. Check back here from time to time to see what’s new or what’s revised.
These are not for sale, and are intended for educational purposes only.
Quick Warmup for Trumpet
Click here to download the Busy Schedule warm-up for trumpet, a free PDF download by Rich Willey.
This warm-up is included in Rich’s Rhythm Madness.
Quick Warmup for Trombone
Click here to download the Busy Schedule warm-up for trombone, a free PDF download by Rich Willey.
This warm-up (the trumpet version) is included in Rich’s Rhythm Madness.
Chris La Barbera’s “Quick” Warm-Up #57 for trumpet
Click here for a shortened version of Dr. Donald S. Reinhardt’s great warm-up that was devised by Chris La Barbera, a long-time student of Doc Reinhardt.
Chris La Barbera’s “Quick” Warm-Up #57 for trombone
Click here for a shortened version of Dr. Donald S. Reinhardt’s great warm-up that was devised by Chris La Barbera, a long-time student of Doc Reinhardt.
Dr. Donald S. Reinhardt’s 35 Basic Points of the Pivot System
Dr. Donald S. Reinhardt later regretted the choice of both words in the umbrella title for his teaching: Pivot System. He had taken the word pivot from the golf links, and the word system he later decided was a bad choice. Reinhardt’s definition of pivot in brass playing has nothing to do with what most brass players call a pivot. The word system leads one to believe that there is one hard and fast way of doing things. And in later years Reinhardt was repeatedly heard saying that “there are as many systems as there are players.”
Click here for Reinhardt’s Thirty-Five Basic Points of the Pivot System.
Louis Armstrong’s Potato Head Blues
Complete transcription of the great Louis Armstrong tune including his brilliant stop-time solo chorus.
Listen to the mp3 here.
Minority by Gigi Gryce, arranged by Rich Willey
Here’s a Flextet arrangement “on the house.” Done over seven years ago when Rich was still getting his engraving chops together. But it gives you an idea of the quality of his arrangements elsewhere on this site.
Candle on the Water arranged for Brass Quintet by Rich Willey
By request from a bride for her wedding, Rich arranged this pretty rock ballad by Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn (from the movie Pete’s Dragon as sung by Helen Reddy) for Brass Quintet. © 1976 Walt Disney Music Company and Wonderland Music Company, Inc.
Click here to download the PDF of the complete set of parts.
Click here to listen to a MIDI mock-up (right click to open in a new window).
A Town Without Pity Latin-Jazz arrangement by Rich Willey
From the movie of the same name, made famous by Gene Pitney, here’s a Latin-jazz chart on A Town Without Pity (by Dmitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington) arranged by Rich Willey. © 1961 Volta Music Corp., Patti Washington Music and Catharine Hinen Music. A basic head arrangement to do with as you see fit.
Listen to a very rough MIDI mock-up by clicking here.
Serenity by Joe Henderson Flextet arrangement by Rich Willey
Trumpet 1 or Alto Sax 1, Alto Sax 2 or Tenor Sax 2, Tenor Sax 3 or Trombone 3, piano, bass, drums, and lead sheet. This is your basic head arrangement to do with as you see fit. Serenity is © 1964 Groove Music Co., BMI.
These PDF downloads are not for sale.
They are intended for educational purposes only.
They are intended for educational purposes only.
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