As Recorded by the New York Voices. I Could Write a Book. Words by LORENZ HART Music by RICHARD RODGERS Arranged by DARMON MEADER.

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1 As Recorded y the Ne York Voices I Could Write a Book Conductor Vocal Quartet (SATB) Vocal Solo emale Vocal Solo Male 1st E Alto Saxophone 2nd E Alto Saxophone 1st B Tenor Saxophone 2nd B Tenor Saxophone E Baritone Saxophone 1st B Trumpet 2nd B Trumpet rd B Trumpet 4th B Trumpet Words y LORENZ HART Music y RICHARD RODGERS Arranged y DARMON MEADER INSTRUMENTATION 1st Tromone 2nd Tromone rd Tromone Tromone Guitar Chords Guitar iano revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase a division o Alred JAZZ

2 NOTES TO THE CONDUCTOR This arrangement as ritten somehat in the style o a Count Basie Orchestra arrangement The horns can lay ack a it, hile the rhythm section keeps things steady Likeise, the SATB voices (or solo voice) can lay ack a it Use traditional legato sing style throughout I have tried to make appropriate articulation in terms o long or short notes, accents, etc, as ell as appropriate dynamics Special attention should e paid to the rootop accent () These accents should not e played too short think daht One note aout dynamics: The and should e aare o hen they are accompanying the voices, versus hen they are the eatured sound All dynamics during vocal sections should e a it soter than during the ig and ensemle sections, suh as the shout chorus at measure 69 The overall dynamic shape o the arrangement is a gradual uild, starting quite sot at the eginning and uilding to the shout chorus at 69 Ater the shout chorus and instrumental solo section, the dynamics should drop ack don a little, ith a gradual uild to the modulation at measure 117, hich is the peak o the song eep all dynamics controlled and alanced so that the ensemle alance is solid and the voice(s) are not uried y the and O course, this last issue ill vary a it depending on the nature o your venue and sound system I have included numerous melodic lines in the top sta o the piano part It is not necessary that the pianist play all o them He or she can pick and choose hat eels good These are on the part primarily to allo the pianist to see hat the ensemle is playing, and to e ale to comp accordingly I have also included a e o the melodic lines in the guitar part The guitarist should play these, as they add a nice color to the ensemle lines The guitar comping style should e in the traditional reddie Green Basie style, ith light voicings played on all our eats and slight accents on 2 and 4 I did not include a ully notated ass part The assist should alk through the changes in the appropriate 4 eat sing style Hoever, there are numerous places here there are ritten ass lines It is important to play these ritten parts, as they may e douled y another instrument, such as ari sax or ass tromone, or the selected notes it est ith the voicings in the ensemle Since this arrangement as ritten ith experienced musicians in mind, I did not include any ritten solo or the trumpet improvised solo sections eep in mind that this arrangement comes rom a Basie and/or cool, relaxed perspective, so the solo does not need to e in a heavy eop style, ut more relaxed, melodic and singing! Enjoy! Darmon Meader Darmon Meader revie Only Recognized in oth the jazz vocal and instrumental orld, Darmon is a distinguished vocalist, arranger and saxophonist He is the ounder, musical director, chie arranger, composer, producer, saxophonist, and vocalist ith Ne York Voices As a memer o Ne York Voices, he has released our alums on the GR Records lael Darmon has perormed and/or recorded ith a variety o artists including Ray Bron, George Benson, Boy Mcerrin, Don Seesky, Nancy Wilson, atti Austin, Jon Hendricks, Jim Hall, aquito D Rivera and the Count Basie Orchestra He has toured internationally, perorming at such renoned venues as Carnegie Hall, Montreux Jazz estival, North Sea Jazz estival, Montreal Jazz estival and the Blue Note Jazz Clus in Ne York and Japan Legal Use Requires urchase

3 CONDUCTOR 29810S 1st EÑ Alto Saxophone 2nd EÑ Alto Saxophone 1st BÑ Tenor Saxophone 2nd BÑ Tenor Saxophone EÑ Baritone Saxophone 1st BÑ Trumpet 2nd BÑ Trumpet rd BÑ Trumpet 4th BÑ Trumpet 1st Tromone 2nd Tromone rd Tromone Tromone Ne York Voices Guitar iano c c c c c Medium Sing c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c Ì Hi-Hat È n + + As recorded y the Ne York Voices I COULD WRITE A BOO EÈ A I they À o + Words y LORENZ HART Music y RICHARD RODGERS Arranged y DARMON MEADER ~5} To Cup mute To Cup mute To Cup mute To Cup mute asked me C 7 AÈ Walk - in I could rite a ook, revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase (Reneed) CHAELL CO, INC Rights or Extended Reneel Term in the US Controlled y WB MUSIC COR and WILLIAMSON MUSIC This Arrangement 2008 WB MUSIC COR and WILLIAMSON MUSIC All Rights Reserved including ulic erormance

4 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no C 7 A7 a-out the ay you alk and his-per C 7 7 C/E A7 and look I could {1} a revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase rite C/E E o

5 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no pre ace on - ho e met so the orld ould (n) ne-ver or -get AÈ D7 - - G6 Ì B7 EÈ A7 revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase

6 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no and /G 20 the o o + {21} Cup mute Cup mute Cup mute Cup mute Cup mute Cup mute Cup mute Cup mute sim - ple sec -ret C 7 AÈ "reddie Green" Style C 7 AÈ HH - Time o + + o ë ë ë ë ë sim Quick all Quick all Quick all Quick all Quick all o the plot 22 C 7 A7 C 7 A7 2 is just to revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase 24

7 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no tell them that I C 7 ; C 7 ; love you a - lot then the orld dis- C/E n C/E A7 n n n n n BÌ n Eù BÌ Eù {29} AÍ revie Only DÌ/A Legal Use Requires urchase AÍ DÌ/A

8 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no co -vers as my ook ends, ho to make to lo-vers AÊ/G Ì AÊ/G Ì GÈ C7 GÈ C B 7 7 B 7 EÈ A7 EÈ A7 o n n n n n n n n Ç Ç Ç Ç D riends revie Only D Legal Use Requires urchase D

9 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no n n n n n n n C 7 C 7 {7} I AÎ AÎ C 7 AÎ they asked me I could GZGï GZGï DÎ GZGï rite a ook C 7 AÈ C 7 AÈ C 7 AÈ To Harmon mute To Harmon mute To Harmon mute To Harmon mute a - out the revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase

10 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no ay, the ay that you alk C 7 7 EÈ C 7 7 EÈ C 7 7 N and his - per A A Aõ Aõ EÈ A Aõ and the ay that you look I could BÌB ï BÌB ï BÌB ï {45} rite AÈ E revie Only AÈ E Legal Use Requires urchase AÈ E a

11 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no Bah doo ah doo n doo ah doo pre - ace on ho e met so the orld ould (n) ne - ver or - get n n Harmon mute Harmon mute Harmon mute Harmon mute AÈ D7 G6 AÈ D7 G6 AÈ D7 n n n n /Tpts (Harmon Mute) B7-9 - B7 G6 B7 {49} EÈ B ; EÈ B ; EÈ B ; - Ç - Ç - Ç - Ç A; Aô A7 7/G A; A; Aô revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase 7/G

12 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no Oh N 7/G 7/G 51 And the {5} k sim - ple sec -ret o this sim - ple plot let me say it a - gain N C 7 AÈ C 7 AÈ C 7 AÈ 5 n G C 7 G C 7 G 54 - k k k - k k k revie Only AÈ Legal Use Requires urchase AÈ C 7 AÈ 55

13 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no k k k k k k and a - gain 7/G C 7 7/G C 7 is just to 7 7 k - k tell them that I love C/E AÈ D C/E AÈ D n you a lot n D9 G; D9 G; n and then the orld revie Only Eó AÈ Legal Use Requires urchase Eó AÈ 7/G C 7 7 C/E AÈ D9 G; Eó

14 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no {61} ill dis - co - ver as my sto - ry ends DÌ/A DÌ/A AÈ DÌ/A N AÊ/G Ì AÊ/G Ì AÊ/G Ì n N n n GÈ C GÈ C 7 GÈ C n B 7 B 7 ho 7 B 7 to make revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase EÈ EÈ A7 A7 to EÈ A

15 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no lo - vers o /G /G 66 riends C 6 AÈ C 6 AÈ C 6 AÈ N n G C 9 n G C 9 G 68 {69} k k AÈ - AÈ C 9 AÈ revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase 69

16 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no DÍ Gß C 7 DÍ Gß 70 ( n) ( ) - - ( ) - n ( ) n- ( ) - ( ) - ( ) - () - ( ) - Aï C 9 Aï C 9 DÍ 7/G C 9 DÍ 7/G 72 n n n 7 revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase 7 C 9 7 7

17 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no a n n n a n a n EÈ Aï D EÈ Aï D EÈ Aï n n AÈ D AÈ D D AÈ D a n n n n N BÌ Eù AÍ BÌ Eù AÍ BÌ Eù AÍ {77} (opt vocal scat solo) ; E ; E ; E; EÍ A; DÍ G; revie Only DÍ G; Legal Use Requires urchase DÍ G;

18 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no BÍ Eï AÍ Dï AÍ Dï AÍ Dï A 7 C õ G 7 Bõ G 7 Bõ G 7 Bõ n Î EÎ A; EÎ EÎ A; B; n n n A; DÎ DÎ EÎ revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase DÎ 7/G 7/G

19 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no n a G 7/A G G D ñc 9 7/G G Dñ D ñc 9 {85} k k C 9 AÈ C 9 AÈ C 9 AÈ N DÍ Gß C 9 DÍ Gß ( n) - ( ) ( ) - n - n ( ) n- ( ) - ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) - C 9 Aï revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase Aï

20 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no N - N C 9 DÍ 7/G C 9 DÍ 7/G n n n 7 7 C a n n n n a n a n EÈ Aß D EÈ Aß D EÈ Aß n n AÈ D AÈ D D AÈ D revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase

21 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no a n N n n n n N N 7/G E 7/ Eò AÍ 7/G E 7/ Eò AÍ {9} Long all Long all Long all Long all Long all Long all Long all Long all Long all B Long all Long all Long all Long all Long all Ooo A A BÊ/A G Ì n AÊ/G Ì GÍ AÊ/G Ì GÍ AÍ Dï Cï 7 Cï 7 G 7 C1 N revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase B ; B ; 7/G E 7/ Eò AÍ 92 A 9 AÊ/G Ì 94 GÍ Cï 95 7 B ; 96

22 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no È Bó EÈ Oo Aó EÈ Aó EÍ A Oo DÍ G C 6 DÍ G C 6 n n D 6 Bó Aó Aó EÍ A D 6 DÍ G C 6 DÍ G C 6 {1 01} I they asked me I could rite a ook, revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase EÈ Aó DÍ G C 6 Aó DÍ G C 6 HH

23 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n N N N a - out the ay that you his - a n n n n n per and alk revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase

24 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no and + the n n ay that you look E Í DÍ E Í 108 E Í + DÍ DÍ {1 09} Time I could rite a A ; A ; A ; pre ace on ho 7/G G9 7/G G9 7/G G9 110 e met AÍ D9 G 7 revie Only AÍ D9 G 7 Legal Use Requires urchase AÍ D9 111

25 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no n n n so the orld Bó Bó G 7 Bó 112 EÍ EÍ n n n a the orld ould ne Bï EÈ A; Bï EÈ A; EÍ Bï EÈ 11 - ver or - get A; 114 a N Ç Ç Ç Ç Oh N 7/G A 7/B 7/G 7/G revie Only 115 A 7/B Legal Use Requires urchase

26 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no n n n n n n n n and the B n A 7/B B B 116 {1 17} n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n A sim - ple sec -ret o the sim - ple plot E 9 CÍ Í A E 9 CÍ Í E 9 CÍ 117 B 9 B 9 Í B E 7 E 7 n n n CÍ n n n CÍ E 7 CÍ revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase 119

27 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no n n N A n n A N A n Í B ß n n Í B ß Í B ß is just to E È È E 7 È n tell them that I love n G E 6/G 9 G E 6/G 9 G E 6/G n n you a - lot B ; B ; revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase 9 B ;

28 {1 25} Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no n n n and the orld Gò CÈ Gò Gò n 124 CÈ CÈ To Harmon mute To Harmon mute To Harmon mute To Harmon mute ill dis - co - ver as my air - y tale ends ho to make to lov-ers out -ta n n CÊ/B n 125 n n B È E A 9 B È E A 9 B È A E 126 revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase A 9 127

29 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no to est D ; riends /Tpts (Harmon Mute) /trpts D ; D ; 128 ho to make to E /G E /G E /G Cñ Cñ Cñ n 129 lo-vers o to est riends, È B ; E 6 È B ; E 6 È B ; 10 - n - - n- E 6 A Cò Cò Cò n - - A Í D 7 Dï E 6 revie Only - Í D 7 Dï E 6 Legal Use Requires urchase - Í D 7 Dï - 12 n

30 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no n E 6 n n ho to make to 1 A N lo-vers o to est riends, n A n B ò E 6 - nn k B ò E 6 - B ò - 14 n E 6 n 15 n n n n n n n n n n n n n B õ E n revie Only 16 n B õe Legal Use Requires urchase B õ E

31 Tpt Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn no that's hy I say 17 Cym n I could rite a ook Harmon mute Harmon mute Harmon mute Harmon mute 19 (or tacet) U U U U U n U U n U U U U U U U n UOoh E 1 U U n U revie Only Legal Use Requires urchase E 1 E 1 U Ű 140

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