One Day Wonder #86

For 4 trombones.

The trombone kick continues! I’ve been watching a lot of Peter Gunn lately, and the music is pretty great. Henry Mancini uses a lot of Harmon-muted trombone, both solo and in ensemble. I wanted to use that as my inspiration for this ballad-esque number. Of course, Finale has no sound patch for muted trombone, so I had to use muted trumpet. It sounds a little thin, but rest assured that real muted trombones will sound a lot richer and stranger. Other than the sound of the ensemble, I wanted this to sound like a smoky-yet-atonal slow tune. There are no firm chord changes; just weird harmony presenting itself at every turn.

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