Difficulty: Medium/Medium Hard (great for high school and college steel bands)
Notes:
The separate Dbl 2nds parts, and Guitar/Cello parts are essential.
This song by Kees Dieffenthaller, better known as Kes, was released in late January 2023, just a bit too late for any Trinidadian steel bands to arrange for Panorama 2023. The first time I heard it I knew I wanted to arrange it for my top college steel band.
Having your students listen to the source material is essential. My arrangement follows the form of the song pretty closely and is in the same key as the original, G major. I also did my best to transcribe the vocal parts as closely as possible to the original. I did leave out a few of the vocal flourishes to make the arrangement more playable.
