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Arranging for marching band
So our marching band is more of a show style band. We don't have a pit, we just have a battery and winds, totaling around 70 people. I'm arranging Queen's We are the Champions, but some things trouble me at the moment. I am not sure if it is my incompetency in using Lilypond or my incompetency in theory and arranging.
1) The piano/guitar chords are voiced in the saxophone section, but the chords don't really sound good with the other parts. Should I not be using thirds and just stick to fifths? Or just octaves?
2) Similarly, the vocals are harmonized quite extensively in this song, and it's hard to pick out what notes of the chord to play.
Since we are a show style band, would it be appropriate to just stick with simpler chords? Or is there something obvious that I'm doing wrong that I just don't see?
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