Creating a reason for yet another Eleanor Rigby chart
Monday, May 21, 2012 at 5:02PM I love many of the existing charts on "Eleanor Rigby", and some of them are particularly appropriate for the average jazz choir, based on level of difficulty, in particular. I really dig Paris Rutherford's chart on it for Hal Leonard, and I think that most groups wanting to do this tune would do well to check out his version. For Level 5, DownBeat Award-worthy, super-hip ensembles, I present my own arrangement, which pulls no punches and provides a heck of an opportunity for a group to make some heavy and impressive music. It's singable, don't get me wrong, and it has Part Tracks available, but it's fairly epic, and requires that your part singers are very good at singing independantly on some challenging stuff. Please, to enjoy...today's new chart release, "Eleanor Rigby," from The Beatles:

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