Uptown Funk: The Best Trombone Music
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Uptown Funk: The Best Trombone Music is a great resource for trombone players of all levels. The site features tutorials, sheet music, and more.
Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars
Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars is one of the hottest songs on the radio right now. The trombone part is catchy and fun to play, making it a great choice for beginning trombone players.
Despite its popularity, Uptown Funk is actually a fairly simple song to play. The melody is mostly made up of eighth notes, with a few quarter notes thrown in for good measure. There are some scale-based licks thrown in, but nothing too complicated.
If you’re looking for a fun song to play on your trombone, look no further than Uptown Funk!
All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor
“All About That Bass” is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor for her 2014 debut EP and her 2014 studio album, Title. Columbia Records released the song as the lead single from Title on June 30, 2014. The song was written by Trainor and Kevin Kadish, and produced by Kadish. The soul and sixthMotown-influenced song with a “retro” style has an uptempo beat and divides its instrumentation between bass guitar and drums. Lyrically, it discusses positive body image.
The composition of “All About That Bass” has musical similarities to several otherTrainor songs because of its vintage production, horn-based sampled hook, call and response structure, walking bass line and lyrical theme of love and empowerment.”All About That Bass” received mostly positive reviews from music critics who praised its throwback sound to 1950s and 1960s music. The song achieved commercial success worldwide, topping the charts in 58 countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many European countries. In the United States, it spent eight consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 which at the time was the longest-running number-one debut single by a female artist; it has since been surpassed by Adele’s “Hello”. It peaked at number one on the US Nielsen SoundScan digital download chart on October 12, 2014. It topped both the Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart in August 2014 and Billboards streaming-, airplay-, digital sales-, home video sales-, radio play-only Radio Songs chart in September 2014 before becoming a crossover hit to adult contemporary radio stations in early December 2014; it eventually peaked at number 12 on that format on Billboard Hot 100 Airplay components chart in February 2015.
The single’s accompanying music video was directed by Fatima Robinson. It depicts Trainor singing while several women of various sizes dance along with her throughout a mall; Trainor incorporated twerking into choreography for scenes where she appears with curvier figures than her own. It won multiple MTV Video Music Awards including Best Female Video as well as Best Pop Video at 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards.”All About That Bass” is part of BMI’s “Million Performance club” for over 4 million US broadcast performances through June 2016; it is Trainor’s highest peaking song on that organization’s chart.
Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
“Can’t Hold Us” is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton, originally released on August 26, 2013 as the fourth single from their debut studio album The Heist (2012). The track was written by Macklemore, Lewis, Dalton, and Josh Karp. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 2014, becoming the duo’s second and Dalton’s first number-one hit in the United States. It also reached number one in France, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The video was nominated for 7 VMA awards, winning 3 including best hip-hop video.
Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
“Shake It Off” is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fifth studio album, 1989. Swift wrote the song with its producers Max Martin and Shellback. “Shake It Off” is a pop track and former country song with peppy synth-pop hooks and driving electronic percussion. It is the sixth track on the album and serves as the lead single. The lyrics describe Swift’s ability to move on from haters and critics. “Shake It Off” received mixed reviews from music critics; some praised its production, vulgarity-free lyrical content, others accused it of being “inauthentic” for mimicking electronic music produced by hip hop producers that Swift had criticized in the past following her sonic departure on Red (2012).
The song debuted at number one on Billboard Hot 100, becoming Swift’s second number one hit in the United States and giving her 14 in total. furthermore, it became her 18th top 10 hit single, giving her become the artist with most top 10 hits in Billboard history, surpassing Madonna’s record of 17. The tune also became Swift’s sixth number one on Billboard Radio Songs chart as well as her fifth chart topper on Billboard Digital Songs. Internationally, “Shake It Off” topped the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa while reaching the top 10 in multiple countries including Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland and Spain among others.
Rather Be by Clean Bandit
Clean Bandit’s “Rather Be” is one of the most popular trombone songs of recent years. The catchy tune and upbeat tempo make it perfect for any trombone player looking to add some funk to their repertoire.