Just For Now

*Jazzy Contemporary Composition* which could be played in a swing style. Features some syncopation.

1. Just For Now

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The Recorder Magazine Winter 2018

Sheet Music Reviews

Allye Sinclair - Just for Now. SAATB

Orpheus Music OMP237

This jazzy piece was originally written for the 20th anniversary of Orpheus Music in Australia, and first performed at the Orpheus Recorder Boutique in January 2015. Allye Sinclair is a cellist, composer and teacher based in Adelaide, south Australia. She is a composer of instrumental and vocal pieces including a musical or children. She plays and sings original music with candlelight, Inkling and Sneak's Noise, and teaches music at the Willunga Waldorf School. 

Just For Now begins in 4/4 with the soprano playing the first theme in a duet with a tenor. The first alto joins the soprano on the second time through the theme, as the bass anchors the first and third beats of the measure with eighth notes. In m.16 soprano and tenor introduce and repeat a short second theme. A third theme starts in the first alto while the soprano and second alto play eighth note off beats. In m29, soprano and first alto return to the opening theme until m36 when another new theme is introduced by the soprano and tenor in unison, followed by a return to the second theme, also in the soprano and tenor. 

A 3/4 bridge for four measures leads to a 6/8 section, shifting the feel from a triple to a duple. After a series of short ascending lines starting in the bass and moving up, similar to a trumpet fanfare, the top three lines play repeated eighth notes as the bass shines in a 17-measure solo. 

Returning to 4/4, a slow second bridge restates the first theme in the soprano line, while the other instruments hold long notes. At the a tempo, the second theme and third theme care brought back. 

Near the end, the second alto and tenor play a unison descending line, with the soprano joining the unison fr the next measure. All five parts play in unison in the penultimate measure, ending in the final cord. 

As can be seen from the above, this is a playful and complex piece that the publishers web site notes say should be dine in a 'swing style'. It would be appropriate and fun for an intermediate level recorder society session with a good teacher to lead the group through the transitions. The most rhythmically challenging spots are off-beats, mostly in the soprano, but those spots are easy to hear and quick to learn. 

All parts have the theme at different points, and the long solo bass line is not too demanding. This would be a good ensemble piece for players to learn to listen for ad to play along with other parts that are playing the same rhythms or that are sharing thematic material. 

 Review written by Bruce Calvin

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_Score 8 pp. Downloadable PDF file._