"Perdido" is a fast moving, swinging jazz/Latin tune originally recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra. It is a song that I am currently working on. It is moderately easy, but I am torn at whether to play the song fast or slow. The sheet music I have of it only says to swing it. It has no marking to show the speed of the song.
My saxophone teacher told me to play the piece at 112, but I am curious to know the real tempo of the piece. I was so curious that I looked up "Perdido" on Youtube. The piece was a lot faster than 112. It also seemed a lot smoother than the sheet music I had.
I was having more trouble with the second part of the piece than the first. The second part was about twenty trails of swift moving, swung eighth notes. I found out from the recording that those were actually a written version of a saxophone solo.
It is hard to think that I was having trouble with the piece before when I will have to make the piece harder.
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