Combocom Zydeco - Cajun Music for Flexible Ensemble

Combocom Zydeco - Cajun Music for Flexible Ensemble (Score & Parts)

A style of dance music, usually called zydeco but also sometimes known as cajun, arose in the state of Louisiana approximately a hundred years ago.  It reached its heyday in New Orleans during the Fifties and Sixties.  The first term is frequently assigned to America’s black population, the second to the whites.  French and German emigrés brought accordions, washboards and violins to the Mississippi, mingling their music with African elements, echoes of the blues, and snippets from other immigrant cultures.

The accordion had the advantage that it could stand out in noisy bars and carry the bass, melody, and rhythm.  It became the leading instrument in this music.  To the present day zydeco brings people together for uninhibited cross-generational music-making, listening, dancing, eating, and drinking.

The 15 songs and instrumentals have been arranged for accordion, violin, guitar, bass and a vocal part where appropriate.  Mostly, fully written-out percussion accompaniments are included.

- Zydeco and Cajun

- Variable instrumental combinations

- Many alternative versions possible

- Simple to play, easy listening

Score with chords and 8 parts:
Melody I in C (Accordion)
Melody II in C (Violin)
Melody I in B-flat (Clarinet)
Melody II in B-flat (Trumpet)
Melody I in E-flat (Alto Saxophone)
Melody II in E-flat (Alto Saxophone)
Bass (Double Bass, Bass Guitar)

“combocom” is Bärenreiter’s series of music for variable ensemble.  Each volume contains a full score for piano, keyboard or guitar, melody parts (in C, B-flat, and E-flat) and a part for bass instrument.

“combocom” also offers suggestions for using percussion.  It thus permits a wide range of instrumental combinations: if the violin takes the top part, the saxophone can play the counter-melody and the cello the bass while the guitar strums the specified chords.

But many other combinations are possible too, whether at home, at school, or in a “genuine” band, combo or buskers' ensemble...