[4 MINUTE INSTRUMENTAL ONLY — ABSOLUTELY NO VOCALS] [STYLE: FUNKY BRASS / NEW ORLEANS / JAZZ-FUSION / SOUL] [TEMPO: 116 BPM] [STARTING KEY: E♭ MAJOR] [FEATURED DUAL LEADS: REALISTIC SLIDE TROMBONE + AUTHENTIC BASS SAXOPHONE—DUAL LEAD INSTRUMENTS — SLIDE TROMBONE AND BASS SAXOPHONE MUST BOTH BE PRIMARY LEAD MELODIC INSTRUMENTS. Frequent alternating solos. Neither instrument should remain background accompaniment for extended periods.] [INTRO — 8 BARS] [BASS SAX ESTABLISHES DEEP FUNKY GROOVE] [INTRODUCE A MEMORABLE FOUR-NOTE CHALLENGE MOTIF] [TROMBONE ENTERS WITH SHORT PLAYFUL PHRASE] [BASS SAX ANSWERS] [TROMBONE ANSWERS] [BASS SAX ANSWERS WITH BIGGER PHRASE] [TROMBONE THEME — 16 BARS] [TROMBONE STATES THE MAIN MELODY] [MAIN MOTIF: E♭–G–B♭–A♭] [BASS SAX PUNCTUATES EACH PHRASE] [PLAYFUL, CLEVER, CHARISMATIC] [GRADUALLY INCREASE COMPLEXITY] [BASS SAX RESPONSE — 16 BARS] [BASS SAX PLAYS THE SAME MAIN MELODY] [LOWER, HEAVIER, SWAGGERING CHARACTER] [TROMBONE RESPONDS TO EACH PHRASE] [MAKE THE MUSICAL COMPETITION OBVIOUS] [CHORUS 1 — 12 BARS] [BOTH LEAD INSTRUMENTS TOGETHER] [BIG MEMORABLE HOOK] [TIGHT UNISON FOLLOWED BY TWO-PART HARMONY] [FULL FUNK GROOVE] [ENERGETIC BRASS STABS] [ROUND TWO — TROMBONE — 12 BARS] [TROMBONE RETURNS WITH A MORE COMPLEX VARIATION] [FAST SYNCOPATION] [PLAYFUL SLIDE ARTICULATION] [OCTAVE JUMPS] [BASS SAX ANSWERS EACH PHRASE] [ROUND TWO — BASS SAX — 12 BARS] [BASS SAX ANSWERS WITH AN EVEN BIGGER VARIATION] [DEEP POWERFUL REGISTER] [HEAVY SYNCOPATION] [TROMBONE RESPONDS FROM A HIGHER REGISTER] [CHORUS 2 — 12 BARS] [BOTH INSTRUMENTS] [MAIN HOOK RETURNS] [TROMBONE PLAYS MELODY] [BASS SAX PLAYS COUNTERMELODY] [INCREASING ENERGY] [THE TWO INSTRUMENTS BEGIN TO SOUND LIKE A TEAM] [BRIDGE — 8 BARS] [DROP TEMPO TO APPROXIMATELY 82 BPM] [STRIP BACK DRUMS AND RHYTHM SECTION] [MODULATE UP ONE WHOLE STEP: E♭ MAJOR TO F MAJOR] [TROMBONE AND BASS SAX PLAY EXTREMELY CLOSE TWO-PART HARMONY] [LONG EXPRESSIVE NOTES] [THE TWO INSTRUMENTS SHOULD SOUND LIKE ONE GIANT BRASS INSTRUMENT] [GRADUALLY REBUILD ENERGY] [BUILD — 2 BARS] [DRUM FILL] [BASS RISE] [TROMBONE HIGH SUSTAINED NOTE] [BASS SAX LOW SUSTAINED NOTE] [EXPLOSIVE CRASH] [FINAL CHORUS — 16 BARS] [RETURN TO 116 BPM] [NOW IN F MAJOR] [BOTH INSTRUMENTS AT MAXIMUM ENERGY] [MAIN HOOK: F–A–C–B♭] [TIGHT UNISON] [THEN HARMONY] [THEN COUNTERMELODY] [FULL FUNK GROOVE] [BIGGEST SECTION OF THE SONG] [FINAL DUEL — 8 BARS] [TROMBONE PLAYS FAST VIRTUOSIC RIFF] [BASS SAX ANSWERS WITH HUGE LOW RIFF] [TROMBONE ANSWERS] [BASS SAX ANSWERS BIGGER] [INCREASINGLY FAST CALL AND RESPONSE] [OVERLAPPING AD-LIBS] [FINAL HIT] [BOTH INSTRUMENTS PLAY THE MAIN MOTIF TOGETHER] [HUGE F MAJOR FINAL CHORD] [DRUM CRASH] [HARD STOP] [NO FADE]
