IMAGINE By JOHN LENNON // Pentatonix Version // Trombone Multitrack Cover
With everything that is going on in the world right now, the John Lennon classic, Imagine, is all over the internet... again! This song is as timeless as it as beautiful. Before I decided to make a trombone arrangement of this song, I listened to it over and over again (as I usually do). The lyrics really stuck with me and made me do a lot of thinking. Again, very appropriate to the times. I envisioned the lyrics every time I played the song. If you are not familiar with the lyrics, I included them below. Even if you are, give them another read through! John Lennon was such an amazing lyricist.
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Ah
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
In 2017, Pentatonix released their own version of Imagine, and it was of course, AMAZING! Our trombone multitrack cover version of Imagine is a transcription of the Pentatonix arrangement. 5 vocal parts = 5 trombone parts. Pentatonix's arrangements translate really well to trombone. It gets a little high at times - but challenge accepted! Another thing I like about Pentatonix’s arrangements is that they feature all 5 vocalists. We included a trombone solo on each one of the 5 parts. Something you don’t see too often in trombone arrangements. Usually only the lead voice is featured, and maybe one more. If you haven’t seen the Pentatonix version, check it out below - it will give you goosebumps! Even though we didn’t have words in ours, I hope we were able to capture some of the magic of this version.
SPECIAL THANKS TO JEFF HARRIGAN FOR RECORDING THIS SONG WITH ME! Jeff and I have been in several productions shows together including: Blast!, Blast the Music of Disney, and One Piece Oto Utage.
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