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A four-part choral arrangement.
Jazz It Up for Big Bands
Another popular ensemble—particularly among high school and college
musicians—is the big band, or jazz band. A typical jazz band includes a lot of
instruments, which results in a fairly large piece of music. For example, whereas
a choral score might get two groups of staves on a page, a jazz band score typi-
cally takes a whole page just to display all the different instruments.