Details
- Instrument:
- Choir
- Genres:
- Pop Classic Rock Contemporary
- Composers:
- Paul McCartney
- Publishers:
- Sandra Milliken
- Format:
- Octavo
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Early Intermediate
- Artist:
- Paul McCartney
- Arrangers:
- Sandra Milliken
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 9
SKU: A0.774769
By Paul Mccartney W/Stevie Wonder. Composed by Paul McCartney. Arranged by Sandra Milliken. Contemporary. Octavo. 9 pages. Sandra Milliken #6021499. Published by Sandra Milliken (A0.774769).Ebony and Ivory was written by Paul McCartney and released in March 1982 as a recoding by Paul along with Stevie Wonder. It reached number one on both the UK and the US charts. It was Stevie Wonder's first number-one single in the UK, his only other one being I Just Called to Say I Love You in 1984.
At a very basic level, the song is about the black and white keys on a piano. But at a deeper level, the ebony and ivory keys are a metaphor for racial harmony, equality and integration. Paul liked the piano analogy, since you can play the instrument using just the white keys or just the black keys, but to make great music, you really have to combine the two.
Ebony and Ivory is available in four arrangements (all with piano accompaniment) for SATB, SSA, SAB and 2-Part choirs.
Each arrangement begins with a classically-inspired piano accompaniment that soon modulates into the soft rock feel that made this song so popular for so many decades. Solo options are included and the well-known guitar solo has be rewritten as a scat solo with the option to ad lib over the repeated motifs.
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- Publisher:
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