This Native-American melody is so awesome. It’s indelible. I hope my arrangement does it justice.
The solo piano sheet music (that I’m playing from in the above video) is available at https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1084679/Product.aspx and https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/wendeyaho-for-solo-piano-digital-sheet-music/22102384 .
The description there reads: I’ve given this Native-American morning song a reverential treat, with four statements, each with a different musical texture corresponding to the directions east, west, north, and south. For the student learning this piece, the issues to be confronted are controlling the interpretive dynamic and tempo arch of each of the four statements and of the four as a unit. The third statement also presents the opportunity to learn how to distribute the notes of the melodic line between to two hands in order to have three contrapuntal lines.
I also published a choral version of this published May 12, 2023, available at https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1327199/Product.aspx and https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/wendeyaho-digital-sheet-music/22502871. It’s for 2-part mixed choir (treble voices and baritone voices) with keyboard accompaniment. It’s extremely easy, to be filed under “Emergency Anthem for when less than half the choir shows up on Sunday morning.”
My first release of this was 12/7/21, on the digital album, simple songs (https://open.spotify.com/track/6OVBCYsivHznjvMnNZ0CQ3?si=f3e58d42d1d447e1) as a solo piano with orchestrated background. (Please let me know if that link doesn’t work! LOL)
