{"id":745,"date":"2014-09-07T20:17:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T18:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danieleng.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=745"},"modified":"2026-01-02T12:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:52:37","slug":"hour-of-the-ox","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.danieleng.com\/?product=hour-of-the-ox","title":{"rendered":"Hour of the Ox &#x2642;"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-color: #82d0f4; border-width: 0px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Title:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hour of the Ox<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1385479675571\" class=\"mb_map {skin:'black', animate:true, width:'200', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.danieleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Hour_of_the_Ox.mp3\">Hour of the Ox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>A medium slow ghost story in 7\/4 for male vocalist with lyrics by Daniel Eng. The piece starts with a melodic intro that ends with soprano sax fills. The vocalist then enters and presents the whole story followed by a solo part for the soprano sax. An ensemble chorus follows and the piece ends with the giggle of the vanishing ghost. Notated key E-minor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Soloist(s)<\/strong><strong> or feature:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Soprano sax.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Reed setting:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1 soprano sax; 1 alto sax; 2 tenor sax; 1 baritone sax.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rhythm section setting:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Guitar, piano (preferably electric), bass, drum set.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Lead Tp max range:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danieleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/G-klav-3-strukna-F.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"73\" height=\"88\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Male vocal range max &amp; min:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Max: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danieleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Basklav-1-strukna-D.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"73\" height=\"88\" \/> Min: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danieleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Basklav-Stora-D.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"73\" height=\"88\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Notated tempo (bpm):<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Approx. playing time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>5 min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Difficulty (1 very easy to 10 very hard):<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Hour of the Ox Hour of the Ox Description: A medium slow ghost story in 7\/4 for male vocalist with lyrics by Daniel Eng. 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