Multi-Percussion Solo w/
CD Accompaniment
Multi-percussion Solo
with CD Accompaniment
(marimba (low e),
vibraphone (pedal fixed
down), crotales (low
octave - DO NOT use high
octave), large (22) and
medium (18) chinese
cymbals china splash (8)
or similar effect cymbal,
large and small log drums
(multiple pitches), 2
mark trees (double row) -
Level 5
SKU:
IP.S-GF-THI
Composed
by Gene Fambrough. Book
and CD. Duration 13
minutes. Innovative
Percussion #S-GF-THI.
Published by Innovative
Percussion (IP.S-GF-THI).
8.5x11
inches.
Composer's
notes: The concept behind
this work is for the
performer to accompany
him / herself on marimba
through the use of
sustaining metal
instruments, sounding
like multiple performers
within a solo work. When
multiple vibraphones are
available, choose the
instrument with the
longest sustain. It is
necessary to use the low
octave of crotales for
best sustain.
This
is a multiple percussion
work with a brief section
of CD accompaniment. The
work is scored for
marimba (low E),
vibraphone, crotales,
cymbals, log drums, and
multiple sets of wind
chimes. The composer
states that the general
premise of the work is
the ability of the
marimbist to accompany
himself with longer
resonating metallic
instruments. It begins
with a free section
emphasizing mark tree,
cymbals and crotales. The
marimba emerges from this
texture with
sixteenth-note triplets
that suggest the primary
theme of the work. After
a brief interlude of
cymbals, crotales and
vibraphone, the
sixteenth-note figures
return in the marimba,
with punctuating, long
tones on the crotales.
This section continues
for a while, finally
yielding to a
transitional segment of
linear figures in the
marimba, culminating in
an explosive run to the
top of the instrument.
The tension it creates is
quickly released in the
ensuing chorale section.
Here again, the performer
is asked to sustain notes
in the marimba via
independent roll, while
the other hand plays
figures on the vibes and
crotales. The CD
accompaniment begins at
the end of this section.
The performer begins to
improvise in the style of
the opening of the work
over the gong, cymbal and
drum sounds on the
recording. The marimba
re-enters with groovy
sixteenth notes over the
recorded drum sounds. The
rhythms in the marimba
part become increasingly
syncopated as the
intensity builds, then
gradually wind down into
a short, improvised
section on log drums. As
the CD fades away, the
performer is left playing
sparse figures on the
resonant metal sounds.
The work ends with three,
very soft rolled chords
in the marimba with a
single, introspective
note on the crotales as a
finale. The mixture of
coloristic and rhythmic
devices used in this work
make is interesting for
the performer and the
listener. - Scott Herring
Percussive Notes, April
2006.
Mary E
