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== General Info ==<br />
Copyright: 2006 <br/><br />
Publisher: [[C. Alan Publications]] <br/><br />
Difficulty: Elementary to Intermediate <br/><br />
Duration: 00:22:00 <br/><br />
Cost: $60.00 <br/><br />
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== Movement ==<br />
1. Four Aces <br/><br />
2. Opening Night <br/><br />
3. Timesliding Towards Twirling <br/><br />
4. The Changing Hands Rag <br/><br />
5. Ancient Tower Bells <br/><br />
6. Percintegration <br/><br />
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== Instrumentation ==<br />
=== Four Aces ===<br />
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] <br/><br />
Player 2: [[Snare Drum]] <br/><br />
Player 3: [[Bass Drum]] <br/><br />
Player 4: [[Crash Cymbals]] <br/><br />
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=== Opening Night ===<br />
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] <br/><br />
Player 2: [[Tambourine]] & [[Triangle]] <br/><br />
Player 3: [[Suspended Cymbal]] <br/><br />
Player 4: [[Snare Drum]] <br/><br />
Player 5: [[Bass Drum]] <br/><br />
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=== Timesliding Towards Twirling ===<br />
Player 1: [[Xylophone]] <br/><br />
Player 2: [[Marimba]] <br/><br />
Player 3: [[Snare Drum]] & [[Cowbell]] <br/><br />
Player 4: [[Tenor Drum]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] <br/><br />
Player 5: [[[Temple Blocks]] & [[Triangle]] <br/><br />
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=== Changing Hands Rag ===<br />
Player 1: [[Xylophone]] / [[Marimba]] <br/><br />
Player 2: [[Tambourine]] & [[Triangle]] & [[Maracas]] <br/><br />
Player 3: [[Tambourine]] & [[Triangle]] & [[Maracas]] <br/><br />
Player 4: [[Tambourine]] & [[Triangle]] & [[Maracas]] <br/><br />
Player 5: [[Snare Drum]] & 10" [[Splash Cymbal]] <br/><br />
••Players 2, 3 & 4 share instruments <br/><br />
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=== Ancient Tower Bells ===<br />
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] / [[Vibraphone]] <br/><br />
Player 2: [[Tam Tam]] & [[Xylophone]] / [[Marimba]] & [[Crash Cymbals]] <br/><br />
Player 3: [[Triangle]] & [[Finger Cymbals]] & [[Chimes]] <br/><br />
Player 4: [[Tambourine]] & [[Maracas]] <br/><br />
Player 5: 2 Concert [[Tom Toms]] & 18" [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Wind Chimes]] <br/><br />
Player 6: 3 [[Timpani]] & Large [[Suspended Cymbal]] <br/><br />
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=== Percintegration ===<br />
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] & 23" [[Timpani]] & High [[Snare Drum]] <br/><br />
Player 2: [[Vibraphone]] & 26" [[Timpani]] & Medium High [[Snare Drum]] <br/><br />
Player 3: [[Marimba]] & 29" [[Timpani]] & Medium Low [[Snare Drum]] <br/><br />
Player 4: [[Marimba]] & 32" [[Timpani]] & Low [[Snare Drum]] <br/><br />
Player 5: 4 Concert [[Tom Toms]] & [[Bongos]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Mark Tree]] & Headless [[Tambourine]] & [[Spring Drum]] <br/><br />
Player 6: [[Bass Drum]] & 2 [[Woodblocks]] & [[Cowbell]] & [[Crash Cymbals]] & [[Suspended Cymbal]] & [[Maracas]] <br/><br />
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== Program Notes ==<br />
Sonic Adventures for Percussion Ensemble was created as a supplement to current repertoire that addresses a continuing need for pedagogical literature that is approachable by and entertaining for elementary and intermediate level percussionists. The six works in this collection were written to introduce percussionists to many of the techniques and challenges they will encounter on their journey to becoming fine musicians. The pieces would be ideal for the junior high school or high school band director/percussion instructor who is searching for percussion music of varying levels. College instructors may also find some of the more difficult works challenging and discover useful teaching points in the less difficult works for their pedagogical classes and/or younger, less experienced students.<br />
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The six pieces in this compilation are graduated in level of difficulty. The compositional approach for these works is to slowly introduce issues of technical difficulty for each percussion instrument. Often, percussion literature written for the elementary percussionist introduces technical challenges for the young players too early in their development. As a result, addressing fundamental issues that apply to all beginning musicians sometimes gets overlooked. Therefore, the less difficult pieces in this collection focus on aspects of musicality, counting, and logistics, while the more difficult pieces delve into technical issues such as snare drum technique, 4-mallet technique on keyboard percussion instruments, [[timpani]] tuning/pedaling, and instrument-specific techniques (e.g. thumb rolls on [[tambourine]], open/closed sounds on [[triangle]], etc.).<br />
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Each piece in this collection contains a page entitled Pedagogical Focus Points (PFPs). These are a list of explanations and goals for the conductor regarding the pedagogical issues that each work attempts to impart. The conductor is encouraged to share these points with the students in the ensemble, so that they will be aware of the techniques and challenges of their own part/instrument, and the other parts/instruments as well. This collection is meant to help serve the percussion community as both a teaching tool and a vehicle for bringing the audience closer to the performers.<br />
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== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==<br />
{{Riley, Steve Works}}<br />
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== Reference ==<br />
[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]<br />
[[Category: Percussion Quartet Works]]<br />
[[Category: Percussion Quintet Works]]<br />
[[Category: Percussion Sextet Works]]<br />
[[Category: Percussion Books]]<br />
[[Category: Pedagogical Books]]</div>Rubyng2004