Dynamic Solos for Snare Drum
General Info
Year of Published: 2011
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 978-0-7390-8069-6
Difficulty: Elementary
Cost: $8.99
Instrumentation
Song List
1. Boots & Slippers
2. Knock, Knock, Who's There?
3. Right Away
4. Two Left On
5. Blues in Three
6. Calypso Hippo
7. Soft-Shoe Louie
8. Horseplay
9. Double Dippo, Dancing Hippo
10. Waltzing Brunhilda
11. Both Sides March
12. Grand Canyon
13. Jamtrak
14. Planet Roll
15. The Curious Count
16. Subdivider
17. Groove Trail
18. Uncle's Ant Farm
Description
Dynamic Solos for Snare Drum contains an entertaining variety of performance pieces aimed at nurturing a musical approach to snare drumming. Students are exposed to the use of dynamics in a gradual, coherent fashion, making it easy to understand their use as one of the greatest vehicles for expression in music. Ideal for solo and ensemble, as well as concert use, these charming solos may also appeal to more accomplished players and challenge their attention to detail.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solos
Two-Beat Tango
Cricket
Animal Cracker Rag
Chamber Percussion Ensemble
Candlesticks - 8 Players
Füm Drum - 9 Players
Odd Duck - 4 Players
Song of All Seasons - 8 Players
Pelican - 9 Players
Rockbox - 9 Players
Tangito - 9 Players
Top Tank - 3 Players
Winterland - 8 Players
Large Percussion Ensemble
Angels in the Moonlight
Animals
Bongito - 13 Players
Book Bash - 10 Players
Christmas Day
Dreams From the Dark Forest - 13 Players
Jokers Wild - 13 Players
La Vida de la Noche (Percussion Ensemble) - 15 Players
Little Lullabies
Nanigo Navidad - 11 Players
Opa! - 10 Players
Pistoleros - 13 Players
Roundup - 10 Players
Santa's Strut - 11 Players
Strum - 10 Players
Tale of the Dragon - 12 Players
Tank Time - 10 Players
The Three Buccaneers
When You Hear the Drum - 10 Players
Mallet Ensemble
A Little Malletmusik
El Paso Waltz
La Vida de la Noche (Mallet Ensemble)
Percussion Ensemble with Other Instrument
An American Dream - Percussion Ensemble & Trumpet
Indeterminate Percussion Ensemble
Pop Drop - 3 or more Players
Yes & No - 5 or 6 Players