Moving Air for Percussion Quartet & Tape
General Info
Year of Published: 1989
Publisher: Rimshot Music
Difficulty: Advanced to Professional
Duration: 00:05:09
Instrumentation
Player 1 : 6 Tom Toms
Player 2 : 6 Tom Toms
Player 3 : Cabasa / Congas / 2 Wood Blocks / Metal Sheet / Chinese Cymbal
Player 4 : 2 Bass Drums / Log Drum / Metal Sheet
Description
Moving Air is a short, up tempo work for four percussionists & pre-recorded cd. The Tape part consists of various unconventional sounds derived from the slamming of car doors, the breaking of glass & the collision of garbage cans. These are combined with conventional percussion sounds, all of which have been sampled & triggered to play in sequence, sometimes forwards (sounding as they normally do), & sometimes backwards (the sound is reversed so that the decay becomes the attack). The players are instructed to "play it loud!" to create optimum movement of air - hence the title.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Fabian Theory - Multiple Percussion
Hinchinbrook Riff - Marimba
Kalabash - Percussion Quartet
Malachite Glass - Percussion Quartet & Bass Clarinet
Moving Air for Percussion Quartet & Tape- Percussion Quartet & Tape
Omphalo Centric Lecture - Marimba Quartet