Sound Blocks
General Info
Year: 1998
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Publisher: Southern Percussion
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Instrumentation
Tom Toms
Snare Drum
Bass Drum
Congas
Tambourine
Temple Blocks
Cowbells
Wood Block
Triangle
Suspended Cymbal
Program Notes
'SOUND BLOCKS was written in 1998 for David Hext's pupils at the Chethams School of Music in Manchester. David Hext has adapted it during lockdown to accommodate whatever in the Hallé percussion section happened to have at home. David Hext has to use a saucepan at one point! The idea of the piece is to demonstrate the different materials from which our instruments are made. So we start with wood, then on to skin, then metal, and finally a coda section which combines all three.'
Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Books for Percussion
Tuned In
Four Graded Pieces for Two-Mallet Marimba
Four Graded Pieces for Multi-Mallet Marimba
LCM Tuned Percussion Grades 1 & 2
LCM Tuned Percussion Grades 3 & 4
LCM Tuned Percussion Grades 5 & 6
LCM Tuned Percussion Grades 7 & 8
Works for Percussion
Church Ope Waltz
Sound Blocks
Suite for Solo Marimba
Caprice
Spicy Sauce - Mallets
Madison March - Snare Drum
Dance Suite for Snare Drum and Piano - Snare Drum
Suite Concertante for Snare Drum and Marimba - Snare Drum; Marimba
Suite Concertante for Timpani - Timpani