Stealing Thunder
General Info
Publisher: Bill Holab Music
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:09:00
Cost: $85.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: 4 Tom-toms (8", 10" 12" 14") & Suspended Cymbal (Medium) & Maracas & Claves (High-pitched)
Player 2: 4 Tom-toms (10", 12" 14" 16") & Suspended Cymbal (Large) & Maracas & Claves (Low-pitched)
Player 3: Roto-toms (6", 8", 10") & Snare Drum & 5 Cowbells & Sand Blocks (High)
Player 4: Roto-toms (8", 10", 12") & Military Drum & Temple Blocks & Sand Blocks (Low)
Player 5: Concert Bass Drum & Bongos & 5 Brake Drums & Thunder Sheet & Tam Tam & Maracas & Woodblock (high)
Player 6: Concert Bass Drum & Bongos & 5 Brake Drums & Thunder Sheet & Tam Tam & Maracas & Woodblock (low)
Program Notes
Although percussionists are often upon to mimic the sounds of nature with their instruments, I think that nature, without question, provides the most exciting percussive sounds. In Stealing Thunder, I attempt to honor Mother Nature by appropriating (or stealing) recorded sounds of thunder and integrating them into the work. Each percussionist plays unique solo lines and motives; the players take these motives from one another and modify them. In effect, they are stealing each other's thunder. The name "Stealing Thunder" is derived from the expression " to steal someone's thunder", an old expression that means to hinder or thwart some.
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