Traumatic Chromatic
General Info
Year of Published: 2015
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: 00:02:20
Cost: $32.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Chimes
Player 3: Xylophone
Player 4: Marimba
Player 5: Snare Drum & Flexatone & [Tam-tam]]
Player 6: Bass Drum
Player 7: Hand Cymbals
Player 8: Tambourine & Temple Blocks
Player 9: Castanets & Ratchet & Triangle & Police Whistle
Description
Geared towards younger ensembles, Traumatic Chromatic focuses on playing a fast chromatic scale through isolating whole tones in each hand. The result is not only an effective study in this important coordination, but an entertaining and colorful piece that utilizes a variety of common concert percussion instruments and accessories. Treat it as a chromatic etude, or as a study for proper accessory technique, or both! This piece was extracted from the larger compilation book, Beyond Basic Percussion. Co-written by Eric Rath and Ralph Hicks it contains 10 ensembles from which beginning percussion students can learn. Also helpful is the fact that this piece is flexible in its instrumentation. If you don't have the full arsenal of players or equipment, some parts have been denoted as optional.
Recent Performance
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Home by Sundown - Marimba Trio
Low Tide - Percussion 10
Mi Milagro - Percussion Octet
Traumatic Chromatic - Percussion Nonet
Works for Percussion by this Arranger
Agua de Beber - Percussion Nonet
Chopsticks - Xylophone; Percussion Odtet
Funny Folks - Mallet Quintet
The Nonpareil - Mallet Quintet
Romance De Amor - Marimba