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	Difficulty: Advanced <br/>		Difficulty: Advanced <br/>

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[[Clif Walker]]
== General Info ==
Year of Published: 2023 
Publisher: [[Tapspace]] 
Difficulty: Advanced 
Duration: 00:05:40 
Cost: $50.00 

== Instrumentation ==
Player 1: [[Glockenspiel]] & [[Tam Tam]] 
Player 2: [[Vibraphone]] 1 
Player 3: [[Vibraphone]] 2 & [[Suspended Cymbal]] 
Player 4: [[Chimes]] & 2 [[Brake Drums]] & [[Mark Tree]] 
Player 5: [[Xylophone]] & [[Crotales]] & [[Roto-tom]] 
Player 6: [[Marimba]] 1 & [[Triangle]] & [[Snare Drum]] (High) 
Player 7: [[Marimba]] 2 & [[Triangle]] & [[Snare Drum]] (Medium High) 
Player 8: [[Marimba]] 3 & [[Triangle]] & [[Snare Drum]] (Medium Low) 
Player 9: [[Marimba]] 4 & [[Triangle]] & [[Snare Drum]] (Low) 
Player 10: [[Timpani]] 
Player 11: [[Zil-bel]] & [[Triangle]] & [[Steel Drum]] & [[Congas]] & [[Woodblock]] (Low) & [[Sizzle Cymbal]] 
Player 12: [[Snare Drum]] & [[Ride Cymbal]] & [[Finger Cymbals]] & [[Woodblock]] (Medium Low) & 4 Concert [[Tom Tom]]s 
Player 13: [[Bongos]] & [[Ride Cymbal]] & [[Finger Cymbals]] & [[Woodblock]] (Medium High) 
Player 14: Concert [[Bass Drum]] & [[Tam Tam]] & [[Woodblock]] (High) & [[Slapstick]] 

== Description ==
Gravity (Falling) by [[Clif Walker]] is a thematic percussion ensemble for fourteen percussionists and pianist. This medium-advanced piece is inspired by the act and sensation of sky diving. Walker notes that a typical skydive lasts between five to six minutes, with approximately the first 50 seconds spent in a free fall and the remainder of the time parachuting down. The piece opens by mimicking the free fall of a skydive with suspenseful cymbal swells and slowly descending, anxiety inducing cluster chords. Walker then segues the listener into serene parachute ride down to earth. Then a mixed meter section with chromatic, scalar, and intervalic descending lines paired with metric modulations in various percussive elements furthers the sense of disorientation. The descent continues until one final cymbal swell lands the skydiver back on the ground.

Gravity (Falling) requires performers to have great rhythmic control throughout the ensemble and would be an excellent piece for intermediate to advanced students to elevate their playing abilities in a percussion ensemble setting. While being a great display of chops and dexterity, this piece also offers subtle nuance for touch and expressivity in the more serene moments. Last, it is sure to be a crowd pleaser with its rich musical imagery and familiar subject matter.

== Performance Notes ==
1. [[Steel Drum]] is optional. It may be substituted with a Malletstation or omitted altogether. 
2. Instructions and/or stickings provided for a passage apply to all subsequent repeated or similar passages. 
3. Limited pedaling instructions are provided for [[vibraphones]], but generally pedaling is left to the discretion of the performers. 
4. In measures 50 and 55, the [[chimes]] player is to play with a drumstick across four accidentals at the same time by holding the drumstick horizontal and striking the [[chimes with the side of the stick. 
5. In the [[chimes]] part, when the instruction "w/felt" is given, one may use a felt-covered [[chime]] hammer or a softer rawhide [[chime]] hammer to provide a gentler attack. 
6. In measures, 52-54 and 57-60, the [[marimba]] players play a recurring phrase on [[snare drums]]. The rhythms of these phrases may be approximated, going from slower to faster as they diminuendo. 

== Recent Performance ==
<embedvideo service="youtube"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJE8WvirjBY </embedvideo>

== Works for Percussion by this Composer ==
{{Walker, Clif Works}}

== Reference ==

[[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]
[[Category: Percussion 14 Works]]

Gravity (Falling) - Revision history

Admin: Text replacement - "Year of Published" to "Year"

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Admin: Text replacement - "Category: Percussion Ensemble Works Category: Percussion 14 Works" to "Category:Percussion Ensemble Works Category:Percussion 14 Works Category:Percussion 12+ Works"

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Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:05:40
Cost: $50.00
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