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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php?title=Chris_Brooks" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Brooks">Chris Brooks</a> == General Info == Year of Publication: 2012 &lt;br/&gt; Publisher: <a href="/index.php?title=Row-Loff" title="Row-Loff">Row-Loff</a> &lt;br/&gt; Series: <a href="/index.php?title=Jamsicles!" title="Jamsicles!">Jamsicles!</a> &lt;br/&gt; == Instrumentation == Player 1: <a href="/index.php?title=Snare_Drum" title="Snare Drum">Snare Drum</a>...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Chris Brooks]]<br /> == General Info ==<br /> Year of Publication: 2012 &lt;br/&gt;<br /> Publisher: [[Row-Loff]] &lt;br/&gt;<br /> Series: [[Jamsicles!]] &lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> == Instrumentation ==<br /> Player 1: [[Snare Drum]] 1 &lt;br/&gt;<br /> Player 2: [[Timpani]] &amp; [[Suspended Cymbal]] &lt;br/&gt;<br /> Player 3: [[Shaker]] &amp; [[Sleigh Bells]] &amp; [[Tam Tam]] &lt;br/&gt;<br /> Player 4: [[Snare Drum]] 2 &lt;br/&gt;<br /> Player 5: [[Hand Drum]] &lt;br/&gt;<br /> Player 6: [[Bass Drum]] &lt;br/&gt;<br /> <br /> == Performance Notes == <br /> &quot;Witch Doctor” is a medium tempo lumbering tribal groove. The combination of [[snare drums]] with snares off, [[djembe]]s and/or [[congas]], a large concert [[bass drum]] and rhythmical [[timpani]] figures give the ensemble a mysterious feel. If you have them, use three to six hand drums.<br /> It’s not at all necessary for them to be of the same type, a combination of different kinds of hand drums will give the ensemble more interesting colors. You can even use drum set toms played with the hands.<br /> Muting for the [[timpani]] is accomplished with small squares of felt attached to the drum with a shoe string. Put the string through a small hole in the felt and tie it around a lug screw so when it’s placed on the head of the drum it’s 6” to 8” from the rim. The suspended cymbal should be placed to the right of the timpanist’s music stand 12” to 15” above the heads of the [[timpani]]. The [[snare drums]] are placed on opposite sides of the set-up so you create an antiphonal effect. This makes the ensemble a little more challenging for the two snare players, so they will have to listen closely to each other in order to make sure they’re rhythmically accurate. At Letter F the timpanist sets the tempo. The [[bass drum[[ enters in the next measure so it’s essential that he/she lock in with the timpanist. The [[timpani]] solos through Letter G are a little challenging, but making sure your timpanist uses the notated sticking will make the figures relatively easy for a moderately experienced timpanist to master. The accelarando in the final section is marked to accelerate to 144, but can go faster if you’d like. Play this ensemble with lots of style and fire!<br /> <br /> == Recent Performance ==<br /> &lt;embedvideo service=&quot;youtube&quot;&gt; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MS_F14v6I8 &lt;/embedvideo&gt;<br /> <br /> == Works for Percussion by this Composer ==<br /> {{Brooks, Chris Works}}<br /> <br /> == Reference ==<br /> <br /> [[Category: Percussion Ensemble Works]]<br /> [[Category: Percussion Sextet Works]]</div>

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