6th Street Stomp

David Ratliff

General Info

Year of Published: 2022
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: 00:01:30

Instrumentation

Small Ensemble

Player 1: Temple Blocks
Player 2: Snare Drum
Player 3: 2 Tom Toms
Player 4: Bass Drum

Medium Ensemble

Player 1: Temple Blocks
Player 2: Bongos
Player 3: Wood Block
Player 4: Snare Drum
Player 5: Hi Hat
Player 6: Field Drum
Player 7: 1 Tom Tom
Player 8: 2 Tom Toms
Player 9: 3 Tom Toms
Player 10: Bass Drum
Player 11: Timpani
Player 12: Floor Tom

Medium Ensemble

Player 1: Temple Blocks
Player 2: Bongos
Player 3: Wood Block
Player 4: Snare Drum
Player 5: Hi Hat
Player 6: Field Drum
Player 7: 1 Tom Tom
Player 8: 2 Tom Toms
Player 9: 3 Tom Toms
Player 10: Bass Drum
Player 11: Timpani
Player 12: Floor Tom
Player 13: Alternate Snare Drum
Player 14: Drum Set
Player 15: Suspended Cymbal

Description

Growing up in the 1980s in a small rural town in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky, I lived on 6th Street. I have so many wonderful childhood memories of that street, like riding my bicycle until the streetlights came on (the universal signal it was time to head back home for the day) or that first time setting off on an adventure behind the wheel of my parents' car. This piece is a tribute to that time in my life and that little town.

Performance Notes

1. The diamond-shaped noteheads represent stomping with one foot.
2. Since there are no open hi hat parts, feel free to lock the hi hat in the closed position.
3. The Bass Drum part can be played on any bass drum (concert, marching or kick drum on its side). Lay a towel or cloth across the head and play a hard felt or marching bass drum mallet.
4. If you use the floor tom part, lay a tower or cloth across the head and play with hard felt timpani mallets or something similar.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Kirwan Tower - Snare Drum
Euclid (Avenue of Champions) - Snare Drum
Fear - Snare Drum

Percussion Ensemble

6th Street Stomp
That's One in a Row
Water Plant Road