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== General Info ==
 
== General Info ==
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'''Difficulty''':  (see [[Ratings]] for explanation)<br /-->
 
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Latest revision as of 11:19, 5 January 2026

Cameron Sinclair

General Info

Year: 1985
Publisher: Scottish Music Centre
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Duration: c.
Cost: Score and Parts - £22.50   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: glockenspiel & shaker
Player 2: vibraphone (no motor - with bass bow & mallets)
Player 3: marimba
Player 4: upturned cymbal on large timpano & marimba
Player 5: marimba
Player 6: marimba
Player 7: suspended cymbal (with bass bow & mallets) & marimba
Player 8: bass drum & shaker

Program Notes

Shifting Sands was written immediately after Funk Loops and uses similar forces in a stark minimalist style. It opens mysteriously with free-floating sounds that outline the melodic material of the piece, before it is propelled into a motoric section with close canons and tight interlocking patterns.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Multiple Percussion

Etude No. 6 Ritournelle
Oreiad
Vaya Puente
Zonal 1

Vibraphone

Nachtgedicht

Marimba/Xylophone

Spiral
Tarentella (Sinclair)

Snare Drum

Antrieb
Marche Cassé

Timpani

Ceremonial (Sinclair)
3 Tanzen

Mallet Ensemble

Funk Loops - Vibraphone and 3 Marimba
Shifting Sands (Sinclair)

With Other Instruments

The Fly - Oboe; Percussion; Electronics

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