Low Tide
General Info
Year of Published: 2015
Publisher: Tapspace
Difficulty: Elementary
Duration: 00:02:30
Cost: $32.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Chimes
Player 5: Suspended Cymbal
Player 6: Brake Drum & Triangle
Player 7: Bass Drum
Player 8: Timpani
Player 9: Woodblock & Sleigh Bells
Player 10: Wind Chimes
Description
A sweet and tender work by Ralph Hicks, Low Tide evokes the gentle sounds of the sea through sensitive swells, special wave-like effects, unique colors, and attention to mallet choices. The piece focuses on controlling a slow tempo with constant dynamic contrasts. It serves as a great way to train younger players not just how to play percussion instruments with proper technique, but how to play with musical sensitivity. 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
Arrangement 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