Time for 4
General Info
Year of Publication: 2022
Publisher: Row-Loff
Series: Quattrosicles!
Duration: 00:02:57
Instrumentation
Player 1: Snare Drum
Player 2: Bongos
Player 3: Timpani
Player 4: Suspended Cymbal & Jam Block & Cowbell & Tambourine
Performance Notes
Time for 4 is a quartet for friends who like to drum. The opening 2-measure theme expands in dynamics and transforms into longer phrases. Each player is given the opportunity to play a solo before they engage in a short ‘conversation' that returns to the opening theme and builds to an energizing conclusion. Maintaining an effective overall-all balance is important because every percussion instrument speaks differently, some naturally projecting stronger than others. During the solo sections, the accompanying parts should strive to stay soft enough to ensure that the soloist is clearly heard without having to ‘overplay’. It would be helpful for Player 4 to mount the cowbell, tambourine, and block on a percussion rack to allow the instruments to fully resonate.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
A Parting Shot – Percussion Octet
Blue Hammers – Timpani
Engine Room – Multiple Percussion
Rudiments in Rhythm –Snare Drum
Tangents (Campbell) – Timpani
Tork – Multiple Percussion
Ensemble
Batik – Percussion Ensemble (10)
Crash Course – Percussion Octet; Crash Cymbals
Dark Flight - Percussion 12
Night Hunter - Percussion Ensemble (12)
Three Amigos – Percussion Sextet