One-Eyed Jacks

Mark Ford

General Info

Year: 1996
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: Elementary
Publisher: Alan, C.
Cost: Score and Parts - $29.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Marimba & Snare Drum
Player 2: Vibraphone & Suspended Cymbal & Tom-toms
Player 3: Glockenspiel & Tom-toms
Player 4: Plastic tube & Wind Chimes & Temple Blocks & Bass Drum
Player 5: Tam tam & Suspended Cymbal & Shaker
Player 6: Timpani

Program Notes

commission: North Carolina PAS; premiere: 10 November 1996

Review

Commissioned by the North Carolina Chapter of the PAS, One-Eyed Jacks is a percussion sextet written for a modest assortment of conventional instruments: one marimba, vibes, bells, a pair of timpani, four tom-toms, snare and bass drums, two suspended cymbals, tam tam, shaker, temple blocks, and the one unusual "instrument":--a plastic tube. Ford uses an ABA formal structure. The Latin-flavored A sections feature a mallet trio, with the melody assigned to the marimba. In the B section, the mallet instruments drop out and the spotlight shifts to the snare drum, bass drum, tom-toms and timpani. Directors of high school or college ensembles that have at least one strong mallet player to handle the rhythmic challenges of the marimba part will nd this ensemble very entertaining as well as useful from a pedagogical perspective. - John R. Raush, October 1997

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