Stank

Cy Miessler

General Info

Year of Published: 2023
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:06:30
Cost: $8.00

Instrumentation

Kick Bass Drum (with pedal)
Large Floor Tom
Piccolo Snare Drum
Cowbell
Splash Cymbal

Program Notes

Stank was commissioned with the title in mind. It is a groovy multi-percussion solo that uses quasi-drumset style grooves and rhythms to invoke the feeling of stank you find in certain genres of music. I wanted to use the stankiest instruments I could think of, which to me was at minimum a really low floor tom and cowbell, so these instruments are used prominently throughout the piece. At the end, the piece opens up into a more explosive, soloistic section that features more virtuosic snare drum playing. It then settles one last time at the end into a final but brief stanky groove.

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo

Hightail - Snare Drum
Meat - Marimba
Stank - Multiple Percussion

Duet

Death Blow - Bass Drum Duet
Pyre - Percussion Duet
Six Above Clouds - Marimba Duet
Storm - Marimba Duet

Chamber

Bliss Point - Percussion Quintet
Destruction & Ascension - 9 Percussionists
Imminent Slaughter - 8 Percussionsts
Napalm Basket - Percussion Quartet
Onslaught - Percussion Quartet