Fanfare and Dance for Solo Timpani
General Info
Year: 2001
Duration: c.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Publisher: Pioneer Percussion Publications
Cost: Score and Parts - $6.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Instrumentation
Program Notes
Fanfare and Dance for Solo Timpani by David Eyler takes the timpanist through two distinct styles, working on many traditional techniques with a few little tricks thrown in here and there to keep them on their toes. The opening fanfare is stately and proud, and there are no major tuning changes. A few times the player is told to play several pitches in a row on the same drum, and these are always stepwise in motion. In the dance, the player needs to focus on rhythmic accuracy and moving around the drums in an efficient manner - it's a good lesson in figuring out effective stickings. This section contains no tuning at all. This solo can be used as a nice teaching tool to get students comfortable playing timpani if they've only worked on snare drum or keyboards in the past. Most of the solo requires basic technique, and anything advanced is presented in tolerable portions.
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Changing Times – Percussion Solo
Fanfare and Dance for Solo Timpani – Percussion Solo
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Seven/Eight Stomp – Percussion Solo
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Watching the Time Go By – Percussion Solo
Ensemble
Introduction and Allegro (Eyler) – Percussion Sextet
Latino – Percussion Trio
March Time – Percussion Trio
Percussion Fantasy – Percussion Septet
Triple Threat (Eyler) – Percussion Trio
Books
Twenty-Two Progressive Studies, Etudes and Duets for Snare Drum
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