Just Like That

General Info

Year of Published: 2010
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:03:00
Cost: $29.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Tom Tom (High) & Wood Block (High)
Player 2: Tom Tom (Medium High) & Wood Block (Medium High)
Player 3: Tom Tom (Medium) & Wood Block (Medium)
Player 4: Tom Tom (Medium Low) & Wood Block (Medium Low)
Player 5: Tom Tom (Low) & Wood Block (Low)

Description

Just Like That is a percussion quintet scored for one concert tom and one wood block per player. Based on variations of a traditional cascara pattern, this energetic and rhythmically driven work weaves through several time signature changes and dramatic dynamic contrasts. The original pattern is repeated, offset, fragmented, and manipulated in a variety of ways to created an ever-changing texture as underlying melodic lines are created in the concert tom voices. This is an excellent work for high school or college percussion ensembles to work rhythmic alignment and precision. This piece is sure to be an audience favorite and also works well as a collaborative work with a school dance program.

Review

The overall sound of the quintet has a unified, massive, ten-armed multiple percussion timbre and leaves the audience wanting more… – Jim Lambert

Recent Performance

Works for Percussion by this Composer

Solo Works with Percussion Ensemble

Percussion Ensemble

DUETS

TRIOS

Quartets

QUINTETS

MEDIUM ENSEMBLE

LARGE ENSEMBLE

Indeterminate Instrumentation

Flexible Instrumentation

Dog Dash - 5 to 9 Players
Tendencies - 4 to 10 Players
Tight Quarters - 4 to 7 Players

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