Kerfuffle
General Info
Publisher: Eighth Note Publications
Year of Published: 2019
Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 978-1-77157-671-0
Cost: $20.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: Glockenspiel
Player 2: Xylophone
Player 3: Vibraphone
Player 4: Marimba
Player 5: Crotales
Player 6: Timpani
Player 7: Snare Drum
Player 8: Snare Drum
Player 9: Tenor Drum
Player 10: Timbales
Player 11: Congas
Player 12: Bass Drum
Player 13: Suspended Cymbal & Crash Cymbals & Gong
Description
On your mark...get set...rotate! Wait, what? That's right, rotate! In this piece, percussionists physically move to other positions onstage to play different instruments (and try to stay in the right place musically). The vibraphone player moves to play bells, xylophone to timpani, and congas to cymbals. As if the concept of players and mallets-in-motion isn't challenging enough, the time signature constantly changes. Unless executed with precision, this piece could turn into one giant Kerfuffle!