Octatonic Variations

Menno Bosgra

General Info

Year of Published: 2010
Publisher: Dutch Music Partners
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 00:11:30
Cost: Score and Parts - $20.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel (Shared) & Xylophone & Crotales & Piccolo Snare Drum
Player 2: Xylophone & Vibraphone & Trash Cymbal
Player 3: Marimba & Bass Drum
Player 4: Marimba & Bongos
Player 5: Glockenspiel (Shared) & Timpani & Snare Drum & Suspended Cymbal
Player 6: Splash Cymbal & Field Drum & Hand Cymbals Chinese Cymbal & hi Hat & Cowbell & Brake Drum & Triangle & Anvil
Player 7: Concert Snare Drum & 5 Concert Tom Toms & Suspended Cymbal & Sizzle Cymbal & Triangle & Temple Blocks & Cabasa & Bell Tree & Whip
Player 8: Chimes & Gloor Tom & Concert Bass Drum & Tam Tam & Wind Chimes

Program Notes

Octatonic Variations was commissioned by the Dutch international music publisher "Dutch Music Partners" for their new and innovative line of percussion music 2010. I decided to write a piece based on the three octatonic scales existing in contemporary western music and using harmonies these scales bring with them. The piece is written for a percussion group of eight players with a high level of musical; and technical abilties. The piece is challenging, chiegly because of its musical style which is not used very often in music written for percussion group and also because all eight parts are very difficult, both in musical terms as technical.

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