Pentaphonics
General Info
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: 00:04:10
Cost: $32.00
Instrumentation
Player 1: High Pitch
Player 2: Medium High Pitch
Player 3: Medium Pitch
Player 4: Medium Low Pitch
Player 5: Low Pitch
All you need are five graduated instruments or items. Some examples could be graduated woodblocks, claves, cowbells , pots & pans, bottles or anything, so long as there are five distinct pitches. You could even mix up the instrumentation.
Program Notes
Pentaphonics was written during the summer of 2019 to explore writing for percussion using smaller more portable instruments. The five instruments used within this composition should each consist of a distinctive sound which helps for them to easily be heard by the audience. When listening to this work, you will hear various rhythms and timbres being produced over the course of the piece.
Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo
Time? Where did it go?
Splash (Meyers)
Three Grooves
Four Reflections for Marimba
Songs for Marimba
Chorale of Light
Etude No.1 for Marimba (Meyers)
Solo with Ensemble
Dreams Come and Go - Vibraphone and Percussion Ensemble
Concerto for Marimba (Meyers) - Marimba and Wind Ensemble
Chamber
Clavia - Claves Quartet
Udu for Three Sides - Udu Trio
Just Us - Marimba Duo
Music of the Spheres - Marimba Quartet
The Conjuring - Percussion Nonet
Large Ensemble
The Wind that is Always Changing - 12 Players
The Inner Rhythm! - 10 Players
The Day I Left - 11 Players
Indeterminate Instrumentation Ensemble
Pentaphonics - Quintet
With Other Instruments
Fanfare for Horn and Timpani - French Horn and Timpani
The Loneliness of One - Alto Saxophone and Marimba
Awakening (Meyers) - Tenor Trombone and Marimba
In and Out - Tenor Trombone and Timpani
Slightly Funky - Trumpet and Multiple Percussion
Where did the Memories Go? - French Horn and Percussion
A Brief Story - Euphonium and Marimba
Funk Trio- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone and Percussion