The Noble Snare (Volume 2)
General Info
Year of Published: 1988
Publisher: Smith Publications
Difficulty: Advanced
Cost: $17.50
Overview
These books are for the advanced snare drummer. They are a fun collection of snare drum solos that Stuart Saunders Smith received from a handful of different composers. There are challenging time signatures, multiple time signatures in a piece, groups of 5’s and 7’s, strange grace notes, rolls, stick changes, and even some pieces of untraditional notation using symbols and words.
Contents
1. Just Seven for Drum by Herbert Brun
2. Jongo by Siegfried Fink
3. Noble Endeavor by Michael LaRosa
4. Inside-Out With A Secret P. S. by Michael Udow
5. Blazer by Barney Childs
6. Brushwork by Drew Krause
7. A Head to Rest by Matthew Burke
8. Composed Improvisation for Snare Drum by John Cage
9. What the Snare Drum Tells Me by Allen Otte
10. Transparent Wave by Thomas DeLio
11. Peeping Tom by Dan Senn
Instrumentation
Works for Percussion by this Author
References