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Imagined Diversions (Perc Ens 4)
Genre: Percussion Ensemble
# of Players: 4
Level: Medium | Duration: 4:40
Publisher: C. Alan Publications | Copyright: 2019
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$32.00
Item #:
26150
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Notes & Instrumentation
This is a contemporary ensemble that features a wide range of colors and textures based around a Rondo form using as many variants on “Seven” as possible. Each performer plays a tambourine giving lots of opportunity for various tambourine technical work. This piece is a “footprint” piece that follows the same set up as Nathan Daughtrey’s Sizzle allowing for minimal transition setup time between pieces.
Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 4
Level: Medium | Duration: 4:40
Instrumentation
Percussion 1 (Splash Cymbal, Bongos, Tambourine)
Percussion 2 (Small Suspended Cymbal, High Woodblock, Snare Drum, Tambourine)
Percussion 3 (Medium Suspended Cymbal, Temple Blocks, Hi-Hat, Medium Tom, Tambourine)
Percussion 4 (Large China Cymbal, Log Drum, Tambourine, Bass Drum) -
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imagined diVersions Percussion quartet
an exciting and energetic new percussion quartet that features skin, wood, and metal instruments. All easily accessible to most programs. a wide vocabulary of sounds and effects challenges the players musiciality. Each performer also performs on the tambourine making it a "Tour de Force" of tambourine techniques. available for purchase at the composers website. currently featured on the class 1 texas PML
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Product Reviews
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Percussive Notes New Literature Review
“Imagined Diversions” is a drummy percussion ensemble piece that handily balances musical and pedagogical merit. Musically, the loose use of a rondo form grounds the structure of the piece, allowing composer Michael Varner to veer off on several unique musical episodes that inevitably return to a quirky mixed-meter theme. Pedagogically, Varner has crafted a piece that develops several important skills, such as playing patterns in seven, maneuvering small multiple percussion setups, and executing various techniques on the tambourine. With this clear overlap in aims, “Imagined Diversions” makes an ideal piece for percussion programs looking to develop essential percussion skills in a musically gratifying way. Several polyrhythms are nested within mixed meters as well as common meter changes. These may be unfamiliar for intermediate percussionists, making this piece most suited for the high school or undergraduate percussion ensemble. At under five minutes, this piece would make a worthy addition to any concert.
Quintin Mallette
Percussive Notes
Vol. 59, No. 2, April 2021 Quintin Mallette on Jun 16th 2022 -
Awesome Percussion Piece!!
This is a great small percussion ensemble piece to play. It was really fun to learn and perform. Unknown on Jan 24th 2020
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