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Genre: Percussion Ensemble
# of Players: 6
Level: Medium Difficult | Duration: 5:15
Publisher: C. Alan Publications | Copyright: 2020
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The Mental Manacles of the Rhythmically Divine is a play on the rhythmically difficult devices that run the course of this 5-minute work from its unsettling beginning to its maniacal ending.
Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 6
Level: Medium Difficult | Duration: 5:15
Instrumentation
Percussion 1: Marimba (4-octave), Snare Drum, Bell Tree, Mark Tree, 5 Woodblocks (or Temple Blocks)
Percussion 2: Marimba (4-octave), 2 Congas
Percussion 3: Vibraphone, Bongos, Crash Cymbals, Sizzle Cymbal, Claves, China Cymbal
Percussion 4: Vibraphone, Splash Cymbal, 2 Concert Toms, Suspended Cymbal, Sizzle Cymbal
Percussion 5: Xylophone, 4 Concert Toms, Crotales (2 octaves), Suspended Cymbal, Splash Cymbal
Percussion 6: Bass Drum, Tam-Tam, Chimes, Triangle, 4 Metal Pipes, Kick Drum
Program Notes
The Mental Manacles of the Rhythmically Divine was commissioned by Jon Lee and the SMU Meadows Percussion Ensemble for Doug Howard’s retirement concert. The title is a play on rhythmically difficult devices that run the course of this 5-minute work from its unsettling beginning to its maniacal ending.