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Genre: Tenor Drums + Track
# of Players: 1
Level: Medium Easy to Medium Difficult | Duration: 2:25
Publisher: C. Alan Publications | Copyright: 2020
Quad Damage is a set of three progressive solos for tenor drums – Nerfed, Buffed, & Epic. Each is written to be performed along with the same play-along track.
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Genre: Tenor Drums + Track | # of Players: 1
Level: Medium Easy to Medium Difficult | Duration: 2:25
Instrumentation
Tenor Drums
Electronic Track
Program Notes
Quad Damage is a set of three progressive solos for tenor drums. Each is written to be performed along with the same play-along track.
Nerfed: The easiest of the three solos. You’re a beginning quad student or someone still pretty fresh on the instrument, or maybe you’re a more experienced player that wants to brush up on fundamentals and just jam out with the track.
Buffed: You’ve been playing for a while and have some rudiments and “arounds” under your hands. You’re ready for more challenge.
Epic: It’s pretty epic. You’ve got years of experience and can handle just about anything thrown your way. Good luck!
Written as a set of three marching tenor solos with each version getting progressively more difficult, “Quad Damage” is an exciting solo with digital accompaniment that provides performers with an avenue to perform on this instrument outside of the traditional arenas of marching band or indoor drumline.
The work clocks in at around 2½ minutes, and is appropriate for beginner to advanced players. While advertised as a solo, this almost feels more like a collection of three works connected by the same accompanying track. Each solo gets progressively more difficult, from the easier “Nerfed” solo to the highly advanced “Epic” version. Though each version of the solo uses the same accompaniment track, each variation moves away from the previous version dramatically. This makes learning the next solo feel much more like you are learning a brand-new piece instead of a slightly more difficult version of the previous solo. Demands placed upon the performer include command of a wide dynamic range as well as a solid basis in rudimental drumming...
High school students looking for a solo for solo-and-ensemble performances, and even college students looking to represent their marching tenor prowess in a recital would do well to check out “Quad Damage.” The variety it provides musically and technically make this a piece that will work well in a number of settings.
Brian Nozny
Percussive Notes
Vol. 59, No. 6, December 2021 Brian Nozny on Jul 6th 2022