Spider Legs

Spider Legs is a vibrant Latin dance number that can stylistically be described as ‘Merengue House’ but perhaps it is better without any description!

Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard
Level: 3.5 | Duration: 4:00

Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
B-flat Clarinet 1
B-flat Clarinet 2
B-flat Clarinet 3
Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Alto Saxophone 1
Alto Saxophone 2
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone

B-flat Trumpet 1
B-flat Trumpet 2
B-flat Trumpet 3
Horn 1
Horn 2
Horn 3
Horn 4
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Baritone T.C.
Tuba
Bass Guitar

Drum Kit
Congas
Timbales
Bongos

Program Notes
Spider Legs is a vibrant Latin dance number. Although I have used Latin rhythms in pieces in recent years this is the first time I have returned wholeheartedly to one of my favourite types of music since I wrote Tiptoe Tune in 2001. Typically I wrote it when I should have been writing something else but I really enjoyed going back to these rhythms. Stylistically Spider Legs can best be described I suppose as ‘Merengue House’ but perhaps it is better without any description! It was composed in 2014, shortly after the birth of my granddaughter Emma Louisa who was nicknamed ‘Spider Legs’ at the time and the name seemed to fit the music so well that I could not resist it.