Three Laughs (Perc Ens 10-14)

Three Laughs is the new champion of novelty pieces! Also available as a Wind Ensemble Percussion Feature (4 soloists), it is scored for a variety of percussion instruments including electric drills, dustbusters, bicycles, hair dryers, bubbles and more ending with a glorious fountain of up to 100 colored ping balls! 13 themes include Beethoven's 5th, Yes We Have No Bananas, Michael Row The Boat Ashore, Habanera (Carmen), Bach Minuet variation, Frère Jacques, On Top Of Spaghetti, Swanee River and Yellow Rose Of Texas.

Genre: Percussion Ensemble | # of Players: 10-14
Series:
Level: Intermediate | Duration: 6:15

Instrumentation
Score (8.5"x1"" stapled booklet)

Glockenspiel: Hair Dryer, Bubble Wand, Whistle, 2 Crescent Wrenches, Gong, Crash Cymbals
Xylophone: Electric Drill, Ratchet, Vocal, Ping Pong Balls
Vibraphone 1: Hair Dryer, Hand Claps, Vocal, 2 Crescent Wrenches, Ping Pong Balls
Marimba 1*: 4-octave, Slide Whistle, Vocal
Marimba 2: 4.3-octave, Bubble Wand, Juice Jug, Snap Fingers, Vocal, Ping Pong Balls
Marimba 3: 5-octave, Sleigh Bells, Duck Call (any pitch), Slide Whistle, 2 Dustbusters, Vocal, Ping Pong Balls
Percussion 1: Chimes, iPhone (Classic), Duck Call (High), 2 Wood Blocks, Hammer on Wood, Hand Claps, Güiro, Crash Cymbals, Bicycle, Ping Pong Balls Percussion 3: iPhone (Marimba), Duck 2 (Medium), Duck Call (Low), Triangle, Hammer on Wood, 3 Concert Toms, Hand Claps, Bongos, Bicycle
Percussion 4: Bass Drum, Drill, Vocal
Timpani: [4 Drums], Bubble Wand, Suspended Cymbal, Ping Pong Balls

Optional Players
Vibraphone 2: Hand Claps, Vocal
Percussion 2: Chimes, Hand Claps, Vocal
Bass Guitar: or 5.0-octave Marimba

*Marimba 1 may also be doubled by a second player

Program Notes

Three Laughs is the new champion of novelty pieces! Also available as a Wind Ensemble Percussion Feature (4 soloists), it is scored for a variety of percussion instruments including electric drills, dustbusters, bicycles, hair dryers, bubbles and more ending with a glorious fountain of up to 100 colored ping balls! 13 themes include Beethoven's 5th, Yes We Have No Bananas, Michael Row The Boat Ashore, Habanera (Carmen), Bach Minuet variation, Frère Jacques, On Top Of Spaghetti, Swanee River and Yellow Rose Of Texas.