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Drum Dances. Percussion sheet music.

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Drum Dances. Percussion sheet music.

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Drum Dances composed by John Psathas. For Drum Kit & Piano. Score & part - Hardback score & loose-leaf part. Composed 1998. Published by Promethean Editions. PO.PE008. ISBN 1-877218-08-1. New Zealand composer John Psathas has created a real workout for piano and drum set in his four-part work Drum Dances. Psathas, who admits to being influenced by Chick Corea and Dave Weckl, has produced a very detailed piano. drum set score that attempts to capture the spontaneity and rhythmic interplay of a duet between these two musicians. He has done an excellent job. The first movement is a lengthy drum solo with specific accents that correspond to the melody. The slower second movement requires the drummer to play glockenspiel atop a bass drum. hi-hat accompaniment. The third movement is a study in rhythmic displacement for the drums as the pianist takes the forefront. The fourth movement is a fast and furious duel between the pianist and the drummer that challenges both players with shifting meters and accent patterns. The piano part is really a study in two-hand independence. Written for a five piece kit. with four cymbals. , this is for the advanced player who has great chops, solid time, good reading skills, and nerves of steel. The piano part would require someone of equal talent. It would make an excellent finale for any professional concert. Terry O'Mahoney, Percussive Notes.

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Drum Dances composed by John Psathas. For Drum Kit. Score. Composed 1998. Published by Promethean Editions. PO.PE008. ISBN 1-877218-08-1. New Zealand composer John Psathas has created a real workout for piano and drum set in his four-part work Drum Dances. Psathas, who admits to being influenced by Chick Corea and Dave Weckl, has produced a very detailed piano. drum set score that attempts to capture the spontaneity and rhythmic interplay of a duet between these two musicians. He has done an excellent job. The first movement is a lengthy drum solo with specific accents that correspond to the melody. The slower second movement requires the drummer to play glockenspiel atop a bass drum. hi-hat accompaniment. The third movement is a study in rhythmic displacement for the drums as the pianist takes the forefront. The fourth movement is a fast and furious duel between the pianist and the drummer that challenges both players with shifting meters and accent patterns. The piano part is really a study in two-hand independence. Written for a five piece kit. with four cymbals. , this is for the advanced player who has great chops, solid time, good reading skills, and nerves of steel. The piano part would require someone of equal talent. It would make an excellent finale for any professional concert. Terry O'Mahoney, Percussive Notes.