kraka Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 (edited) I have only one musician to play the percussion for an old work of mine, which was, initially had been written for 2 Tympani, one Cymbals and one Tambourine. Parts are : For Tympani , alone: from 24"(from the beginning) to 1'53" F#2 , the C#3 , and the below C#2 , in various combinations from 1'42" to 1'48" Db2 (en-harmonic to C#2) from 1'59" to 3'09" F2 , D2 , C2 , G2 , A2 , C3 , D3 , E2 , in various combinations, for example : or , few meters later : from 3'18" to 3'20" Ab2 from 3'34" to 4'27" C#2 , G#2 , D#2 , A#2 , in various combinations from 5'14" to 6'03" F#2 , E2 , C#3 , in various combinations from 6'22" to the end C#2 , D#3 , F#2 , B2 , E2 , C#3 , G#2 , in various combinations , for example : For Tympani and Cymbal , at the same time (an example) : For Tympani and Tambourine, at the same time (an example) : For Tympani , Cymbals and Tambourine at the same time (an example) : Can , one player play all these ? Edited October 4 by kraka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Ng Tsz Kiu Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Hello @kraka, Welcome to the forum! I am not particular good at percussion nor percussion writing myself. But I have some questions to ask: 10 hours ago, kraka said: 2) from 1'59" to 3'09" F2 , D2 , C2 , G2 , A2 , C3 , D3 , E2 , in various combinations, for example : or , few meters later : from 3'18" to 3'20" Ab2 from 3'34" to 4'27" C#2 , G#2 , D#2 , A#2 , in various combinations from 5'14" to 6'03" F#2 , E2 , C#3 , in various combinations from 6'22" to the end C#2 , D#3 , F#2 , B2 , E2 , C#3 , G#2 , in various combinations , for example : You have two timpanis, but are you sure the tone of the timapnis can changes quick enough for those note change? 10 hours ago, kraka said: For Tympani , Cymbals and Tambourine at the same time (an example) : I don't think one player can play this. Unless he plays the tambourine with his feet? I don't know. Henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraka Posted October 4 Author Share Posted October 4 16 minutes ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said: Hello @kraka, Welcome to the forum! I am not particular good at percussion nor percussion writing myself. But I have some questions to ask: You have two timpanis, but are you sure the tone of the timapnis can changes quick enough for those note change? I don't think one player can play this. Unless he plays the tambourine with his feet? I don't know. Henry What is for sure that i know , is that there is only one player for the Percussions. I do not know how many tympani he will use. I think he can use three or maybe four. I must ask, but lets assume that he will use four. I really do not know that the tone of the tympani can changes quick enough for those note changes, and that is exactly why i asked. For somebody who plays the timpani in a symphonic orchestra to tell me, before i rearrange it. As for the , Tympani and Tambourine playing simultaneously, i also had the same thinking, to play the Tambourine with his feet, but i am not sure. Does somebody know ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterthePapercomPoser Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 9 hours ago, kraka said: As for the , Tympani and Tambourine playing simultaneously, i also had the same thinking, to play the Tambourine with his feet, but i am not sure. It's certainly possible to play a cymbal with the feet since the suspended cymbal in a drumset is often set up to crash two cymbals together with a foot pedal. But with a tambourine roll like you have indicated in your score, it is usually necessary to slide your thumb against the drumhead producing a rolling sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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