heather stebbins

2012-2013

CHIMERAfor percussion sextet

INSTRUMENT LIST

Metal Crotales (upper and lower octave) Vibraphone China Cymbal Wind Gong Tam-Tam Thundersheet Metal Mixing Bowl (large/medium size) Brake Drum Metal pipe Heavy Triangle Wood Marimba (5-octave if possible) Three Wood Blocks Log Drum Two Large Frame Drums Two Bass Drums (or One Bass Drum/One Field Drum)

PLAYER GUIDE*

Percussion I Bass Drum, Crotales (upper octave) Special Beaters: sponge, bow, rakes, superball

Percussion II Wood Blocks, Frame Drum, Vibraphone, Metal Bowl, China Cymbal Special Plectra: timbale sticks (for frame drum), bow, rakes

Percussion III Wood Blocks, Frame Drum, Vibraphone, Triangle, China Cymbal, Wind Gong Special Plectra: timbale sticks (for frame drum), bow, rakes

Percussion IV Tam-Tam, Wind Gong, China Cymbal, Thunder Sheet, Marimba, Special Plectra: rakes, bow, superball, rutes

Percussion V Metal Pipe, Brake Drum, Marimba, Tam-Tam Special Plectra: bow, superball

Percussion VI Bass Drum or field drum, Crotales (lower octave), Brake Drum, Metal Pipe, Log Drum Special Plectra: bow, rakes, superball

*This is a list of instruments that the individual players will play. Players will play on each the same instru-

ment at different times in the piece -- this list should therefore not alter the number of instruments required in the setup. There any many times where players will share instruments. For example, there are sections where two players will be bowing the vibraphone: one player will bow the ‘white key’ side, while the other will bow the ‘black key’ side.

NOTATION

Instruments Specific Mallets*

ç Crotales ¡ Soft Mallet for warm, dark sound

! Vibraphone • Rakes

¥ China Cymbal ¶ Timbale sticks (frame drum)

œ Thunder Sheet £ Superball

ˇ Tam-Tam ˜ Sponge

˝ Wind Gong

¨ Brake Drum

" Lead Pipe

å Triangle

„ Metal Mixing Bowl

¯ Frame Drum

ı Bass Drum

µ Marimba

# Wood Block

‘ Log Drum

* Mallets are only specified when a very specific sound is desired. All other mallet choices are up to the per-former.

NOTATION CONT.

Marimba ‘scrape’- hold a wooden stick vertically and scrape the end on any available marimba bar with enough pressure to create a screeching, crying sound. If possible, use two sticks on two dif-ferent bars at once. Scrape the stick slowly enough to create a continuous sound.

Frame Drum Notation

GENERAL NOTES

All sounds should be allowed to ring unless otherwise notated.

When indicated, players should whistle at the most comfortable octave available.

Tremolo with rakes should be performed by scrubbing the rake horizontally on the skin of drum, not vertically as in a roll.

This symbol indicates a swirling motion, i.e. with superball or rake. This does not nec-essarily have to be circular, and the speed should be variable.

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bass drum/field drum

frame drum

bassdrum

frame drum

wind gong

Tam-Tam

china

wood blocksmetal bowl

crotales (upper)

crotales (lower)

brake drum/pipe

vibraphone

thundersheet

Marimba

tri

log drum