Description
Contemporary snare drum solo focussing on gradual roll and double bounce rudiments with a healthy bunch to flams and single sevens. Great contest piece. Percussive Arts Society Review: ÒFlam Tripaddidle” is a rudimental snare drum solo by Ithaca College percussionist and band conductor Richard Eleck. The two-page, easy-to-read score is printed in high quality on card stock. The piece is mostly in a rudimental style but employs a variety of dynamic contrasts with articulations and changing tempi in 4/4 throughout. This is a wise choice for percussion students wanting to work out their rudimental snare drum technique in a musically engaging and challenging composition at an intermediate level. The rudimental techniques include open and closed rolls with a lot intricate flams and shifting accents. A typo in measure 36 mistakenly beams beat 1 to the sixteenth-note triple starting beat 2. (This typo has been fixed in current edition. – Ed.) In the following measure (37), the same figure appears notated correctly, so this should be obvious to anyone preparing the piece for performance. This would make an excellent challenging solo piece for first or second year undergraduate students, as it would build technical and musical skills while provide an exciting experience for an audience. N. Scott Robinson