Eight Great Cadences

for Drum Line

2nd Edition
_________________________
1. Chicken Fried Steak
2. Chocolate Moose
3. Pump It Up
4. Tender Vittles
5. Crab Cakes
6. One-Ton Soup
7. Beef Brisket
8. Salsa Verde

Ryan R. Laney
2008-2012

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NOTES
The purpose of Eight Great Cadences for Drum Line is to provide quality music for
percussionists at a variety of levels of study at the middle school and high school level.
This compilation of short cadences of various styles and forms is under a Creative
Commons license, allowing anyone to use, perform, and distribute it at will for non-
commercial purposes. I encourage you to send electronic or paper copies to your friends
and any educators or students that might benefit from it!

Most notes with unusual noteheads are specified in the parts and scores, but do know
the following for the cymbal parts: regular noteheads are to be played as full crashes,
regular notes with a marcato and staccato on top are to be crashed and then immediately
choked, notes that are shown as an 'X' are to be played as regular hi-hat clamp sounds, and
notes with a slash through the head with a slur leading to a clamped note indicates a
"sizzle" effect achieved by sliding the two plates against one another, creating a sort of
open hi-hat sound. Precise places of where to dampen a full crash are rarely indicated, and
should be left to the discretion of the players or the director.

I strongly encourage you and your students to go beyond what is written on the page
and make modifications, alterations, and adjustments to the music as needed, whether the
change is something as simple as adding repeat signs around a 4-bar phrase, or as large as
completely re-writing one of the parts for a whole cadence.

This second edition of the free cadences has been edited for improved notation,
reformatted so that players and directors have the option of fitting parts in a marching band
flip-folder or a normal 3-ring binder, re-written so that all tenor drum parts can be played
on a set with four drums (although feel free to change parts to use the "spock" drum) and
enhanced by the addition of three completely new cadences.

Best wishes with your music programs, and please feel free to contact me at
www.RLaneyPercussion.com if you have any questions on how to better educate and
manage your percussionists. Enjoy!

-Ryan R. Laney
May 2012
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Chicken Fried Steak Ryan R. Laney

                                      
q = 116
    
Snare Drum  
              

        
Solo Count-Off All mf

  
Tenors               
  
f

                  
  
Basses (4)   
ff mf
    
Cymbals   
          
mf

                     
5
   7
 
Sn.                            

      
                
     
f p

Ten.    
              
 
mp
    
    
   
Bs.        
mf
         
Cym.  
          
     
mp


    6  6
                     
9   3
11
   
 
Sn.                                         
R L R L L R RL L RR LRR L R L LR L R R L L
mp f
 



6

                 
Ten.          
6  
Bs.                     
f
  
Cym.          
     
f

                        

13   15
   
Sn.         
R mf
6
           
 
    
6

          
Ten.                    

ff RRL L RRL L RRL L R L R L R L L R mf

                         
 
       
Bs.


mf
      
Cym.              
mp

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                   
17
    
Sn.             

 
    
f R L L R R L L

     
                      
    
Ten.   

p f
  
  
               
Bs.        
mp
      
    

Cym.          


 
                                     
20   3 3 
      
Sn.  
R L R L L R L R R L L fp ff

 
    
3 3

                                 
Ten.           

                         3 3
ff

     
     
Bs.     
ff
  
Cym.             

mf ff
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                     
                
Stick Clicks

  
1

Sn.
                        
mp mf ff
                 
 
Stick Clicks

  
                                 
         
Ten.  
mp f f
   
                
   
               
Bs. 
         
    
mf ff f
               
                       
Cym.            
mf f


 
     
6
 
Sn.                
   
f
        
6 6
           
Ten.                    
f f

                   
Bs.  
           
mf
         
Cym.   
                    
f


10
  
  
            
 
            
 
Cross chops, left hand

Sn.             
        

    


p

Shell, right hand
               
Ten.                      
mf

Bs. 
    
    
                          
p
        
Cym. 
                   
mf


14
     3        
Sn.                                            
 
f
 
    

                  
         
 
 
 
   
Ten.   
f
           
Bs.      
       
           
      
f
        

Cym.
              
f
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           
    
18 Rim

                                                

Sn.        

 
p f

         
Ten.                   
mp f

Bs.    
  

                              
mf
               
Cym.                                 
mf


22
        
                             
Sn.  
       
f ff

                     
Ten.                
f ff
         
             
    
Bs.  
f ff

          
 
Cym.            

mp
f
 7
q = 144 Pump It Up
     
    
1
Rimshots
  
Rim
      
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                  
Sn. 
Cross Chops

f
        Clicks
 Stick     
Ten.                                  
f

                     
     
Bs.      
ff
              
Cym.        
                    
f


7        11
  
                   
Sn. 
fp f

           
Ten.  
                
fp f

                   
     
Bs.        
p mp
            
Cym.                     
f


12          
Sn.                               

       
           
Ten.              

         
   
Bs.           
       

Cym.
               


16          
                    
Sn. 
fp f
       
                         
Ten.     
  
fp f

    
 
             
   
Bs. 
fp f
     
  
 

            
Cym. 
fp f
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                             
 
q = 120 Ryan R. Laney
1
                     
Sn. 

mf f mp


      
Ten.               
    
f mf
  
Bs.                               
f
     
Cym.   
                
mf
f

                                               

6 
7
   
Sn. 
f

mf
  
                   
Ten.             
 
mf

        
   
            
Bs.   
mf
          
Cym.                  
mp
mf

                       
10   3 3     13
 
Sn.               
 6 6
p f mf

 
   
           
                   
Ten. 
f mf

Bs.                
f mf
       
  
3

Cym.
              
mf


  
                                  
14      
          
Sn.  

    
    
 
Ten.                

      
 

f

                    
Bs.       
ff
    
   
   
Cym.               

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   
   3    
q = 128
 
                      
1

Sn.    
mf
 3      
ff
     
                   
Ten.          
                     3  
ff f

Bs.   
 
            
 
ff mf
              
Cym.    
                        
ff mf


     7       
                       
Stick Clicks
5
                
Sn. 

mf
    
                    
Ten.           
mp

              
Bs.                           
f
     
Cym.  
              


10         
             
Sn.       

f

                                         
Ten.  

f
     
   
                             
Bs.        
f

Cym.     
 
f


15
     
  
                                
Sn.
mf
      
Ten.

 

        
         
       
f

                 
Bs.        
mf
           
Cym.  

                        
mf
10


   19
   3  
    
18
             
Sn.  
        3 
f

           
 
            
Ten.          
f
 3  
   

  
        
Bs.   
f
    
Cym.                

f
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 
1 q = 172          
Sn.               
f
         
                         
Ten.                

f
         
Bs.              
f
         
Cym.   
                
f


  9      
                                                 
7

Sn.    
  
f
    
                                      
        
Ten. 

f

         
      
    
Bs.          
f

Cym.   
    
  
f

 

                                         
      
12  13

Sn.    

f
              

                                    
Ten.       
mf
    
Bs.                                                 
mf
 
Cym.          
mf

                      
       21
   
                            
18

Sn.  

f
           
Ten. 
        
          
                             
  

   
f

    

   
        
   
    
Bs.           
f
     
Cym.          


f
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 


                 
                              
23
               
Sn.  
f
       
Ten.     
 
               
 
 
     

f
           
         
 
Bs.                  

f
      
Cym.                

f
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 

                                        
q = 120
1     
Sn. 
p R R L L R L L p mf
f
f


 

Ten.

       

          
  
mf

 
    
               
Bs.       
f mp
     
  
Cym.                   

mp

                       
5  Rim
   6   6
        
                      
Sn. 
RL L RRL RRL RL L

 
                 
       
   
                
Ten.      


Bs.                         
f mp
           
Cym.  
                    


13
                                         
  
     
 3 
9
3

Sn. 
R mp f p f p
   
          
      
Ten.              
    
mp mf ff mp

                                
3 3

Bs.        
mf f mf
         
Cym.                      
mp


 
                                           
14     17

Sn. 
mf

         

Ten.      
 
           
      
mf L L R R L L R R L L R R L R L R
f
mf

            
Bs.                  
mf
    
Cym. 
               

mf
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  

    
                              
18     
      
 


 
Sn.  
mf R L R L R L R
f
  6       
               
Ten.           
             
f mf ff

Bs.                     

  
  
 

f ff
    
   

Cym.  
                 

f
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 
            

q = 126
 
1

Sn.                    
f
                  
Ten.      
                                 
f

Bs.  
               
       
     
    
     
    
 
f            
           
Cym.  
                           
mf

        

    7              
Stick Clicks


6

Sn.                            
mp
    
 
         
    
Ten.  
          
            
             
       
f

     
      
Bs.                    
    mp
           
Cym.  
                        
mp


11           
15
   
Sn.                              
    
          
p
 
f

 
       
Ten.                                     
f
 
          
     
Bs.              
f mf
         
Cym.  
                      
mf


16         19
   
Sn.                                         
      
mf

Ten.    
                     
f n mf

 
                   
             
Bs.     
   
            f    
Cym.  
                               
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    

          
                                       
20

Sn.
  
f
              
            
Ten.               
f
   
 
        
            
Bs.               
        f

         
Cym.    
                   
f