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    David Reeves War Drum Peace Drum for solo snare drum and audio creativity in percussion” Wer Drum Peace Drum by David Reeves (© 2013 Tapspace Publications LLC (ASCAP). Portland, OR. ‘Allrights reserved. International copyright secured Printed in USA, wonw.topspace.com Notice of Liability: Any dupicetion,adopttion, or arrangement of tis ompasition requies the weitten consent of the copra oe No pt a hs composton maybe hotocpedrepfodyedin yay witout ems, ‘Unauthored uses are an infingement ofthe US. Copyrght Act ond are punishable by low TSPCS-50 Scanned with CamScanner Program Notes Wor Drum Peace Drumwos witten in sik weeks between January and February 2013, ond frst recorded nearly March. had seen apostig inthe ‘American Composers Forum “Callfor scares” for the annul Atianto Symphony Orchestra Snore Drum Competition, directed by Tom Sherwood. hod never witten 0°serious” concert snare drum solo before, nor had | ever written Concert piece using an accomponimental audio track, so that combination (along with o Morch Ist submission deadine) served as the motivation to give iow Performance Notes I's important to ensure the backing traci loud enough It shouldbe on equol footing wth the drumming volume. ‘Though the intention i to use single alternating strokes as much os possible, the sticking i lt to the player's discretion ‘Alrollond drag/atffgures are tobe ployed in a closed fashion (buzzed) About the Included Audio Files ‘On the included CD-Rom there ate three stereo audio ies (WAV format) wth which you can rehearse or perform Wor Orum Peace Drum. 1. Tape only - This s the audio accompaniment only. 2. Metronome anly - This contains ony o metronome click with no audio ‘accompaniment. 3, Tape ond met - This isthe aucio accompaniment withthe ation of o| ‘metronome cick [Depending on how you want to configure your performance, you may use these files in iflerent ways. “The simplest way to use these tracks would be to rehearse withthe “Tape and Met” track, then perform with the “Tope Only” rack ensuring that the speakers ‘ore pastionedin such o way that you te performer, con hear the audio ‘leorly while playing the drum. As long as you've balanced your levels properly ‘Te piece ino foty straightforward ABA form. Except forthe single fm passages and single stroke ols, the actuo drumming vocabulary is void ot ‘ny ruciments. Te technica diiculy les in the dynamic range ond contro! ‘and obviously coordinating wth the backing track. The sounds inthe backing track were oll generated from the Virtual Drumline ond Kontakt sample liearies. Enjoy ploying War Drum Peace Drum! = Dovid Reeves 2012 ‘The pitch bend effect foundin meosutes 31,67, ond 69is achieved by ‘opplying pressure tothe head using the beod of one stick and gradually relieving that pressure while string the head withthe other stick. ‘The fve consecutive “shots” found in measures 49 ond $0 and the twoin ‘measure 58 shouldbe played forty aggressively The desired sound is ‘ochievedby frm placing the left stick onthe drum, withthe bead on the head ‘ond the shaft on the im, end striking the left stick with the right stick. The single shot eater in measure 49 does not need to be os aggressive and is ployed by simultaneously striking the head and rim with the some stick. ‘nd positioned the speokers correctly this would be the most convenient way ‘toperform the piece. ‘Amore complex way to work would ental routing the “Metronome ony” {rock (or “Tape ond Met” track) to opoir of channels that only the performer Feo (using headphones) ond then routing the “Tape only” track to a pair of channels for the house speakers thot the audience heors. nts scenario the ‘oui fle would hove tobe played bock from 0 computer with o multitrack ‘uo program ke Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Garage Band. etc, ond routed ‘through o 4-channel audio interface, Levels could be mixed ether via software ‘mixer or by running audio through a ising boord. ‘Allthee audi tracks have been formatted so that if they ore placed into separate tracks atthe some exact timecode location, they willbe perfectly synchronized, Scanned with CamScanner foro ope 10° War Drum Peace Drum for solo snare drum and audio Dovid Reeves Mysteriowo J= 108 wf Shy Se oe seo ku-f —2— +s corerterrcer*er ces! ae Oar erenrnerteeer er ere er eee or tere ere eer er eel Cpe ere oe ero oe eee eer ence er eer im poco poco 2 AR. 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