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Mr. Adamson's Monkey (Download)
Recording by Andrew Lee
Mr. Adamson's Monkey was the sixty-second warm-up of the 1999 world-champion Santa Clara Vanguard drumline. Tired of check patterns and grids? Longing for some tough rudimental music that will test your expression as well as your chops? Then this one's for you! Much more than just another "ram" warm-up, this piece explores rhythms that twist-and-turn in every measure. With extreme details in dynamics phrasing and various sound colors, Mr. Adamson's Monkey is sure to challenge you to a new way of listening to drumline music!
This piece is available as a Single User part (one part, no score, licensed to one user), or an Ensemble Set (score, parts, licensed for one ensemble to perform). Both versions also include an informational Read Me file, and an audio recording of the piece. For more details on legal usage of downloadable sheet music from Tapspace, click here.
Use of this product is governed by the license terms outlined here.
The goal here seems to be the ability to flex as a group to allow some ebb and flow in the time while still maintaining the group precision characteristic of drum corps. This is achieved through the use of asymmetrical rhythmic phrasing and complex odd-note groupings.
This material is not for the typical high school or even college marching percussion section. The rhythmic sophistication is more like Zappa's "The Black Page" than any standard warm-up. But it reflects the continuing trend toward musical sensitivity in a medium that for too long has been unfairly associated with the label of mere regimentation. Those days are long gone, and "Mr. Adamson's Monkey" proves it.
—Tom Morgan
Percussive Notes
Vol. 38, No. 4, August 2000
Mr. Adamson's Monkey was the sixty-second warm-up of the 1999 world-champion Santa Clara Vanguard drumline. Tired of check patterns and grids? Longing for some tough rudimental music that will test your expression as well as your chops? Then this one's for you! Much more than just another "ram" warm-up, this piece explores rhythms that twist-and-turn in every measure. With extreme details in dynamics phrasing and various sound colors, Mr. Adamson's Monkey is sure to challenge you to a new way of listening to drumline music!
This piece is available as a Single User part (one part, no score, licensed to one user), or an Ensemble Set (score, parts, licensed for one ensemble to perform). Both versions also include an informational Read Me file, and an audio recording of the piece. For more details on legal usage of downloadable sheet music from Tapspace, click here.
Use of this product is governed by the license terms outlined here.
The goal here seems to be the ability to flex as a group to allow some ebb and flow in the time while still maintaining the group precision characteristic of drum corps. This is achieved through the use of asymmetrical rhythmic phrasing and complex odd-note groupings.
This material is not for the typical high school or even college marching percussion section. The rhythmic sophistication is more like Zappa's "The Black Page" than any standard warm-up. But it reflects the continuing trend toward musical sensitivity in a medium that for too long has been unfairly associated with the label of mere regimentation. Those days are long gone, and "Mr. Adamson's Monkey" proves it.
—Tom Morgan
Percussive Notes
Vol. 38, No. 4, August 2000
