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Always leave ‘em wanting more. Calvin Warren III’s Truncated does just this! Short, aggressive, and to the point, this percussive tour de force serves up a delicious “note sandwich” for three hungry players looking to showcase their individual and collective abilities.
Features of the work include continual “over the bar” sounding phrases, layers of three-, four-, and five-note groupings superimposed on one another, split parts (à la tonal marching bass lines), short solos, and interesting metric modulations. A groove is maintained more or less throughout, keeping the sum total of the parts listenable and even toe tappable!
At just two minutes in length and with a relatively minimal setup around a shared kick drum, the piece offers a great opportunity to wow the audience and leave them wanting more.
Truncated ships as a fully bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for either printing or tablet viewing.
Drums — bongos, toms (7), mounted kick drum (shared by all players), snare drum
Cymbals & gongs — hi-hat, 1 large China cymbal, 2 medium China cymbals, sizzle cymbal, 2 splash cymbals
Accessories — cowbell, mark tree, triangle
“Truncated” is a percussion trio that is short, fast, and straight to the point, as the title implies. Each player utilizes a setup of drums and cymbals stationed around a shared mounted bass drum. The two-minute composition is clearly influenced by rudimental drumming, with open rolls, notated stickings, and melodic accent patterns indicative of the genre. The instrumentation and writing style together create an illusion of a drumline’s sound, with the bass drum and low toms functioning as bass drums, the high toms sounding like tenors, and the snare drum and cymbals representing themselves. Players take short solos in the second half of the piece, which would fit right into a cadence or drum feature, splits and all.
This piece is a blast to listen to and I imagine even more fun to play. It will, however, require players with well-developed snare drum technique to perform at the written tempo. It could be a great opener or closer for a university or advanced high school percussion program, or simply fun to jam on with a few colleagues!
—Marco Schirripa
Percussive Notes
Vol. 62, No. 2, April 2024
Always leave ‘em wanting more. Calvin Warren III’s Truncated does just this! Short, aggressive, and to the point, this percussive tour de force serves up a delicious “note sandwich” for three hungry players looking to showcase their individual and collective abilities.
Features of the work include continual “over the bar” sounding phrases, layers of three-, four-, and five-note groupings superimposed on one another, split parts (à la tonal marching bass lines), short solos, and interesting metric modulations. A groove is maintained more or less throughout, keeping the sum total of the parts listenable and even toe tappable!
At just two minutes in length and with a relatively minimal setup around a shared kick drum, the piece offers a great opportunity to wow the audience and leave them wanting more.
Truncated ships as a fully bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for either printing or tablet viewing.
Drums — bongos, toms (7), mounted kick drum (shared by all players), snare drum
Cymbals & gongs — hi-hat, 1 large China cymbal, 2 medium China cymbals, sizzle cymbal, 2 splash cymbals
Accessories — cowbell, mark tree, triangle
“Truncated” is a percussion trio that is short, fast, and straight to the point, as the title implies. Each player utilizes a setup of drums and cymbals stationed around a shared mounted bass drum. The two-minute composition is clearly influenced by rudimental drumming, with open rolls, notated stickings, and melodic accent patterns indicative of the genre. The instrumentation and writing style together create an illusion of a drumline’s sound, with the bass drum and low toms functioning as bass drums, the high toms sounding like tenors, and the snare drum and cymbals representing themselves. Players take short solos in the second half of the piece, which would fit right into a cadence or drum feature, splits and all.
This piece is a blast to listen to and I imagine even more fun to play. It will, however, require players with well-developed snare drum technique to perform at the written tempo. It could be a great opener or closer for a university or advanced high school percussion program, or simply fun to jam on with a few colleagues!
—Marco Schirripa
Percussive Notes
Vol. 62, No. 2, April 2024
