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jonscott14	May 19 2007, 02:38 PM Post #1
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1560 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Bratton, Wiltshire, England, UK Member No.: 2732	Hi all percussionists! (and anyone else!) I have recently been given the go ahead to compose a piece for the schools brass and percusion section. This is full orchestral brass, and orchestral percusion - tuned and untuned. I wan't to create some unusual sounds, and was wandering if anyone could offer some advice and techniques that are effective - it would be great if they were infrequently used. Many thanks, Jon

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DrumKat	May 30 2007, 12:09 PM Post #2
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 21-December 06 Member No.: 8743	QUOTE(jonscott14 @ May 30 2007, 11:59 AM) QUOTE(DrumKat @ May 28 2007, 06:40 PM) Just thought of another thing...a rivet cymbal. Don't know whether you know what that is! It's basically a cymbal with holes drilled round the edge, which you put rivets in (or butterfly pins!) and it gives a really cool effect! Good idea! - I think I may be able to use one as well - one of the percusionists has one on his kit - so I might be able to borow it! I love the sound of them! I get to play one in a piece we're doing in my county orchestra at the moment, which I'm enjoying, as I don't get the opportunity to play it very often!

jonscott14	May 30 2007, 06:13 PM Post #3
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1560 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Bratton, Wiltshire, England, UK Member No.: 2732	QUOTE(DrumKat @ May 30 2007, 01:09 PM) QUOTE(jonscott14 @ May 30 2007, 11:59 AM) QUOTE(DrumKat @ May 28 2007, 06:40 PM) Just thought of another thing...a rivet cymbal. Don't know whether you know what that is! It's basically a cymbal with holes drilled round the edge, which you put rivets in (or butterfly pins!) and it gives a really cool effect! Good idea! - I think I may be able to use one as well - one of the percusionists has one on his kit - so I might be able to borow it! I love the sound of them! I get to play one in a piece we're doing in my county orchestra at the moment, which I'm enjoying, as I don't get the opportunity to play it very often! They do sound nice - just for that extra bit of sizzle (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I've got all next week in school with no lessons - so im going to be able to get some people to come in a show me some things and have a good bach around in the percusion studio - should be fun!

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jonscott14 Orchestral Percusion Techniques May 19 2007, 02:38 PM

Manek You could tell whoever's playing snare to rims... May 19 2007, 04:51 PM

flute fanatic Other than that, all I can think of is playing x... May 19 2007, 04:53 PM

chrisgs cymbal balanced on a timp sounds quite interesting... May 19 2007, 04:59 PM

sonataform First of all, congratulations on being asked to wr... May 20 2007, 03:38 PM

kenm [...]An alternative to all of this is not to creat... May 21 2007, 08:29 AM

DrumKat Scraping a cymbal with a coin always sounds good. ... May 21 2007, 02:30 PM

jonscott14 I am able to use for the brass: Around 8 trumpets ... May 21 2007, 07:47 PM

DrumKat Well, in the religious one, tubular bells, susp. c... May 24 2007, 04:36 PM

Lizzie2284 Try bowing a vibraphone, it makes an unearthly gla... May 28 2007, 04:48 PM

DrumKat Just thought of another thing...a rivet cymbal. D... May 28 2007, 05:40 PM

jonscott14 Just thought of another thing...a rivet cymbal. ... May 30 2007, 10:59 AM

DrumKat Just thought of another thing...a rivet cymbal. ... May 30 2007, 12:09 PM

jonscott14 [quote name='jonscott14' post='523184' date='May ... May 30 2007, 06:13 PM

DrumKat They do sound nice - just for that extra bit of ... May 30 2007, 07:00 PM

**Erica** i once saw a german wind band playing a piece whe... Jun 15 2007, 06:37 PM

jonscott14 i once saw a german wind band playing a piece wh... Jun 16 2007, 09:47 PM

molly You could also be inspired by percussion in samba ... Jun 16 2007, 11:46 AM

kenm Steve Reich (over)uses bowed vibes in "Tehill... Jun 20 2007, 07:28 PM

jonscott14 I listened to that the other day! - I got a 5 ... Jun 20 2007, 09:33 PM

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