Silverman-Sparklefrog (SP)-B/2V/Cro./2M/Almgl./2GT/P - Product Information
For an eight-player percussion ensemble, Adam Silverman's colorful work Sparklefrog features melodicas, drumming on guitar strings, a full complement of mallet instruments, and a forest of frog guiros. Its title, coined by a two-year-old, evoked a magical environment of bright, fizzy sounds and elaborately layered textures.
- Number of players: 8
- Difficulty: Intermediate/advanced
- Instrumentation:
- Player 1: Crotales (2 octaves), cabasa
- Player 2: Glockenspiel, 2 ride cymbals, slit drum
- Player 3: Harmonica in C (or Melodica), almglocken (Bb, B, C#, D, E, F#), finger cymbals, metal wind chimes, slit drum, triangle, bass drum, frog guiro (or 3 temple blocks)
- Player 4: Harmonicas in C & D (or Melodica), 3 low toms (shared), almglocken (shared), 5 octave marimba 2 (shared), triangle, 2 steel-string guitars (shared), vibraphone (shared), frog guiro (or 3 temple blocks)
- Player 5: 3 triangles, 5 octave marimba 2, 3 splash cymbals
- Player 6: Vibraphone 1 (shared), 3 low toms (shared)
- Player 7: Vibraphone 2 (with mallets & bows), frog guiro (or 3 temple blocks)
- Player 8: 2 steel-string guitars(shared), cabasa, 5 octave marimba 2 (shared), metal wind chimes, 2 woodblocks, frog guiro (or 3 temple blocks)