Adams, D.-Village Square (SP)-2B/2V/2X/2M/P

Village Square by Daniel Adams is a mallet quartet in which all the players share a set of five small, hand-held indefinitely-pitched instruments on a centrally located trap table. An interesting counterpoint is set up between the rhythms of the non pitched instruments and the somewhat more legato sounds of the mallet instruments.

Number of players: 4
Difficulty: Intermediate

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel, marimba (4 octave)
Player 2: Xylophone, marimba (4 octave)
Player 3: Glockenspiel, vibraphone
Player 4: Xylophone, vibraphone

All players: cowbell, large triangle, small frame drum, claves, woodblock (or similar instruments)