Bakken-Nickel for Your Thoughts (SP)-P

David K. Bakken’s Nickel for Your Thoughts is an intermediate level piece for percussion sextet. Comprised of unpitched instruments that can be found in almost any band room, it begins with a methodical 5/4, which offers younger students an opportunity to count odd time signatures. Once the initial build occurs, they bring the tension of the forthcoming fast tempo. The tambourine takes over in a mock Latin 5/4 rhythm, which builds into a flourish of sound. In the middle there is an excursion into 5/8, creating a faster pace without picking up speed. The subsequent 4/4 passage leads to the climax of the piece.

Nickel for Your Thoughts comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

• Number of players: 6
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Instrumentation:
• Player 1: Snare drum
• Player 2: 2 tom-toms
• Player 3: Tenor drum
• Player 4: Bass drum
• Player 5: Triangle
• Player 6: Tambourine