Blume-Black Racer (SP)-2B/P

In Black Racer, Brian Blume has crafted an effective piece for intermediate percussion quartets to hone their chamber ensemble skills while communicating intensity and musical sensitivity. Each player has a small multipercussion setup using common instruments found in most high school music programs—a large tom-tom and different sized cymbals. In addition to a set of temple blocks and bongos, two glockenspiels are required on opposite ends of the setup, creating a canonical, antiphonal effect that contrasts the intensity of the non-pitched instruments.

Black Racer ships in a professionally printed and bound folio which includes all individual parts on CD-ROM.

Number of players: 4
Difficulty: Intermediate

Instrumentation

Player 1: large tom-tom, large suspended cymbal, glockenspiel
Player 2: large tom-tom, bongos (w/ sticks) small suspended cymbal
Player 3: large tom-tom, 5 temple blocks, large splash cymbal
Player 4: large tom-tom, small splash cymbal, glockenspiel