Martinez-Mental Manacles of the Rhythmically Divine, The (SP)-2V/C/Cro./2M/P

The title of Jesus Martinez' piece The Mental Manacles of the Rhythmically Divine is a play on the rhythmically difficult devices that run the course of this 5-minute work from its unsettling beginning to its maniacal ending.

• Number of players: 6
• Difficulty: Intermediate/advanced
• Instrumentation:
• Player 1: Marimba (4 octave), snare drum, bell tree, Mark tree, 5 woodblocks (or temple blocks)
• Player 2: Marimba (4 octave), 2 congas
• Player 3: Vibraphone, bongos, crash cymbals, sizzle cymbal, claves, China cymbal
• Player 4: Vibraphone, splash cymbal, 2 concert toms, suspended cymbal, sizzle cymbal
• Player 5: Xylophone, 4 concert toms, crotales (2 octaves), suspended cymbal, splash cymbal
• Player 6: Bass drum, tam-tam, chimes, triangle, 4 metal pipes, kick drum