Smith, J.B.-Conga Tarang

The use of tarang in the title is a distant reference to the multiple drum configurations employed by some North Indian tabla players. Tabla are inherently melodic when used in the usual pairs. When more are utilized, complex melodic activity can be created. In a similar ay, Conga Tarang takes advantage of the melodic potential of six congas.

Number of Players: 3
Level of DIfficulty: Grade 4
Instrumentation:
Three Congas

J. B. Smith is Professor of Music and the Coordinator of Percussion Studies in the School of Music at Arizona State University. He is internationally recognized as a performer, composer, educator and conductor having performed and recorded with musicians such as Steve Reich, Daniel Lentz, George Crumb, Chinary Ung, Sal Martirano, Chou Wen Chung, Lou Harrison, Morton Subotnick, Mary Ellen Childs, Arthur Weisberg, Alex Acuna, Robert Spring, John Bergamo, Len ? Boogsie? Sharpe, Liam Teague, Robert Chappell, Brad Dutz, and Anthony Braxton.