Smith, A.-(My Favorite Purple) Prickly Pear (SP)-P

(My Favorite Purple) Prickly Pear is a battery septet that features diverse styles of drumming are included, from traditional rudimental, drum-set, and contemporary hybrid, to Afro-Cuban hand drumming. Additionally, some modern minimalist-cascara rhythms, and polyrhythms are employed as motivic material.

Additional Information:

• Number of players: 7
• Difficulty: Intermediate/advanced
• Instrumentation:
  • Player 1: Wood plank, Zil-Bel, triangle (laid flat), field drum (shared w/Player 2)
  • Player 2: Multi-bass drum, large snare drum, small cymbal stack
  • Player 3: Kick drum [w/pedal], piccolo snare drum, 10" tom, small cymbal stack (shared w/Player 2)
  • Player 4: Brake drum, 12" tom
  • Player 5: Wood planks, 14" tom
  • Player 6: Djembe, 2 congas, bongos, sizzle cymbal (shared w/Player 7)
  • Player 7: Wood plank, piccolo snare drum (shared w/Player 3), maraca, sizzle cymbal (shared w/Player 6)