Rhythmotion Size:Printed Copy

Rhythmotion Size:Printed CopyPerformance Notes RHYTHMOTION is a medium fast piece. This piece is best suited for elementary to middle school level ensembles. Rhythmically, RHYTHMOTION consists of , and whole rests, , whole and 1 8th notes in groups of 2 and 4. Boom, bang, crash! This piece starts strong and opens with a conversation between the unison drums and lighter instrumentsshaker, tambourine, claves and the bongos. The bass drum part creates the effect of pulsating,

The melody line may be sung and/or played on mallets

rhythmic precision and phrasing

clinic tested

Bring all of the rhythmic intensity of eighth sixteenth eighth

followed by drumsticks 2 and 3

Listen to Rhythmic Designs 7

This effect is achieved by snare 1 performing the “tick” and snare 2 performing the “tock

metallaphones

Due to the difficulty of patterns

intermittently

arpeggios and scales

This first set of warm up exercises contains reading exercises written in many different time signatures with the preferred method of counting