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Vortex

for marching battery
Level: Advanced
Duration: 2:20
Release Date: 2014
Product ID : TSPME-043
Price: $30.00
Item #: TSPME-043

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All sounds used in this recording were generated from Virtual Drumline software also by Tapspace.


Description

As heard performed in the lot by the Bluecoats drumline, Roger Carter’s Vortex is an aggressive marching percussion piece rife with challenging polyrhythmic ideas through a constant 12/8 meter. With extended grooves, sectional breakdowns, and dense, rudimental rhythms that laugh in the face of silly barlines, there’s no escaping this Vortex.

This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

 

 

Instrumentation

  • Marching snare drums
  • Marching tenors
  • Marching bass drums (5)

Shared Recordings

Description

As heard performed in the lot by the Bluecoats drumline, Roger Carter’s Vortex is an aggressive marching percussion piece rife with challenging polyrhythmic ideas through a constant 12/8 meter. With extended grooves, sectional breakdowns, and dense, rudimental rhythms that laugh in the face of silly barlines, there’s no escaping this Vortex.

This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.

 

 

Instrumentation

  • Marching snare drums
  • Marching tenors
  • Marching bass drums (5)

Shared Recordings



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