False Impressions
for percussion quartet
Price range: $14.00 through $45.00
False Impressions by Darrien Spicak is an exciting quartet scored for unpitched percussion instruments that revolves around the concept of perceived meter on top of notated meter. Relying primarily on drums and woodblocks, the piece swings back and forth in layered feels using hocket and hemiola to create an interesting listening experience and a fun challenge for the performers.
False Impressions ships as a fully bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for either printing or tablet viewing.
- Drums — bongos, 2 congas, impact drum, 8 toms
- Accessories — 2 woodblocks (high and low)
- Cymbals — splash cymbal or small China cymbal
Reviews
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Ben Cantrell –
“False Impressions” presents wonderful and exciting rhythmic challenges for some adventurous players. This quartet is around five minutes in length and packs a lot into that time.
Each player’s setup is relatively small, utilizing a limited number of non-pitched percussion. Although it’s a lean-and-mean setup, there’s enough variety to create the many textures that support the main point of the piece: an exploration in rhythm. Players will find that to be the more technical demand for this piece. Most of the work uses a quick tempo and multiple meter changes. With heavy use of hemiola, tempo changes, and a rubato impact drum solo, there’s almost a constant sense of intrigue regarding the meter from the listener’s point of view. Sprinkle in some carefully crafted metric modulation, and this is definitely something that will keep the audience engaged and on their toes!
Aside from the notes and rhythms, there are program notes detailing the composer’s thoughts regarding the composition and multiple performance suggestions, implement suggestions, and a suggested setup diagram. It’s obvious that the composer put a lot of thought and due diligence into this work, and future players of this work would do well to do the same. This work is certainly a great addition to any upcoming concert.
—Ben Cantrell
Percussive Notes
Vol. 62, No. 6, December 2024