Adamant by Larry Clark String Orchestra - Sheet Music

SKU: CF.PAS13

ISBN 9780825898891. UPC: 798408098896. 9 x 12 inches. Key: E minor.

This piece cranks right from the start! Even your youngest players will sound full and strong on this well-written piece from composer Larry Clark. The work is set in E minor (but without any C naturals on the A string) with simple rhythms no more difficult than two repeated eighth notes. You will hear some biting dissonances and angular interjections to the flowing main theme. It is dramatic music for very beginning string students. They will want to play it again and again.
Adamant: refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind.The piece is intended to be a way for very beginning string students to maketheir musical point adamantly, as it were. They will strongly present their case for how incredible they can play after studying the instrument only for a short period of time. I intend for this piece to be forceful, strong and direct and played with a lot of drive and heart. The piece features the use of limitedrhythms, with the most difficult rhythm being two repeated eighth notes.The piece is set in the key of E minor, but the low second finger third space C has been avoided. Also, every section of the orchestra gets a chance to play some important melodic material. The piece doesn’t let up from start to finish and should be aggressive and strong throughout.It has been my pleasure to have the opportunity to write this piece. I hope you and your students enjoy it and find it useful for your program.—Larry ClarkLakeland, FL 2015.