Boom Bap
for percussion sextet
Percussion Ensemble - Sheet Music

Percussion sextet (Drums (2 sets of bongos, 4 snare drums, 4 toms, 2 kick drums, concert bass drum), Cymbals (2 splash cymbals, 2 hi-hats, 2 cymbal stacks, 2 suspended cymbals), Accessories (2 tambourines (mounted), 2 crashers, 5 temple blocks, 3 woodblocks)) - Advanced

SKU: TA.TSPCE17-025

For percussion sextet. Composed by Nick Werth. Percussion Ensembles. Folio & Parts on CD-ROM. Tapspace Publications #TSPCE17-025. Published by Tapspace Publications (TA.TSPCE17-025).

Nick Werth's Boom Bap is an advanced ensemble piece for percussion sextet. The term boom bap refers to an onomatopoeia for the prominent percussive sounds in hip-hop: kick and snare. In this piece, Nick employs some challenging polyrhythms and dotted-tuplet rhythms in order to imitate the varied rhythmic styles and speaking patterns of hip-hop artists. He also uses a wide palette of percussion sounds throughout the piece, where many of the instruments are shared among the performers via a uniquely intertwined setup.

This piece was commissioned by James LaBrecque and the Highland Park High School Percussion Ensemble.

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