Aftershock
by Larry Clark
String Orchestra - Sheet Music

Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3 - Grade 1

SKU: CF.BAS52

Composed by Larry Clark. Collate - FS SWS. Carl Fischer Beginning String Orchestra Series. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 8+8+2+5+5+5+3+8 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 43 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #BAS52. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.BAS52).

ISBN 9780825883828. UPC: 798408083823. 8.5 x 11 inches. Key: E minor.

Orchestras who had the great experience of playing Larry Clark’s popular Shockwave can now move on to part two: Aftershock. While a bit more difficult than its predecessor, it maintains the bold, exciting, and aggressive qualities that made Shockwave such a sparkler.
I wrote a piece a few years ago called Shockwave that was a huge success for beginning string groups. It used limited notes and ranges and only required quarter notes as the most difficult rhythm. Well, I thought it was time to write a follow-up piece and logically called it Aftershock! It contains some of the same types of compositional techniques as Shockwave, but I wanted the piece to be a little bit more difficult adding to the reason for the title Aftershock. So, out of those thoughts, this piece was created. The most difficult rhythm is two repeated eighth notes within the measure. It does at one point in the melody flip around and there are four eighths in a row on beat 4 and beat 1 of the nextmeasure, but all of these occurrences happen on the same pitch. This should not be very difficult for the young string players to do.The piece begins with a bold and aggressive fanfare-type of theme with lots of dramatic pauses. This material is used later in the piece as part of the coda as well. The main theme follows this fanfarematerial using the eighth note figures described above. The theme has some dissonances placed on the quarters to create tension. A more legato, but derivative “bridge” theme is presented and thena return of the main theme, followed by some development and interplay between sections of the orchestra. The coda then returns to the fanfare opening and the piece is then completed with a shortquote from the main theme to punctuate the ending.As with all of my pieces for young students, the tempo marking is only a guide and should be adjusted to your pedagogical needs. Bowings have been carefully considered too, but you may have youown ideas on those as well and that is perfectly fine as well. 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 .

About Carl Fischer Beginning String Orchestra Series

This series of Grade 1 pieces is designed for first year string groups. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Limited parts (often 2nd violin and viola are the same part, cello and bass are same part)
• Limited keys and rhythms - only simple 8th note patterns
• Limited independence of parts
• Playable after limited study time
• First position and natural bowings
• Piano for rehearsal and reinforcement