Thunder Parade / Schmid

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Review in the Offbeat

Fresh & lively stands above this piece as the performance designation, so there is lively drumming for about 1:30 minutes, with snare drum (player 1), and cymbal, tom and BD (player 2). There are no further dynamics or tempo indications, whereby the tempo will depend on how fast you are able to play 16th notes with the foot drum. This piece may be classified as medium difficulty; both voices have to do about the same thing: pegs, accents, flams and triplets are the prerequisites for this duo. The voices are closely interlinked, individual motifs overlap in the voices or alternate quickly. All this composed very transparently, so it will be easy for the listener to follow the musical happening. Wolfgang Eger