East Meets West (Digital Copy) Digital Copy:Digital Copy "Dance of the Seed"

"Dance of the Seed"

High School percussion section

try using different colored rhythmic sticks for each player and/or boxes of various sizes

they should be noticeable when they are played

This is the last of a group of challenging compositions written for nine players

East Meets West (Digital Copy) Digital Copy:Digital Copy "Dance of the Seed"This composition was originally written after a trip out west. Unfortunately, as I composed the battery I could not get the sound I needed with hand drums. So we now have a mixture of instruments from all over the world. There are instruments suggested that could be substituted with others, such as the taiko drums with marching drums or toms of different pitches. There are two parts written for the upper voice. One is the skauhachi (flute), the other