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APPENDIX 1 - PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE IN ASPEN

First Glimpse Chamber Commission Percussion Availability: Vibe High Octave Crot (C5 – C6 sounding C7 – C8) Toms (2) Bongos Concert B.D. Triangle Wood Blocks (3) Slapstick Sus

Orchestra / Ad Hoc Percussion Availability: (set of 4) Bass (1) (1) Tom-toms (3) Bongos (1 set) Tambourine Kick

Triangle Suspended (2: M & L) Crash Cymbals (piatti) Hi-hat Chinese Cymbal Tam-tam

Wood Block (1) Temple Blocks (set of 5)

Glockenspiel Tubular

Percussion Configuration for Chamber Music Compositions

Bongos Triangle

Sus cym

Concert Bass Drum Tambourine

Toms Vibraphone Woodblocks

Slapstick Implement/Instrument Chart: Bass Drum Bongos Toms Triangle Tambourine Woodblocks Sus cym Crotales Vibes Slapstick Sticks Thin/lots of Standard Standard High More drum, High High Mostly Mostly - contact contact/resonance little jingle contact/thin contact contact contact (Other) BD : Hands: Hands: - 2 Hands: - Bowing: Bowing: Bowing: 2 hands: Standard standard thinner/quiet standard ethereal all pitch all pitch standard Yarn Pointed/fuller Thuddy/not Standard PPPPP max 50/50 PPPP max Standard PPP max, Standard - mallets ideal dynamic/only ring drum/jingle dynamic (rolls) mostly contact Plastic Very Standard Standard High mostly Standard High Standard FFF min - mallets sharp/not full contact/resonance drum, little contact dynamic jingle Rubber Rounder/not Standard Standard Med contact/high mostly Standard High Standard, High - mallets full resonance drum, little contact veiled contact jingle & pitch Metal Very Very Very Standard Very thin, No, due to High Standard High - mallets/tri thin/high thin/high thin/high all drum cracking risk contact/thin contact beater contact contact contact & pitch